GE Healthcare makes EMR on iPads
GE Healthcare has made Centricity Advance and other EMR solutions accessible via iPad devices.
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10 Percent Growth in Global EHR Market
The electronic health record market grew to $15.7 billion in 2010, according to a new report by Kalorama Information, Healthcare IT News reports.
EHR Sales to Increase
In related news, a new report by research firm KLAS predicts that more than one-third of physician practices and community health clinics are likely to soon replace their EHR systems with technology from well-known vendors.
EHR Applications on Mobile
According to US Government Health IT reports, the U.S. military is testing commercial mobile devices for usability with its electronic health record applications. Officials are testing tactical EHR applications on the iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone, Sprint HTC EVO and Samsung Epic.
NextGen, ScImage bring universal image integration to EHRs
ScImage, an enterprise imaging and informatics company, has partnered with NextGen Healthcare Information Systems to release a universal medical image integration module that provides NextGen users simultaneous access to patient-centric and study-centric images.
New York plans to create country’s largest EMR network
The New York Department of Health (DOH) and public-private partnership New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) recently presented a plan to change the face of healthcare for all New Yorkers by creating the country’s largest network for electronic medical records.
French Health Record Live by December
The delayed French electronic health record, Dossier Medical Personnel (DM-Personnel), will be launched by the end of the year, according to the agency responsible for the programme.
Washington, New Mexico Awarded Federal Money for EHR Work
Washington and New Mexico Medicaid programs will receive thousands of dollars in federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
NCI to offer cancer e-care record
The National Cancer Institute, Washington, plans to release a lightweight electronic health record designed to capture data specific to a cancer patient’s office visit.
Officials Strive To Ease Registration Process for EHR Incentive Payments
CMS aims to expand its Medicare provider enrollment system to ease the registration process for physicians looking to qualify for health IT incentive payments.
All primary doctors in Denmark use electronic medical records
All primary care doctors in Denmark use electronic medical records and 98 percentlectronically manage patient care-including ordering prescriptions, drafting notes about patient visits, and sending appointment reminders.
Electronic Health Records will be integrated in America’s healthcare in two years
U.S. hospitals and physicians will take four years to deploy comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) systems if they hope to snag some of the billions of dollars the federal government has earmarked to reimburse them for the work.
HITSP Contract pushes Ahead With EHR Adoption
The Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel and HHS have collaborated to expand the adoption and interoperability of electronic health records.
