Our locations are linked by electronic medical records, expediting care and avoiding duplicative activity.
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That's great news for Cerner (38, CERN) , the biggest pure play in electronic medical records.
Veterans can now download their electronic medical records with a click of the mouse.
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Have run into both pluses and minuses with electronic medical records, system still very fragmented.
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Others worry about electronic medical records or information being communicated to employers, insurance companies or the authorities.
We've already invested in electronic IT, electronic medical records, things that can help make the system more efficient.
Someday, we hope, your doctor will allow you to automatically upload that data into dynamic electronic medical records.
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It attempts to improve healthcare quality through things such as reimbursement reforms and promotion of electronic medical records.
The analysis is compared directly with your electronic medical records and prompt questions about unusual changes or variations.
Most baffling was the distinction between electronic health records and electronic medical records.
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The time for giving patients access to their electronic medical records has come.
We now have electronic medical records, online referral and prescription systems, and seamless transfers of digital images between providers.
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The deadline mirrors the goal of giving patients access to electronic medical records - something that has already been announced.
As part of the federal government's stimulus act, physicians are being encouraged through financial incentives to use electronic medical records.
Most medical records are currently kept on paper, with only 10 to 15 percent of U.S. physicians using electronic medical records.
Andrea lost her job as an HR analyst, but she's now getting certified in the fast-growing field of electronic medical records.
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One-third use smartphones or tablets to access electronic medical records today, with another 20% expecting to start using them this year.
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Obama briefly mentioned veterans being able to download their electronic medical records.
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These data will be posted to the web, instantly enriching the data that came from traditional surveillance systems and electronic medical records.
While electronic medical records are a promising tool, the piece lacks context.
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WebPT is a web-based Electronic Medical Records (EMR) solution targeting physical therapists.
So what we want to do, for example, is provide the incentives for hospitals and doctors and so forth to get electronic medical records.
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Thus, the importance of electronic medical records and the value of the Accountable Care Organization that brings physicians together in the management of patient care.
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Plus, electronic medical records are already valuable targets for malicious hackers.
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Today, five major providers of electronic medical records are banding together to form a new non-profit called the CommonWell Health Alliance with the aim of fixing that problem.
Through mid-May, just 1, 026 registered hospitals and physicians out of a possible 56, 599 have demonstrated that they are using electronic medical records and other health information technology in accordance with federal standards.
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More doctors are selling out their practices to larger groups or hospitals and going to work for someone else rather than spend money to upgrade their practices with the latest technology for electronic medical records.
More than one-third of those doctors polled said they did not have the money to install electronic medical record systems while 20 percent said they did not have the personnel to install electronic medical records.
With the advent of electronic medical records, along with the established role of computers and broadening impact of mobile based platforms in healthcare, having a staff that is technically proficient will likely ensure success in this new healthcare environment.
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One little technical problem: aside from captive provider systems with electronic medical records like Kaiser, not a single insurer I know of in the US has any ability to affect this scandalously high rate of often unnecessary, always expensive, high-volume surgery.
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