Electronic Medical Records

How electronic medical records can be used to test drug efficacy

harminka — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 03:43:11 -0600

For years controversy has surrounded whether electronic medical records (EMR) would lead to increased patient safety, cut medical errors, and reduce healthcare costs.

Most Doctors Aren’t Using Electronic Medical Records

Armen Hareyan — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:27:22 -0500

Why do physicians seem resistant to the use of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs)? The answer is there are at least three barriers to adoption of EMRs that healthcare policy wonks seem to ignore that must be cured.

Access to Electronic Medical Records Increases Efficiency of Emergency Care

harminka — Fri, 30 May 2008 05:13:19 -0500

A new study led by Paul Sierzenski, MD, RDMS, of Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE, discusses the benefits gained from providing health care workers with immediate access to patient medical records during a mass casualty incident.

Massachusetts introduces bill to improve health care system

seher — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:03:42 -0600

Massachusetts introduces a bill consisting of 2 parts: to adopt electronic medical records and ban pharmaceutical marketing gifts.

Idea of online medical records raises questions

seher — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:43:44 -0600

Google, the California search-engine company, and the Cleveland Clinic — an Ohio medical institution with a reputation for quality care — recently announced they will collaborate on a pilot program to store patient records online.

Leon Medical Center installs electronic medical records system

seher — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:50:44 -0600

Leon Medical Center has begun installing a $6 million electronic medical records system in its five Medicare health clinics in Miami-Dade County.

Electronic medical records and outreach improve osteoporosis care

harminka — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:58:36 -0500

Electronic medical records and outreach programs of e-mail messages, letters and phone calls to patients and their primary care providers after a bone fracture can dramatically improve the diagnosis and management of the patients’ osteoporosis, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the September issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

Borsa Italiana and London Stock Exchange Group to merge

Anastvatz — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 07:54:01 -0500

Storing essential medical information under the skin could be possible as now a grain size device implanted with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients.

GE Predicts Accelerated Electronic Medical Record Adoption within the Next Year

Nymphadora — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 13:01:38 -0600