Financial Impact of Electronic Health Record’s Use Is Considerable
EHR Health Care News, Electronic Medical Records Blog, News BlogOctober 25, 2010 (New Orleans, California) — Medical practices that have implemented an electronic health record (EHR) system report better financial performance than those that have not, according to a new report by the Medical Group Management…
Doctors Making Digital Leap To Electronic Medical Records
EHR Health Care News, Electronic Medical Records Blog, News BlogIn a world transformed by digital data, doctors appear unscathed — collecting tons of paper charts and scrawling their prescriptions in a chicken scratch that only nurses and pharmacists can fathom.
Physicians have been slow to…
Making The Move to Electronic Records
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For Dr. Jennifer Brull, the decision to implement electronic health records in her Plainville clinic was an easy one.
“It was just a desire,” she said. “I’d had an electronic health record in residency.”
Now, Brull and her…
Miami Children’s $67M Plan Jump-Starts Use of EMR
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Miami Children’s Hospital plans to spend $67 million for a massive overhaul to go digital – although federal stimulus funds should offset some of the costs.
The nonprofit’s conversion to electronic medical records could influence…
Physicians’ Goal in EHR… Improved Efficiency Over Incentives
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A study published by CapSite, a healthcare technology research and advisory firm, suggests physicians’ purchases of electronic health records are largely driven by the goal of making their practices more efficient and not receiving stimulus…
Regional Centers Slow to Sign Physician Contracts
EHR Health Care News, Electronic Medical Records Blog, News BlogSurprise, surprise! Things are moving slower than hoped for in health IT.
The latest example of the glacial pace of change concerns the 60 federally funded regional extension centers set up to help physicians and small/rural hospitals adopt…
American Medical Software.com
EHR Health Care News, Electronic Medical Records Blog, News BlogAMS is excited to have recently won their dispute over the domain name registration of americanmedical.com. The international governing body, World Intellectual Property Organization, ruled in favor of AMS and has ordered the immediate transfer…
Digital Medical Records Get Five Year Deadline
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Next year, docs’ offices, hospitals can get federal money to help with cost.
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Tuesday rolled out an ambitious five-year plan for moving doctors and hospitals to computerized medical records,…
Pros And Cons To Converting To Electronic Medical Records
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The Department of Health and Human Services recently released rules for creating electronic health records. These rules came days after HHS issued regulations to safeguard the privacy of medical records.
This digital revolution could…
How EMR Records Can Be Helpful
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Electronic Medical Records (EMR for short) can improve your healthcare facility in a variety of ways. Anything that your organization can do to provide better healthcare to patients is essential, and with EMR you can provide more efficient…