EMR/EHR

Electronic medical records (EMR) are a digital version of a patient’s chart that store their personal information, medical history and links to prior exams, texts and reports. The goal of these systems is to enable immediate access to the patient's data electronically, rather than needing to request paper file folders that might be stored in fragment files at numerous locations where a patient is seen or treated. EMRs (also called electronic health records, or EHR) improve clinician and health system efficiency by making all this data immediately available. This helps reduce repeat tests, repeat prescriptions and repeat imaging exams because reports, imaging or other patient data is not not immediately available. 

Uprise By VisionWeb Delivers Industry's First Cloud-Based EHR With Stage 2 Meaningful Use Certification

VisionWeb, the leading provider of technology solutions in the eyecare industry, announced that Uprise, its cloud-based practice management and EHR solution,has received Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification as a Complete EHR for the ambulatory setting by Drummond Group, an Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification Body (ONC-ACB). Eyecare providers using Uprise are qualified to receive federal stimulus monies upon demonstrating meaningful use of the technology.

October 16, 2013

Aprima and Technology Solutions Provider, Inc. Partner to Provide Physicians with a Platform as a Service Solution to Host their EHR

Aprima Medical Software and Technology Solutions Provider, Inc. (TSPi), today announced a partnership to provide physician practices an option to use TSPi's MicroCloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) solution to host their Aprima EHR (electronic health record) system.

October 10, 2013

Interoperability Between Cardiac Monitoring Devices and EMRs Improves Quality of Care

With healthcare providers under continuing pressure to provide better care at lower costs, remote cardiac monitoring devices are becoming popular and valuable patient care tools, fueling U.S. market growth expected to top more than 25 percent between 2011 and 2016.[1]  The devices enable cardiologists to monitor patients for extended periods of time outside the costly hospital environment, improving their ability to identify problems and provide early intervention that can support better outcomes and reduce the need for expensive future care.

October 7, 2013

Intermountain and Cerner Announce Strategic Partnership

With a shared vision to improve quality and make healthcare costs sustainable, Intermountain Healthcare and Cerner Corporation are announcing a multi-year strategic partnership. Drawing on Intermountain’s pioneering leadership in quality improvement and data analytics and Cerner’s expertise in information technologies, the multi-year partnership will implement the Cerner electronic medical record and revenue cycle solutions across all of Intermountain’s hospitals and clinics.

September 30, 2013

Vitera Healthcare Solutions Receives Frost & Sullivan Award

Tampa, Florida – Sept. 17, 2013 – Vitera Healthcare Solutions, the nation’s premier provider of ambulatory electronic health records (EHR) and practice management software and services, announced today that it has earned the 2013 Customer Value Enhancement Award from Frost & Sullivan for providing outstanding customer value and helping physicians’ practices thrive in a complex, changing healthcare environment.

September 17, 2013

Wellsoft EDIS Receives 2014 ONC HIT Certification

SOMERSET, NJ — September 12, 2013 — Wellsoft Corporation announced today that Wellsoft’s Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) v.11 is compliant with the ONC 2014 Edition criteria and was certified as an EHR Module on August 21, 2013 by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), an ONC-ACB, in accordance with the applicable hospital certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The ONC 2014 Edition criteria support both Stage 1 and 2 meaningful use measures required to qualify eligible providers and hospitals for funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

September 16, 2013

NextGen Healthcare, Clinical Decision Support Consortium and WVP Health Authority Join to Launch Clinical Decision Support Pilot

HORSHAM, Pa.-- NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, and Clinical Decision Support Consortium (CDSC) announced today the successful deployment of a clinical decision support tool aimed at making evidence-based clinical knowledge more readily available to healthcare providers. NextGen Healthcare client Willamette Valley Providers (WVP) Health Authority is one of the first clinical sites with a commercial electronic health record (EHR) to take the program live.

September 5, 2013

Cerner to Integrate Elsevier's Evidence-Based Clinical Content

Elsevier, a world-leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today a reseller agreement with Cerner to integrate Elsevier's evidence-based clinical content into Cerner's PowerChart ® electronic health record (EHR).

September 5, 2013

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