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  3. About Electronic Health Records




    An electronic health record (EHR) refers to an individual patient's medical record in digital format. Electronic health record systems co-ordinate the storage and retrieval of individual records with the aid of computers. EHRs are usually accessed on a computer, often over a network. It may be made up of electronic medical records (EMRs) from many locations and/or sources. A variety of types of healthcare-related information may be stored and accessed in this way.

    EHR systems can reduce medical errors. In one ambulatory healthcare study, however, there was no difference in 14 measures, improvement in 2 outcome measures, and worse outcome on 1 measure.

    EHR systems are believed to increase physician efficiency and reduce costs, as well as promote standardization of care. Even though EMR systems with computerized provider order entry (CPOE) have existed for more than 30 years, less than 10 percent of hospitals as of 2006 have a fully integrated system.

  6. Quotes about Electronic Health Records

    1. “ Electronic health records are the foundation of a robust healthcare system. ”
      Kathleen Sebelius in HHS dials back requirements, offers flexibility in final meaningful use rule
    2. “ This is a turning point for electronic health records in America, and for improved quality and effectiveness in health care. ”
      David Blumenthal in Federal Government Increases Flexibility in Rules for Electronic Health Record ...
    3. “ For years, health policy leaders on both sides of the aisle have urged adoption of electronic health records throughout our health care system to improve quality of care and ultimately lower costs. ”
      Kathleen Sebelius in Secretary Sebelius Announces Final Rules To Support 'Meaningful Use' Of Electronic Health Records

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    2. Improving stage 2 meaningful use rules: Groups offer advice

      Explore ModernMedicine (May 17 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...care industry leaders offered their support of the proposed rules for stage 2 of meaningful use and electronic health record (EHR) systems in a series of submitted comments—provided more clarification and flexibility are added. I... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Healthcare   Electronic Health Records   American Medical Association

    3. Health IT Gap Between Large, Small Hospitals Widens

      Explore InformationWeek (May 16 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      Health IT Gap Between Large, Small Hospitals Widens ...itals. The report, entitled Small, Nonteaching, And Rural Hospitals Continue To Be Slow In Adopting Electronic Health Record Systems, is the first nationally representative survey of hospital EHR system adoption since the federal incentive programs began. It examined EHR adoption among U.S. hospitals, using data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) annual surve... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Congress   Electronic Health Records   American Medical Association

    4. EHR Success All in the Details

      Explore Health Data Management (May 10 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...s as anyone-they are collecting meaningful use dollars, have reached Stage 7 on the HIMSS Analytics EHR adoption model, or have won a HIMSS Davies award for their implementations. Health Data ... There's... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   CIO   Electronic Health Records   Health Information Technology

    5. ONC Health IT Dashboard offers rich data on EHR adoption campaign

      Explore fiercehealthit.com (May 10 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ... now includes more than 150 maps presenting ONC state and county data. In June, ONC will publish an electronic health record (EHR) and health information exchange (HIE) dashboard with state-level maps, charts, and data sets that ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Electronic Health Records   ONC   Medicare

    6. Banner Health Achievement Highlights EHR Struggles

      Explore InformationWeek (May 10 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      Banner Health Achievement Highlights EHR Struggles ...chievement only serves to highlight the struggles that less advanced providers have in meeting high EHR standards. The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently noted, for instance, that more than 80%......ore than 80% of hospitals have not yet met the government's stage 1 Meaningful Use requirements for electronic health record incentives. With that in mind, AHA said, the government should be careful not to raise the bar too ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   California   Phoenix   Arizona

    7. HRS: Play where the puck is by adopting EHR tech

      Explore Cardiovascular Business (May 9 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      heart, cardiology, practice management - 17.26 Kb BOSTON—Digitization with an EHR will provide the foundation necessary to take medicine to the next level while improving operationa... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   New Zealand   Boston   Netherlands

    8. Going Paperless Overnight: 8 Steps to a Complete Transition to EHR in an ...

      Explore Becker's ASC Review (May 3 2012) EHR Adoption

      ...g efficiency. Here she discusses eight steps her ASC took to transition from paper records to total EHR use ove While the benefits of electronic health records are clear to most ASC administrators, the high cost incurred by most systems scares surgery centers... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   PowerPoint   ROI   Electronic Health Records

    9. Max Healthcare Reaches Forefront of Technology Adoption to provide Highest Levels of Patient Care and Safety with Dell Services

      Explore andhranews.net (May 1 2012) EHR Adoption

      ...ions Portfolio Management, Project Management Office, Clinical Transformation and implementation of Electronic Health Record (EHR). The EHR implementation project began in 2009 and to date five hospitals (out of twelve) are hosted on the o... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Dell   Asia   Bangalore

    10. Health Affairs: EHR adoption programs should look beyond PCPs

      Explore Health Imaging & IT (Apr 26 2012) EHR Adoption

      ...e April edition of Health Affairs. By 2011 more than half of all office-based physicians were using electronic health record systems, but only about one-third of those physicians had systems with basic featu To achieve EHR adoption nationwide, federal policies also may have to focus on encouraging adoption among non-prim... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Electronic Health Records   Centers for Disease Control   National Center for Health Statistics

    11. Trends In The Adoption Of Health Information Technology

      Explore Health Affairs (Apr 24 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ...d Medicaid Services began offering incentives to providers who demonstrated “meaningful useâ€? of electronic health records (EHRs). With this program well underway, how well is health information technology implementation p...... D.C. “Physicians In Nonprimary Care And Small Practices And Those Age 55 And Older Lag In Adopting Electronic Health Record Systems,” by Sandra Decker of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center fo... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Electronic Health Records   American Medical Association   Medicare

    12. Evidence that Meaningful Use dollars drive EHR adoption piles up

      Explore fierceemr.com (Apr 19 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      Another is a series of studies on what drives EHR implementation and use has found Meaningful Use incentives are driving adoption among primary care ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Electronic Health Records

    13. EHR market for urgent care centers wide open

      Explore fierceemr.com (Apr 19 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      Unlike some providers, urgent care centers have more options when it comes to choosing an electronic health record system, according to a new report from KLAS Research. The study, in which officials from 76 urgent ......com, found that stand-alone urgent care centers, or those in a chain, tended to use "best of breed" EHR systems. Hospital-affiliated urgent care centers tended more to ambulatory or in-house emergency de... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Electronic Health Records   Klas   Kalorama

    14. Report: Top Ranked Hospitals Have Higher Levels of EHR Adoption

      Explore ihealthbeat.org (Apr 18 2012) Thought Leadership , EHR Adoption , Green End User Experience

      Hospitals listed in Thomson Reuters' 100 Top U.S. Hospitals have more advanced levels of electronic health record adoption compared with the overall pool of U.S. hospitals, according to a report by HIMSS Analytics......ord Adoption Model --or EMRAM -- scores from November 2011 to determine the top hospitals' level of EHR adoption. Researchers found that: John Hoyt -- executive vice president of HIMSS Analytics -- in a ... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Electronic Health Records   Thomson Reuters   Modern Healthcare

    15. Fridsma: Use of EHRs among docs doubled in two years

      Explore Health Imaging & IT (Apr 17 2012) EHR Adoption , Meaningful Use

      ... by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). “We are making real progress on EHR adoption and we are developing a workforce that is beginning to be trained to support this progress... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   Electronic Health Records   ONC   American Health Information Management Association

    16. Meaningful use 2: Why an outdated communications infrastructure threatens patient care

      Explore ModernMedicine (Apr 10 2012) Meaningful Use

      Nor can most of you communicate with your peers this way. Even with adoption of EHR systems, challenges exist in communicating with specialists electronically. In 2011, 86% of practic... (Read Full Article)

      Mentions:   New York   Tokyo   Virginia

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