electronic medical records (EMRs)

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SMART Apps In The EHR --- This Is Progress!

Sean Nolan | Family Health Guy | September 17, 2012

Last week I had the opportunity to visit my old hometown while attending the SMART conference at Harvard Medical School (and as a bonus I got to catch up with my dad at the super-yummy Publick House in Brighton). I always have high expectations of the Ken and Zac show, but this one was even more notable than most. Read More »

So Much Data-Gathering, So Little Doctoring

Michael P. Jones | Los Angeles Times | November 24, 2013

The electronic medical record is the latest wrench the healthcare industry has thrown in the way of doctors just listening to their patients. Read More »

Some Doctors Find Switch To Electronic Medical Records Painful

John Murawski | News & Observer | November 3, 2012

Phil Talbert took the plunge and bought an electronic medical record system for his small medical practice in Shelby in 2010, assuming the pricey computer program would last years, perhaps a career... Read More »

Some Doctors Refusing To Adopt Electronic Records

Tim Darragh | The Morning Call | May 5, 2013

Under a plan first endorsed by President George W. Bush and signed into law by President Obama, the health care industry in the United States has started to change one of the signature elements in doctor's offices — switching chicken-scratched hand-written notes and records to electronic forms. Read More »

Starting An ACO With '24 Different EMRs'

Mike Miliard | Healthcare IT News | March 4, 2014

One CIO offers perspective on making nearly two-dozen different systems talk with each other Read More »

Study: Massive EMR Vendor Die-Off Expected Over Next Four Years

Anne Zieger | Hospital EMR & EHR | July 23, 2013

Well, if you were waiting for someone to say the sky is falling, here it is.  According to Black Book Market Research, more than half of the EMR vendors in business today are going to fail within the next few years. Read More »

Summary Of “ITdotHealth II” – The 2012 Harvard Health IT Meeting

Staff Writer | SMART Platforms | September 14, 2012

The following is an overview of the conference, held September 10-11, 2012. In several weeks, we will post a complete executive summary, as well as videos and slide presentations from the event. Read More »

Survey: Physicians Say EMRs A Key Factor To Their Declining Income

Jasmine Pennic | HIT Consultant | July 3, 2013

Physicians feel reimbursement, EMRs and hospital employment as key factors to limiting physician pay according to a recent survey by Medicus Firm. The survey entitled, 2013 Physician Practice Preference and Relocation Survey was conducted with over 2,500 doctors revealed several workforce trends and practice preferences. Read More »

Tech Rivalries Impede Digital Medical Record Sharing

Robert Pearmay | New York Times | May 26, 2015

Since President Obama took office, the federal government has poured more than $29 billion into health information technology and told doctors and hospitals to use electronic medical records or face financial penalties. But some tech companies, hospitals and laboratories are intentionally blocking the electronic exchange of health information because they fear that they will lose business if they share information on patients with competing providers, administration officials said. In addition, officials said, some sellers of health information technology try to “lock in” customers by making it difficult for them to switch to competing vendors.

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Technology Helps VA Disability Claim Decisions, Official Says

Press Release | Department of Defense (DoD) | February 6, 2014

A new initiative between the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments has produced technology to help VA expedite disability claim decisions, a Defense Health Agency senior official told a House panel yesterday. Read More »

The (So Far) Failed Promise Of Electronic Medical Records

Megan McArdle | The Daily Beast | January 21, 2013

Remember how Obamacare was going to "Bend the cost curve" for health care spending? That was OMB director Peter Orszag, back when Obamacare was being debated.  There were a number of theories about how it would accomplish this... Read More »

The Apache Software Foundation Announces Apache cTAKES™ As A Top-Level Project

Press Release | The Apache Software Foundation (ASF) | April 9, 2013

The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the all-volunteer developers, stewards, and incubators of nearly 150 Open Source projects and initiatives, today announced that Apache cTAKES has graduated from the Apache Incubator to become a Top-Level Project (TLP), signifying that the Project's community and products have been well-governed under the ASF's meritocratic process and principles. Read More »

The Doctor’s Best Use Of The Tablet

Michael J. Koriwchak | Wired EMR Practice | August 27, 2013

I recently reviewed the Epocrates 2013 Mobile Trends report.  The study has a somewhat unusual participant profile, consisting only of primary care, 3 medical specialties and no surgical specialties; nonetheless the observations are probably close to the mark and are consistent with my experience with my first tablet a couple of years ago. Read More »

The Dubious Promise Of Digital Medicine

Chad Terhune,Keith Epstein andCatherine Arnst | Bloomberg Businessweek | April 22, 2009

GE, Google, and others, in a stimulus-fueled frenzy, are piling into the business. But electronic health records have a dubious history Read More »

The EMR Use Rule: An Open Letter To Massachusetts Physicians

Hayward K. Zwerling | The Health Care Blog | May 27, 2013

Last summer, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted legislation that will fundamentally alter the physician-patient relationship by giving politicians the right to specify the processes that must occur during an office visit. The relevant law is Section 108 of Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2012, which reads as follows: Read More »