ipad EMR

Physicians rejoice, native MacPractice iPad electronic medical record app finally on it’s way

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MacPractice Clipboard is an upcoming native iPad app for Macpractice users that streamlines the registration process, saves paper and staff time, and also reduces risk of data-entry errors due to illegible handwriting.

56 million patients have accessed their medical record through an electronic health record

A new report by Manhatten Research states that 56 million US citizens have accessed their medical record through an EHR system, with 41 million interested.

SAP promises innovative iPad medical record app

The SAP EMR app for iPhone strives to give a full 360-degree, unified view of a patient’s medical history, medications, X-rays, and vital signs.

ClearPractice EMR targets physicians who use Apple products

ClearPractice, makers of the popular iPad electronic health record Nimble — that we reviewed — have now launched Eden Practice. And for all those physicians who are Apple lovers, they are going after you. Eden Practice is being marketed as a comprehensive medical office solution for the Apple Mac, iPad, and iPhone — all connected via the cloud. The desktop version was made for Safari, and runs four times faster on Safari than accessing the desktop EMR on a Windows [Read more]

The first iPad electronic health record, DrChrono, gets major update, exclusive beta review

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Review of DrChrono, the first iPad electronic medical record, exclusive beta review. This EMR was the first native electronic medical record on the ipad.

Practice Fusion tells iMedicalApps exclusive details of EMR App Store, launching next evolution of dynamic electronic health records

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Practice Fusion is a free, web-based electronic health record that has seen a rapid rate of adoption over the last two years and is currently the largest commercial EHR installation after Kaiser and the Veterans Affairs. In this interview with Matthew Douglass, VP of Product Development, we learn some of the fascinating story of Practice Fusion’s rise, its plans to expand its API (application programming interface) and launch an app store.

iMedicalApps Interview: Dr. Tom Doerr and Joel Andersen, co-founder and president of ClearPractice on Nimble, a powerful iPad EHR

In this interview, we learn from Joel Andersen & Dr. Doerr how the founding principles of ClearPractice still drive its current evolution

Review of Nimble: Possibly the first true high-powered EMR running on an iPad

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Nimble is a full-featured EMR that is written natively for the iPad, its cofounder is Dr. Tom Doerr, brother of legendary Silicon Valley investor John Doerr. In this article we review this electronic health record for the iPad.

MacPractice finally has a native iPad interface with ePrescribe for its Electronic Medical Record

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Medical professionals who use MacPractice’s electronic medical record can now finally use their iPad as a direct extension of their EMR, without a VNC app.

Dell offering deep discounts for physicians adopting electronic medical records

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With all the talk of the adoption towards electronic medical records (EMR) and questions about software choices – people tend to forget the hardware needed to run such records.  Dell is trying their best to create as many partnerships as possible with EMR vendors and physicians hoping to adopt EMRs. Apple has also tried to foster these relationships, but compared to Dell its efforts have been significantly weaker. Just recently Dell teamed up with Practice Fusion, an EMR vendor for [Read more]

Apple is actively recruiting health care providers at their retail stores

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When I recently walked into my local Apple store to buy an iPad accessory, I saw a group of about 20 people huddled around a large LCD screen while an Apple employee was giving a workshop. When I saw the LCD screen full of medical applications (picture on the left), I was shocked.  This wasn’t your run of the mill “how to use your iPhone” workshop. The people gathered for the workshop consisted of healthcare professionals in medicine, dentistry, and [Read more]

How Apple’s Position on Flash Could Turn Many Medical Professionals Back to Android

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Storm clouds continue to gather in the Apple-Adobe feud over Flash and recent reports suggest it could get even worse. Reports are surfacing that they Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission are in discussions over opening an inquiry into the recent changes to the iPhone OS developer license agreement. As we discussed previously, these changes basically kill Flash on the iPhone OS, thus including both the iPhone and iPad. We’ve talked previously about our excitement over the numerous emerging [Read more]