Category: EHR

The use of electronic health records in clinical settings was associated with a decrease in emergency room visits and hospitalizations for patients with diabetes, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers examined the medical records of 169,711 diabetic patients over 1 year of age in the Kaiser…

The U.S. Department of Veterans affairs is researching the use of natural language processing within its electronic health records system to automate suicide risk alerts. read more Source: VA researching natural language processing in EHRs to prevent suicide

Today’s EHR and HIT News includes a product announcement from DocuTrac, who is announcing the launch of QuicExchange, a data exchange connectivity service that manages and monitors the secure transfer of patient data. There is also customer acquisition news from Precyse, who have been awarded a five-year contract for its Health Information Management Strategic […]…

iSALUS Healthcare, a privately held Electronic Medical Records and Practice Management service provider, today announced that Tustin Irvine Medical Group, a top provider of healthcare in Orange County, California, has selected iSALUS Healthcare’s OfficeEMR to support their growing multi-specialty healthcare practice. Source: Tustin Irvine Medical Group selects iSALUS Healthcare’s OfficeEMR to support healthcare practice

MacPractice, Inc., the leading developer of native practice management and clinical software for Mac, iPad and iPhone for doctors, today announced integration of MacPractice MD with OneTouch EMR. With OneTouch, a cloud based EMR/EHR, doctors can easily record and access medical records using any modern browser or OneTouch EMR’s native app for iPad. Source: MacPractice…

Health IT costs are on the rise as physician practices continue to adopt and optimize electronic health records (EHRs), according to a recent cost survey report published by the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). Health IT costs are on the rise as physician practices continue to adopt and optimize electronic health records (EHRs), according to…

Electronic health records can help detect growth disorders in children, according to a new research letter published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association. read more Source: EHRs increase detection rate of growth disorders in children

Roughly 50 percent of U.S. hospitals use clinical business intelligence solutions embedded within their own electronic health record systems, according to HIMSS Analytics’ 2013 U.S. Clinical & Business Intelligence Study. read more Source: For most hospitals, clinical analytics tools lie in their own EHRs

The Sept. 23, compliance deadline for the “omnibus” rule implementing most of the amendments to HIPAA stemming from the 2009 HITECH Act is fast approaching. But there’s still one major provision of HITECH that needs to be finalized, and it’s a doozy for providers who use electronic health records: the new accounting for disclosures provision.…

DataMotion, an innovative health information service provider with more than 14 years of experience in secure data delivery, today announced that Medflow, Inc., the leading provider of electronic health records for ophthalmology, has selected its DataMotion Direct secure messaging service. Source: Medflow chooses DataMotion Direct secure messaging service for exchange of PHI