Category: EHR

Earlier this spring, the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) was awarded a cooperative agreement from the ONC for the continued development of its accreditation program for health information services providers developed in partnership with EHNAC. Lee Barrett explains the complex elements in HIE accreditation. Earlier this spring, the Washington, D.C.-based Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation…

Patients at the Cleveland Clinic now have enhanced online access to their electronic medical records, thanks to a decision by the hospital to increase transparency via its patient portal. read more …read more Source: Cleveland Clinic boosts patient EMR access

Ambulatory Physician Leadership Reports a 30-Point Usability Gap between EMR Vendors A new KLAS report looks at Ambulatory EMR Usability by measuring performance across various common tasks such as e-prescribing, physician documentation, and medication reconciliation. Athenahealth come out on top, followed by Epic. China’s PLA Among Eight State-Sponsored Groups to Hack VA, Ex Official Says…

Cleveland Clinic is making patient electronic medical records more accessible to patients by providing secure online access to much of the information stored in their medical files. The move will give patients a more complete picture of their health and allow them to make more informed decisions about their care. In the current version of…

athenahealth is now rated the most usable ambulatory electronic medical record system by health care providers, according to a new KLAS report on Ambulatory EMR Usability, released today. As part of their research KLAS interviewed 163 providers on topics related to the useability of their EMR systems as well as the roles that those systems…

EMR Installed and Meaningful Attested — Now What? By Don Sonck If it’s the spring of an odd-numbered year, then I know it’s time for me to pay a visit to my primary care physician for a biennial physical examination. So a couple of weeks ago, off I went! As my doctor and I reviewed…

Over the last few years, the use of EMRs in medical practices has grown dramatically, with over 50 percent of office-based physicians now using such systems.  However, physicians still face major barriers in adopting EMRs, including costs, usability issues and impacts on doctor productivity. One way of reducing the complexity of EMR installations — doing…

Physicians have had difficulty meeting Meaningful Use criteria for electronic health records, according to research published this week in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The research, based on a survey of 1,820 primary care physicians and office-based specialists conducted between late 2011 and early 2012, determined that less than 10 percent of physicians had met…