A survey was recently carried out by Kaiser Family Foundation which included almost 2000 patients. The survey found out that 57% of young patients are satisfied with EMR technology, they said that the patient care has improved. On the other hand, only 6% of the patients believed that EHR technology has worsened patient care. Majority of [...]
We all know that Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software has revolutionized the healthcare industry. It has changed the way physicians treat their patients, it has changed the way patients and their physicians interact. It has improved the standards of quality in healthcare and has clearly took it to a higher level. Using an EMR software in [...]
Skincare has become very complicated these days due to the increase in the number of skin cancer diseases. The skin cancer is the most common type of cancer today. This means a great deal to dermatologists due to an increasing number of patients in this field. That is why dermatology physicians need to be updated with [...]
The needs of speech therapy practices are a little different from other ambulatory care medical practices. The physicians dealing with speech issues and disorders are called Speech Therapy Pathologists (SLP). The speech pathologists have a very hectic and tiring routine and they need to automate their routine tasks to streamline their clinical workflow. Like all other [...]
Electronic Health Records Software for extensive healthcare delivery networks today are often seen as firm, inflexible, difficult to use and costly to set-up. The most common of these EHR Software are often designed around older technologies, and it often shows in their ease of access. Many healthcare providers find these systems highly complex and hard to navigate, [...]
There are hundreds of EMR Software companies in the US today and most of them offer their services to a wide range of specialties such as Cardiology, Family Medicine, Gastroenterology and General Surgery. However, in the field of healthcare, “one size fits all” does not apply […]
Almost all the modern practices have realized that they must adopt a new, innovative, and user-friendly Electronic Health Records (EHR) Software. But installation, implementation and then the maintenance process of an EHR System is not easy. For that, the practices need to have a disciplinary approach – the training of the team, implementation of the new [...]
EHRs have evolved over the years. A decade ago, almost nine out of ten healthcare providers in the U.S. were managing patient’s health records by hand. The feat was difficult and they had to keep color-coded files to make sure that everything made sense. Thankfully, the HITECH Act of 2009 was there to help US clinicians [...]
The US Health IT market for EHR/EMR systems is generally dominated by a group of large EHR companies such as Cerner and Epic Systems. These companies are producing excellent EHR solutions for all sorts of medical practices and large hospitals, but there are other vendors in the market who are offering quality EHR/EMR systems at far [...]
Massachusetts-based medical organization UMass Memorial Health Care is gearing up for a system-wide Epic go-live on October 1. This is a part of a 10-year project which is expected to cost over $700 million. Commenting on this, UMass Memorial President and CEO Eric Dickson said, “Anytime you spend $700 million on something at a not-for-profit, it [...]
