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Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

By C. Martin Harris | 04:26 pm | February 10, 2011
Thinking about the role healthcare providers and the creators of HIT systems will play in transforming the contemporary medical practice model
By David Blumenthal, MD | 04:22 pm | February 10, 2011
Every year, the HIMSS annual conference has provided a milestone on our journey toward a future of HIT-assisted healthcare. Every year we’ve seen progress. Yet past years have been marked by the stubborn gap between the potential we perceive for HIT-assisted care and a sluggish rate of adoption among providers.
By Jack Beaudoin | 04:20 pm | February 10, 2011
This February, I'll be attending my eighth HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition. Back in 2004, the industry was fairly new to me, although I had written about both healthcare and information technology for other publications. But it was a thrilling time to begin a new career, not least because, as one headline in the HIMSS Show Daily put it, "Suddenly, EHR is the talk of D.C."
By Diana Manos | 04:09 pm | February 10, 2011
Many cite complications, costs and frustrations.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:26 am | February 10, 2011
Canada Health Infoway is investing $380 million to fund electronic medical record systems in community-based practices and outpatient settings throughout Canada, Infoway President and CEO Richard Alvarez announced.
By Molly Merrill | 10:42 am | February 08, 2011
Physicians at Ohio State University Medical Center (OSU) are incorporating genetic risk information into their patients' electronic medical records, as part of a study by Coriell Institute for Medical Research.
By Molly Merrill | 10:18 am | February 01, 2011
UPMC's new Technology Development Center in Pittsburgh has awarded grants worth $550,000 to five health IT research projects at academic partner Carnegie Mellon University. The projects range from developing software for end-stage heart failure patients to improving simulation systems for cerebral aneurysms.
By Molly Merrill | 12:08 pm | January 31, 2011
Increasing electronic access to patient records, support for meaningful use incentives and privacy safeguards are some of the health IT priorities that doctors and patients can agree on, according to a national survey released Monday by the Markle Foundation.
By Bernie Monegain | 11:24 am | January 28, 2011
Health information technology has the power to drive advances in personalized medicine that will offer better-targeted treatments - and save the health system money - according to a new report from the Center for Technology Innovation at Brookings.
By Molly Merrill | 11:16 am | January 27, 2011
In an effort to boost drug safety, a new online service has been launched that allows doctors to check the FDA-approved labeling for the most commonly prescribed drugs. The service is at the center of a new campaign being led by PDR Network called "Know the Label."