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. 

NextGen Healthcare Designated Healthcare Information Solutions Provider for Syracuse Community Health Center

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, announced today it has entered into an agreement with Syracuse Community Health Center Inc. (SCHC, Inc.) to deploy NextGen® Ambulatory EHR, NextGen® Practice Management and NextGen® Electronic Dental Record (EDR) across its 16 locations within Syracuse and Central New York.

April 25, 2013

Nightingale and HealthFusion Partner to Deliver Electronic Health Record (EHR) Benefits to Customers in Kmart

FARMINGVILLE, N.Y., April 22-- Nightingale Preventive Care and HealthFusion® have entered into an agreement where Nightingale medical providers will use HealthFusion’s products while treating patients in Kmart, in locations that Nightingale has leased space to provide primary preventive care. The use of a Certified EHR Software System advances quality of care and allows medical providers to qualify for Medicare and EHR incentive stimulus funds.

April 23, 2013

Availity and Greenway Apply Interoperability to Improve Health Care Delivery

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-- Health information network Availity and ambulatory information solutions company Greenway Medical Technologies have joined in a project with Florida’s largest health insurer, Florida Blue, to enable physicians to exchange clinical and patient care summaries with the health plan through electronic health records (EHR) software, which then makes patient-specific clinical information accessible at the point of care. The companies are working together to foster collaborative coordinated care for all Florida residents.

April 18, 2013

iPatientCare Announces Clinically-driven Revenue Cycle Management Service

Woodbridge, NJ, April 18, 2013 -- iPatientCare announced today to take its commitment to provide Meaningful Use certified EHR and integrated Billing System for ZERO Dollar to those physicians’ offices that find in-office billing burdensome, straining their time, money, and resources, and hence, prefer to utilize the services of billing experts for handling complete Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) services as back-office operations directly through the iPatientCare application.

April 18, 2013

The Most Often Selected EHR Menu Meaningful Use Objectives

SAN ANTONIO, April 17, 2013 -- Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. (CMI), has analyzed the December 2012 CMS report EP Recipients of Medicare EHR Incentive Program Payments to determine which Menu Objectives were most often selected by providers attesting to Meaningful Use under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program.  To qualify for an EHR incentive payment under the program, eligible providers must attest to 15 Core Objectives and select 5 of 10 possible Menu Objectives.  Sevocity analyzed the results of the 117,285 eligible providers on the December 2012 report to determine which Menu objectives were most often selected by attesting providers.

April 17, 2013

ICS Software Ltd.'s SammyEHR to Now Offer PECOS Lookup for Referring Doctors

Oceanside, NY April 14, 2013 -- ICS Software of New York now offers the ability to automatically check PECOS eligibility of referring doctors through their EHR program, SammyEHR.

April 15, 2013

With MedInformatix Patient Portal, Indiana Eye Practice Sees Increased Traffic Ahead

Indianapolis, Ind., April 2, 2013 -- With the addition of the MedInformatix Patient Portal Module to its Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Practice Management (PM) platform, Price Vision Group anticipates its patient capacity to increase by more than 15 percent in 2013. Using the secure portal, patients can answer questions about their medical history well before the visit, eliminating the need to fill out responses on a clipboard upon arrival and reducing the overall time they spend in the office.

April 2, 2013

GZS Announces Worldwide Release of Hemaglobal™ EHR Patient Registry Solution for Hemophilia and Bleeding Disorders

GZS, Inc., a leader in developing disease-specific and condition-specific Electronic Medical Records/Electronic Health Records (EMR/EHR) and patient registry software solutions, has announced the worldwide release of the WebTracker-Hemophilia ™ EHR patient registry solution used under the new brand name HemaGlobal ™.

April 2, 2013

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