The CDC defines a basic EMR as one capable of: recording patient history and demographic information, problem lists, clinical notes and medication lists; electronic prescribing; and displaying lab ...

Scores for heart failure improved more in hospitals using basic EMR systems. But the same relationship wasn’t seen between basic EMRs and pneumonia or heart-attack quality scores.

However, the rate of EMR adoption among long-term care and post-acute care facilities has been described as “dismally low.” In fact, a study by Health Affairs in 2012 1 found that only six ...

Connecting physicians and EMR companies with an EMR vendor list and robust content has become a business for this Boston health IT startup.

Ty Thaiyananthan, MD, founder and head neurosurgeon of BASIC Spine in Orange, Calif., and practice manager Casey Crawford discuss the challenges and opportunities for integrating electronic medical ...

The adoption of electronic medical records was likely to provide savings for urban hospitals after three years of their use, while rural hospitals faced increased costs for at least six years, a ...

The study concluded that only about 8 percent of the 3,000 hospitals studied by researchers used even a basic EMR in a single unit, which included nurse or physician notes.

Ty Thaiyananthan, MD, founder and head neurosurgeon of BASIC Spine in Orange, Calif., and practice manager Casey Crawford discuss the challenges and opportunities for integrating electronic medical ...