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Electronic Health Records (EHRs) | Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) | News, Analysis, Insights - HIT Consultant

5 Stages of Collaboration in EHRs

by Our Thought Leaders 04/23/2012 2 Comments

Written by Irene Froehlich from DrFirst on 5 Stages of Collaboration in EHRs Shahid Shah says, “It’s time for electronic health records (EHRs) to grow up.” “It’s not just about creating electronic health records and sharing them between doctors,” said Shah, software IT analyst and author of the blog The Healthcare IT Guy. “Care coordination and collaboration aren’t just about adding patient messaging and simple health records sharing— in fact, care coordination and collaboration must
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Disconnected Healthcare: HIT Vendors Miss Big Picture

by Fred Pennic 04/20/2012 2 Comments

Written by Madelyn Young from CareCloud on how HIT vendors miss the big picture “Software vendors are just not playing well in the sandbox together.” That point was recently posited by SearchHealthIT writer Don Fluckinger in a post that asked a very timely question on the state of the healthcare information technology industry: “Are HIT Vendors Selfish?”
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Digital Healthcare Where Are We Now? Infographic

by Fred Pennic 04/17/2012 1 Comment

Infographic:Digital Healthcare Where Are We Now?

Infographic created by Iron Mountain on digital healthcare that highlights the time consuming and expensive task of converting paper records to EMRs that is not addressed by Meaningful Use.
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Infographic: EHR vs. Traditional Paper Records

by Fred Pennic 04/03/2012 3 Comments

Infographic from Quest Diagnostics Care 360 that compares the differences between EHR vs. traditional paper records There are many differences between electronic health records (EHR) and traditional paper-based medical records – probably more than you would expect. The benefits of an EHR are numerous when you compare physicians’ time and finances, the health benefits for patients and the impact to the environment.
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6 Reasons Why Adopting an EHR Will Increase Practice Efficiency

by Our Thought Leaders 03/22/2012 4 Comments

Guest post from Irene Froehlich, Director of Marketing at DrFirst: Adopting an electronic health record (EHR) increases practice efficiency which translates to a profitable, organized practice that can focus on the quality of care provided to it’s patients. Here are six considerations for practices researching EHRs to improve efficiency and patient care:   Where’s The Chart? Not quickly locating a patient’s paper chart can be  frustrating and time consuming for everyone. A typical
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Infographic:The 20 Most Popular EMR Solutions

by Fred Pennic 03/07/2012 2 Comments

Top 20 EMR Software Solutions Infographic

Infographic of the 20 most popular EMR solutions created by Capterra, Inc. Very interesting infographic that was created by Capterra solutions from examining the EMR software companies listed in their EMR Software Directory. From there, Capterra narrowed down the list by looking at web data for each of the vendors, including Alexa rankings, Compete traffic, and Google searches. While none of these are perfect indicators of popularity (particularly for B2B websites), the data gave them a way of
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HIMSS 2012 in Retrospect – From Patient Engagement to Big Data. Viva Las Vegas or Tumbling Dice?

by Fred Pennic 02/27/2012 Leave a Comment

The following is a guest post from Jane Sarasohn-Kahn's Health Populi blog reflecting her thoughts on last week's HIMSS12: The record attendance at HIMSS12, in terms of both attendees (numbering some 38,000) and exhibitors, illustrated just how hot health information technology has become in the 20 years since I first began attending this meeting — when it was only a few thousand hospital computer geeks and materials managers picking up pocket protectors and calculators
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The Proposed Rule for Stage 2 Meaningful Use NPRM Now Available

by Fred Pennic 02/23/2012 Leave a Comment

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for Stage 2 meaningful use was posted to the Office of the Federal Register today. The proposed rule outlines the next stage of meaningful use for the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs, which are administered by CMS. CMS has developed a fact sheet to give providers an overview of the rule and how Stage 2 expands upon Stage 1 of meaningful use. The fact sheet can be found on the EHR Incentive Programs website
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Video:How DrFirst Helps Healthcare Stakeholders

by Fred Pennic 02/23/2012 Leave a Comment

DrFirst connects all the stakeholders of the healthcare industry including physicians, patients, hospitals, health plans, and EHR/EMR vendors through solutions that help doctors make more informed decisions that drive positive clinical outcomes for patients. The following video provides more information on how DrFirst can help healthcare providers in a number of ways including: E-prescribing Meaningful Use Attest Easy Free online EHR Advisor tool Smooth data migration
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Interview/Podcast:HIT Interoperability with Cameron Deemer, President at DrFirst Pt. 1

by Fred Pennic 02/19/2012 Leave a Comment

Dr First

  Previously,  DrFirst has been primarily known as a leader in the e-prescribing space and the only certified solution to e-prescribe controlled substances with their EPCS Gold 2.0 product. Over the years, DrFirst Inc. has evolved into a more integrated HIT platform with their approach of promoting interoperability in integrating EMR/PMS and other health IT technology. Most importantly, DrFirst strongly believes in putting the DrFirst. In this interview podcast, HIT Consultant speaks
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