Medical Records Systems, Computerized - Economics
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Electronic medical records and mortality in trauma patients.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) has been proposed as a way to reduce medical errors. It can also be used to document clinician involvement, which may affect outcomes. We sought to determine whether the EMR could be used to improve ... Read more...

A glass slipper? For cash-strapped organizations with EMR dreams, open-source software may be a perfect fit.

30 Jul 2009 Open-source EMR software is a potential, and relatively economical, option for hospital organizations that can't afford proprietary commercial EMR software, or whose leaders want a non-commercial option. While access to VistA's source code is free, ... Read more...

Do you know who's who in your EHR?

30 Jul 2009 Overlay and duplicate records pose a particularly insidious problem today for healthcare organizations--and pediatric hospitals in particular--that are introducing new information systems or upgrading their existing systems. Such erroneous records ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Medical Records Systems, Computerized - Economics'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Connecting all your docs. 30 Aug 2009
• Hospitals are selling (EHR)--but will physicians buy? 30 Aug 2009
• The feds and EHRs. 30 Aug 2009
• Electronic medical records and mortality in trauma patients. 30 Aug 2009
• FAH: Ignore quality targets. Letter to CMS, ONC addresses funds for EHRs. 29 Aug 2009
• Government takes first step in defining 'meaningful use' requirement for EHR incentives. 30 Jul 2009
• A glass slipper? For cash-strapped organizations with EMR dreams, open-source software may be a perfect fit. 30 Jul 2009
• What can I do now to prepare for EHR stimulus funds? 30 Jul 2009
• Prepare today to receive your electronic medical records stimulus bill dollars. 30 Jul 2009
• Do you know who's who in your EHR? 30 Jul 2009
• A cost-benefit analysis of endoscopy reporting methods: handwritten, dictated and computerized. 6 Jul 2009
• Electronic medical records: oncology practices take the plunge. 5 Jul 2009
• Time and money. Providers have issues with stimulus act's deadlines, definitions for IT. 4 Jul 2009
• Using frames to influence consumer willingness to pay for the patient health record: a randomized experiment. 29 Jun 2009
• "Will the feds really buy me an EHR?" and other commonly asked questions about the HITECH Act. 29 Jun 2009
• Under the gun. 20 Jun 2009
• Health information technology and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: some of the challenges ahead. 30 May 2009
• The payer role in HIEs. 30 May 2009
• Hopes, doubts about stimulus provisions. 30 May 2009
• One-on-one with MemorialCare Medical Centers CIO Scott Joslyn. Interview by Daphne Lawrence. 30 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Medical Records Systems, Computerized'

Definition: Computer-based systems for input, storage, display, retrieval, and printing of information contained in a patient's medical record.

Descriptor UI: D016347

Alternative terms: Medical Records Systems, Computerized; Computerized Medical Record System; Medical Record System, Computerized; Medical Record Systems, Computerized; Medical Records System, Computerized; Computerized Medical Records Systems; Computerized Patient Medical Records; Automated Medical Record System; Automated Medical Record Systems; Automated Medical Records System; Medical Record System, Automated; Medical Record Systems, Automated; Medical Records System, Automated; Medical Records Systems, Automated; Automated Medical Records Systems; Computerized Medical Record Systems; Computerized Medical Records System; Medical Records, Computerized; Medical Record, Computerized; Computerized Medical Record; Record, Computerized Medical; Records, Computerized Medical; Computerized Medical Records; Computerized Patient Records; Computerized Patient Record; Patient Record, Computerized; Record, Computerized Patient; Records, Computerized Patient; Patient Records, Computerized;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: E05.318.308.940.968.625; L01.280.900.968.775; L01.700.508.300.695; N04.452.859.564.650; N05.715.360.300.715.500.530; N06.850.520.308.940.968.625;

History Note: 91

Technical Notes: DF: AUTOMATED MED RECORDS