Love them or hate them, electronic medical records (EMR) are here to stay. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. They need not be painful but in some instances they have become so. I installed ...

Electronic medical records have long been ignored as a source for this kind of data, Gombar said, because they are messy, with coding aimed at obtaining insurance reimbursement rather than ...

"Man's 4th Best Hospital," the sequel to "House of G-d," nails much of what is wrong with American healthcare--too much screen time from EMRs and avarice from insurers. Burnout is rife.

Epic alone has medical records on 250 million people, ... EMR creators should take the same approach: measure how long every action takes and speed it up. Simplify the interface.

To prescribe medications, a doctor has to locate them in the EHR system. At one hospital a simple search for Tylenol brings up a list of more than 80 options. ... “Medical records suck. ...

It would make it easy for patients to access their electronic medical records, manage their care via patient portals and mobile apps, and protect their privacy. It has a long way to go.

Medical records are filed at a 341st Medical Operations Squadron clinic on Jan. 30, 2017, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. (Airman 1st Class Magen M. Reeves/Air Force) Veterans Affairs leaders ...

The company had 33% of the hospital market for electronic medical records as of the end of 2021, followed by Cerner with 24% and Meditech at third with 16.7% of the market, according to KLAS.

Before electronic medical records (EMRs) digitized patient charts, physicians often ran out of physical storage space and had to destroy specific records. However, ...

The electronic medical records system was installed by Epic, the Wisconsin-based IT company that handles medical records for more than 250 million patients nationwide. More work to be done.