Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR)

Twenty-six health IT ideas, out of the 6,500 entered in the Veterans Health Administration/Office of Information and Technology (VHA/OIT) Innovation Competition, will be used by the VA to improve care for Veterans.

With the introduction of electronic health records, health data storage is expected to be high on providers' to-do lists. However, storing this data will be challenging, said Bill Burns, senior director for Hitachi Data Systems.

The government’s initiative for meaningful use of electronic health records has fueled the demand for discrete, structured and actionable clinical data.

Recently, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology issued its interim final rule for meaningful use, health information technology standards, and certification criteria and implementation specifications for electronic health record incentive payments.

It was a stroke of genius and practicality at once that created the health information technology extension program.

In my recent Top 10 EHR Barriers blog, I identified usability of EHR software as a key issue. It appears that NIST, with ARRA funding and ONC guidance is doing something about it.

YouTube user ACMI2008 posted this 1966 clip in which Akron, Ohio-based Akron Children's Hospital touts its 1961 electronic medical record. It was cutting-edge at the time...