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By Neil Versel Hard to believe, but 52 percent of specialists and 50 percent of primary-care physicians claim to be using EMRs, up from 42 percent and 38 percent, respectively, two years earlier, a new survey indicates. The survey does not specify...

Nurses at Lee Memorial Health System (LMHS) are helping provide a true community-wide electronic medical record (EMR) in the Ft. Myers area. The 1,450-bed provider is replacing current disparate information technology (IT) with an integrated clinical...

Urology is a surgical specialty where the doctor focuses on the urinary tract of humans and the reproductive organs of specifically males. EMR is an electronic medical record which has been developed to replace old school medical records. Urology EMR...

A new study reveals an exciting potential benefit of the rapidly accumulating databases of health care information, the ability to make unprecedented links between genomic data and clinical medicine. The research, published by Cell Press in the April...

While few practices and hospitals currently use aggregated patient data, the number is expected to increase, and a new study touts the information's benefits. By Pamela Lewis Dolan, amednews staff, One of the biggest untapped benefits of electronic...

By Mary Mosquera The National Institutes of Health awarded Kaiser Permanente $54 million in grants for projects that will tap clinical information from the provider’s mammoth electronic health record database to study links between genes and conditions...

By Ken Congdon, Healthcare Technology Online In my coverage of the healthcare technology industry, I've noticed that many software and hardware vendors, clinicians, and even some analysts tend to use the terms EMR (electronic medical record) and EHR...

BY MARK WULKAN, M.D. The electronic medical record (EMR) is slowly transforming the way doctors, nurses, and other health care providers deliver patient care. Patients financial records have been electronic for decades; however, clinical data (the...

By Ken Congdon, Healthcare Technology Online In my coverage of the healthcare technology industry, I've noticed that many software and hardware vendors, clinicians, and even some analysts tend to use the terms EMR (electronic medical record) and EHR...

OREM, UT, August 12, 2009 -- Healthcare technology research firm KLAS today announced its annual clinical market share report, which details the wins and losses of acute care electronic medical record (EMR) vendors at large hospitals with more than 200...

By: Althea Blackwell, DC Government Technology Examiner The health care reform legislation being discussed by Congress is designed to control costs, improve care and expand health insurance coverage to most of the 46 million uninsured Americans. The...

By Chris Hobson, MD Health IT industry news followers have probably noticed industry confusion and inconsistencies regarding terminology about what to call patient information that is collected and shared electronically. In fact, analysts, vendors,...

The call for widespread adoption of electronic medical records has prompted some states to pass stringent privacy laws to protect their residents against fraud or identity theft. But a new analysis finds these laws seem to significantly diminish the...

TORONTO, Ontario's doctors say a study released today by the Ontario Health Quality Council (OHQC) illustrates the need to remain vigilant in getting every Ontarian a family doctor and expanding access to Electronic Medical Records (EMRs). "Every person...

NEW YORK – The market for electronic medical record data transfer equipment and applications, valued at $575 million in 2008, is forecast to reach $1.6 billion in 2013, according to a study by research firm Kalorama Information. Driven by the growing...