Friday, December 18, 2009

Online care now available from Kaua‘i Medical Clinic - Kauai Garden Island News

LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i Medical Clinic doctors might not make house calls, but patients can now at home or office access their medical records, make appointments, ask questions of their primary-care physicians, all electronically and securely. Kaua‘i ...

"Beacon communities" will be models for health information technology - American Medical News

"Beacon communities" will be models for health information technologyAmerican Medical NewsHHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the project will help provide answers on the best way to implement electronic medical records and health information ...

Online care now available from Kaua\'i Medical Clinic - Lihue Garden Island

Online care now available from Kaua'i Medical ClinicLihue Garden IslandHawai'i Pacific Health laid the foundation for this strategic approach over the past five years when it implemented electronic medical records (EMR) ...

MacPractice enhances single window interface for MD, DC, DDS, 20/20, EMR products - Macsimum

MacsimumMacPractice enhances single window interface for MD, DC, DDS, 20/20, EMR productsMacsimum... which may include lab results, correspondence and other documents, can now be accessed from the patient's Electronic Medical Record. ...

Email Newsletters: Government Grapples With EMR Security, Privacy

Government Grapples With EMR Security, Privacy Healthcare providers aren\'t stepping up to protect privacy of electronic medical records. Can the government provide adequate data security? RELATED INSIGHTS ...

Advantages of Electronic Medical Records » Post » EMR Specialists

Electronic medical records, which are also referred to as EMR, contains private and medical data related to your patients. It may also contain information, such as their past medical history, substances or drugs they are allergic to, ...

Survey indicates low EMR use among U.S. physicians - News-Medical.Net

Washington can encourage physicians to buy electronic medical record systems, but it is the vendors and hospitals that affiliate with physicians that will ultimately determine if they go electronic, according to a new report from healthcare market ...

Implementing EMR: a tough nut to crack - Express Computer

Express ComputerImplementing EMR: a tough nut to crackExpress ComputerElectronic Medical Records or EMR refers to a paperless, computerized system of maintaining patient data, designed to increase the efficiency and reduce ...

Health Care\'s E-mail Prescription - Forbes

Health Care's E-mail PrescriptionForbes"We could be equally efficient if the provider was using an Outlook client or an electronic medical record (EMR) system." Today, 35000 doctors around the ...

Personal Health Information Privacy » Government Grapples With EMR ...

The Obama administration has set an ambitious goal — to get electronic medical records on file for every American by 2014. The administration is offering powerful incentives: $20 billion for EMRs included in the American Recovery and ...

Electronic Medical Records – The Pros and Cons | Quick Fix For ...

With improved technology and data protection tools, let us hope the EMR issue will be resolved soon. The article Electronic Medical Records – The Pros and Cons may be found in its entirety with references and links on ...

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Studies: Docs like electronic health records but privacy a concern - USA Today

Studies: Docs like electronic health records but privacy a concernUSA TodayREADERS: Does your doctor use electronic medical records? Would you like it if he or she did? Share your views and experiences with EMRs below:Government Grapples With EMR Security, PrivacyInformationWeekall 3 news articles »

The Inefficiency of Medical E-mail - MedPage Today

I am fortunate to work at an institution that has a fully deployed electronic medical record (EMR) system that incorporates outpatient physician notes and inpatient notes under one umbrella. By and large, patient care is facilitated since both ...

Studies: Docs like electronic health records but privacy a concern - USA Today

U.S. physicians support the use of electronic medical records, but widespread concerns exist about privacy problems, two new studies show. One study of more than 1,000 family practice and specialist doctors in Massachusetts found that 86% believed ...

Health Care Reform - Seattle Post Intelligencer

In my opinion, most days it is much better to be a health care provider than a health care consumer! I\'ve done both, I know what I think better, but there are no do overs. I, like many of you, are facing daunting health problems in a system sometimes ...

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Healthcare IT Consultant Blog: Eclipsys to Acquire MediNotes ...

MediNotes, based in West Des Moines, IA, has practice management and electronic medical record (EMR) solutions in over 5000 medical practices across the U.S. Added to the clients that have chosen our Sunrise Ambulatory Care solution, ...

Key Players and Important Trends of Electronic Medical Records ...

Key Players and Important Trends of Electronic Medical Records (EMR). Posted on 15 Dec 2009 - by omchospital.com In: Medical Books. HTML clipboardEMR 2010 (Market Analysis, ARRA Incentives, Key Players, and Important Trends) It was less ...

Halfpenny Technologies Introduces Mobile Connectivity Solution to Provide Physicians with 24/7 Smartphone Access to ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

BLUE BELL, Pa.----Halfpenny Technologies, Inc., a leading health information exchange solutions provider specializing in laboratory, pathology and physician electronic medical record system interoperability, has introduced ITF-Mobile, a handheld results reporting system that enables physicians to securely access laboratory, pathology and radiology result reports from their iPhone, BlackBerry or ...

CORRECTING and REPLACING EDIMS Emergency Department EMR Plays Vital Role in Helping New Jersey Hospitals Achieve Top ... (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

LIVINGSTON, N.J.----Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT EMR PLAYS VITAL ROLE IN HELPING NEW JERSEY HOSPITALS ACHIEVE TOP STATE-WIDE RANKING

Saturday, December 5, 2009

DETROIT MEDICAL CENTER WEBSITE WINS TWO PRESTIGIOUS NATIONAL AWARDS (dBusinessNews.com)

Detroit – The Detroit Medical Center (DMC), which operates nine hospitals and institutes in the metropolitan Detroit area, has announced its website www.dmc.org has received two national honors in the 10 th annual Strategic Communications eHealthcare Leadership Awards competition, held recently during the Greystone Internet Healthcare Conference in Las Vegas.,

Can Electronic Medical Records Be Secured? - InformationWeek

Can Electronic Medical Records Be Secured?InformationWeekWhile electronic medical records promise massive opportunities for patient health benefits and reductions in administrative costs, ...New Report "EMR 2010 (Market Analysis, ARRA Incentives, Key Players, and ...PRMinds (press release)all 2 news articles »

Hospital expands electronic files - National

Hospital expands electronic filesNationalSheikh Khalifa Medical City began using the electronic medical record (EMR) system in the surgical, nursing, medications and tests, laboratory and emergency ...

Hospitals recovering from 2008 stock slide - Dayton Daily News

Hospitals recovering from 2008 stock slideDayton Daily News... due to the hospital's $55 million purchase of Dayton Heart Hospital and its implementation of electronic medical records, a Premier spokeswoman said. ...and more »

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Instacare Moves to Secure Patents for Its Newest Technologies, Announces ... - PR Newswire (press release)

Instacare Moves to Secure Patents for Its Newest Technologies, Announces ...PR Newswire (press release)The Stimulus provides cash incentives to physicians for the adoption of electronic medical records (EMR and EHR) technologies through a system that will pay ...and more »

The New Health Information System (Phase 2) to be implemented at Sheikh Khalifa Medical City on 5 December 2009 (Zawya)

Abu Dhabi - UAE: The Information Technology Division at the Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC) managed by Cleveland Clinic will go live with the second phase of the new Health Information System (HIS). The new features of the second phase will add more functionality to improve the patient healthcare experience, greatly reduce the paper medical records, improve patient safety, enhance patient ...

Strong makes transition from paper to electronic records (Campus Times)

By: Kashika Sahay Electronic medical records are widely believed to reduce error, save money and improve patient safety by eliminating the paper trail. On Monday, the eRecord Extended Implementation Team, a group that oversees the implementation of medical software program...

NARMC shifts to new technology (Harrison Daily Times)

North Arkansas Reg-ional Medical Center has made another step toward a complete conversion from old-fashioned paper to electronic medical records — a step made with patient safety in mind, and one that hospital officials hope will be bankrolled by federal stimulus money.

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

IMR Assists Lehigh Valley Health Network - Central Penn Business Journal

Lehigh Valley Health Network deployed GE’s Centricity Electronic Medical Records (EMR) application in its outpatient clinics and defined medical practices. LVHN selected IMR to implement OnBase to be the image repository for the EMR application.

Johnson Memorial Hospital selects eClinicalWorks\'s EMR/PM solution - TMCnet

Dec 02, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Johnson Memorial Hospital has selected eClinicalWorks\'s unified electronic medical record and practice management solution to streamline practice operations for the hospital\'s employed physicians. Johnson ...

ABELMed EHR-EMR/PM v11 Receives CCHIT Certified(R) 2011 Comprehensive ... - TMCnet

BUFFALO, N.Y., Dec 2, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- ABEL Medical Software Inc. announces that ABELMed EHR-EMR/PM v11 is the first electronic health record (EHR) product to achieve CCHIT Certified(R) 2011 Comprehensive certification. ABELMed EHR ...

HHS to award $220M in grants to support national health IT network - Nextgov

National PostHHS to award $220M in grants to support national health IT networkNextgov... will provide every American with an electronic medical record by 2014, a goal that President George W. Bush also supported, said Dr. David Blumenthal, ...US offers grants for implementing electronic health recordsDallas Morning NewsBeacon Communities: Shining a light on the real impacts of Health ITWTN Newsall 73 news articles »

Privacy Group Warns of Digital Health Records - InternetNews.com

Privacy Group Warns of Digital Health RecordsInternetNews.comAll electronic medical records aren't created equally. As federal policy makers move toward bringing health ...

Need for electronic medical records repository - Express Buzz

Need for electronic medical records repositoryExpress BuzzHYDERABAD: Stressing the need for creation of a national electronic medical records repository, Sangita Reddy, Executive Director (operations), ...and more »

Johnson Memorial Hospital selects eClinicalWorks's EMR/PM solution - TMCnet

Dec 02, 2009 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Johnson Memorial Hospital has selected eClinicalWorks's unified electronic medical record and practice management solution to streamline practice operations for the hospital's employed physicians. Johnson ...
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Kathy's Medical Software - Benefits of an EMR System

In today's economy, purchasing an electronic medical record system that will show immediate as well as long term gains only makes good financial sense. Don't make the mistake of sitting on the fence! Give Bradford-Scott Data Corporation ...
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