Electronic Health Records News

Health Management Technology News (Health Management Technology)
A new report from the New England Healthcare Institute says that electronic health records and clinical decision support systems can help primary care practices improve efficiency and quality. The report also calls on primary care providers to use healthcare IT to coordinate care across settings.

Electronic Patient Records Will Force Consolidation in Health Care (New York Times)
The Obama administration s ambitious plan to accelerate the adoption of electronic patient records will be a steamroller that drives the consolidation of the health technology industry and threatens many small physician practices, predicts Leonard M. Fuld, head of a large competitive-intelligence firm.

Southwest General Health Center Selects Allscripts Web-Hosted Electronic Health Record (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Allscripts announced today that Southwest General Health Center has selected Allscripts Professional Electronic Health Record for its 30 employed physicians in multi-specialty practices across suburban Cleveland, Ohio.

Q&A: Electronic Health Records And You (CBS News)
President Obama is pushing for comprehensive use of electronic medical records by 2014. CNET News has a list of frequently asked questions about electronic medical records and how they might affect you.

Barriers to adoption of electronic personal health records outlined (UCSF News Office)
Interest in personal health records as an electronic tool to manage health information is increasing dramatically. A group led by a UCSF researcher has identified cost, privacy concerns, design shortcomings and difficulties sharing information across different organizations as critical barriers hindering broad implementation of electronic personal health records.

What you need to know about e-health records (CNET)
Drive to digitize medical records could impact every American. What does that mean for your health care and privacy?

Q&A: Electronic Health Records And You (CBS News)
President Obama is pushing for comprehensive use of electronic medical records by 2014. CNET News has a list of frequently asked questions about electronic medical records and how they might affect you.

Five advantages of taking health records system electronic (BizJournals)
Makes patient care safer. Patient care is safest when it is standardized and delivered without waste. Waste-free record keeping and communication free providers time to address patients needs. Information is available at the point of care and always legible.

MyGlucoHealth Offers an Immediate, Direct Method for Integrating Electronic Health Records Technology to Reduce Cost … (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO, May 13, 2009 — While debate continues within healthcare over the allocation of funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Entra Health Systems offers an immediately available solution with MyGlucoHealth that not only can save money in the treatment of diabetic patients, it also provides patients with tools to improve their personal condition.

Do Electronic Health Records Help Or Hinder Medical Education? (redOrbit)
Many countries worldwide are digitizing patients’ medical records.