electronic medical records

(University of Chicago Press Journals) Expanded use of electronic medical records would substantially reduce infant mortality in the US, according to a study forthcoming in the Journal of Political Economy.

(Mason PR) Physicians now have access to real time radiology services virtually anywhere, anytime. The new Virtual Viewbox (patent pending) is a portable interface system that delivers images, electronic medical records (EMR), and specialist consultation to physicians using any internet-ready device.

Virtual Viewbox ensures HIPAA and HITECH compliance in transmitting patient information and offers a timely solution to the newly activated federal incentive for physicians to implement EMR.

(Indiana University School of Medicine) As demand for electronic medical records and health information exchange grows, a universal method of identifying test results and other clinical measurement is essential.

The standardized medical terminology system called Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes, known as LOINC, with a 57,000 term code vocabulary, provides the lingua franca needed for the creation of an electronic medical record and for health information to be electronically exchanged.

The latest version of LOINC is being released on June 7.

(Physicians for a National Health Program) The increased computerization in US hospitals hasn't made them cheaper or more efficient, Harvard researchers say, although it may have modestly improved the quality of care for heart attacks.

The findings contradict claims by President Obama and many lawmakers that health information technology, including electronic medical records, will save billions and help make reform affordable.

The study uses data from the most extensive survey ever undertaken of hospital computerization.

Vice President Joe Biden plans to announce Thursday nearly $1.2 billion in grants to help hospitals transition to electronic medical records.

(Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences) States that have passed privacy laws restricting the ability of hospitals to disclose patient information have seen the sharing of electronic medical records suffer by more than 24 percent, according to the Management Insights feature in the current issue of Management Science, the flagship journal of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.

General Electric Co.'s health care division said Monday it will offer financing to doctors and hospitals that buy GE's electronic medical records equipment in an effort to cover an expected lag in the flow of federal stimulus money meant for the medical technology.

Increased use of electronic medical records surely means a rise in ID theft , and many don’t know yet that they are victims.

(Group Health Cooperative Center for Health Studies) The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded Group Health a $1 million stimulus grant to research more effective depression treatment.

The award is in federal stimulus funds from ARRA, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Group Health psychiatrist Greg Simon, MD, MPH, leads the project.

It will use electronic medical records to track how individuals respond to different treatments. The goal: to match patients with the treatments that suit them best.

The economic stimulus plan signed by President Obama includes funding for the long awaited EMR software (electronic medical records software, or electronic health record) for doctor's offices and can result in better patient care and treatment.