Electronic Medical Records

OpenNotes project allows patients easy access to their medical records

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Options for the public to view the notes taken of them from their doctor during an office visit are examined

Verizon’s healthcare identity service now supports smartphones and electronic health records

Sep 06, 2011 by
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Verizon’s Universal Indentify Service (UIS) for healthcare recently recieved an upgrade, allowing for secure access to EHRs and health information exchanges on smartphones running Apple OS, Android, Windows Mobile and Blackberry.

Army testing mobile medical records on iPad and Android devices

Aug 24, 2011 by
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Army is testing electronic medical records on the Android and iOS devices — with plans to approve a platform in December.

Why IBM’s artificial intelligence “Watson” could not replace a physician

Feb 21, 2011 by
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Watson’s recent win in Jeopardy has caused some to proclaim the AI computer could help or even replace some physician tasks – these proclamations are a bit exaggerated.

Dell’s new tablet phone designed for medical use by health care community

Sep 15, 2010 by
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Dell’s Streak phone tablet has the medical community in mind and will be integrated with Dell’s existing health care software.

Allscripts dominating mobile electronic health records in North Carolina – over 3,300 individual physician practices

Jul 20, 2010 by
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Allscripts, the EHR company that was one of the first to enable mobile phones to access EHRs from remote locations continues to gain in popularity, especially in North Carolina.  A recent press release detailing how MedWest Health Systems chose Allscripts shed some light onto the gains Allscript has made in the state of North Carolina: “Allscripts clearly has superior features and functionality, but what really tipped the scales in their favor was their demonstrated ability to implement and support the [Read more]

Verizon enters health information technology with cloud based information exchange

Jul 16, 2010 by
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Verizon is planning a cloud based services for clinical providers to securely exchange health information. Features will include a clinical dashboard, record locator service, cross-enterprise patient index and clinical messaging.

Kodak and MedCo Data team up to offer conversion of paper based charts to electronic medical record format

Jul 15, 2010 by
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Kodak and MedCo Data are teaming up to offer a service that will definitely be of need as the push to adopt electronic medical records continues: Launched in late June at the TechData Technology Solutions Tour, the Patient Chart Scanning Solution uses Kodak Capture Pro Software and Kodak Scanners to capture data from patient charts and transfer it automatically into MedCo Data Vault — a Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliant product — where the information can be [Read more]

CareCloud’s Slick Web-Based Electronic Health Record Brings the Best of the Consumer Web to Medicine – Interview with CEO Albert Santalo

Mar 14, 2010 by
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Interview with CareCloud CEO One of the newer electronic health records (EHRs) on display at the recent HIMSS conference was by CareCloud. The name “CareCloud” reflects that the application lives in the “cloud” and not on your computer. There is no software to download, and patient records can be accessed from any computer using a web browser. This web-based application delivery is similar to other EHRs on the market such as the popular & free Practice Fusion, MDLand, Hello Health, [Read more]

Triage and Treat Patients From Anywhere with Allscripts Remote iPhone App- An Electronic Health Record and ePrescribing Tool (upcoming Android support)

Mar 05, 2010 by
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This article is part of iMedicalApps HIMSS 2010 Coverage. It includes a brief review of the Allscripts Remote app for the iPhone as well as details of a conversation with Allscripts executives who revealed that they are moving to development of an Android app. When Allscripts announced the launch of Allscripts Remote last year, an iPhone application for their popular electronic medical record, it was widely touted as a transformational move. Forbes Magazine called this an app “that could change [Read more]

In a Windows World, MacPractice Brings a Legitimate Electronic Health Record to Apple and includes iPhone integration

Mar 04, 2010 by
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This article is part of our HIMSS 2010 coverage. It includes an overview of the MacPractice EHR and its iPhone interface as well as a conversation with Mark Hollis, CEO of MacPractice. One of the key’s to Apple’s success has been the reliable, simple, and fun UI it has designed for every one of its products. Part of the reason that this feature has stood out is because the Microsoft-based PC world has become known for essentially the opposite. The [Read more]

Hello from HIMSS 2010! Electronic Health Record Incentives for Physicians and a chat with the CEO of MDcohort

Mar 01, 2010 by
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We’re live here in Atlanta, Georgia, at the HIMSS conference.  This week we’ll be bringing relevant posts and interviews related to the conference in breaking news fashion. The 2010 HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) conference is now underway in Atlanta in what promises to be a signal year in the world of health IT. The reasons seems to be the confluence of a year long public discussion on health care reform and, very important, the provision in the [Read more]