The greatest EHR myths — and the truth behind them - March 10, 2010
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, casually known as the economic stimulus package, has generated a lot of buzz across the chiropractic profession.

How Patients Are Taking Charge of Their Own Health Records - March 10, 2010
Ever have one of your patients enter your office with a binder of medical paperwork? They have old X–rays, MRIs, and reports, articles downloaded from the Internet, and copies of correspondence between their GP and four different specialists.

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software from SuiteMed Gets Top AC Group Ranking - March 03, 2010
SuiteMed™ (www.SuiteMed.com), provider of electronic medical records, billing and practice management software, has just received an independent five–star ranking.

The coming switch to digital - March 02, 2010
The majority of chiropractors know the switch to electronic health records (EHR) and digital clinic management is approaching rapidly. Still, many have only adopted the most basic components of available practice technology, like electronic billing, and not much more. But why?

Doing away with paper, Metro Health's new electronic medical record system also gives patients access - February 27, 2010
The "My Chart" program, however, is just part of an integrated electronic medical record system, or EMR, that provides a database of patients' history –– linking records from doctors, the emergency room or hospital, neighborhood outpatient centers and laboratories.

New EMR Software Incentives Guide from MediPro - February 27, 2010
MediPro, a medical billing software company, is pleased to announce the release of it's EMR Software Incentives Guide to help decipher government initiatives put in place to make EMR systems more affordable.

RevenueMed Launches RevAbstract(TM) Services for Enhancing EMR/EHR Deployments - February 05, 2010
The new service will leverage RevenueMed’s extensive experience in medical records coding and data extraction to help deploying organizations get the most from their EMR/EHR investment by ensuring that critical historical data is present as the system goes live.

OmniMD Introduces Elite Referral Partner (ERP) Program To Enhance EMR Adoption - February 05, 2010
OmniMD Elite Referral Partner members will have full access to a wide array of excellent products, services and benefits such as marketing materials and ongoing sales and technical support.

EMR Vendor Busy Hiring, Not Worrying - February 03, 2010
While physicians in small practices often buy their office gear and supplies directly from Sam's Clubs, for the most part, physicians end up "working with an eClinicalWorks rep" to get the SaaS package up and running, says an eClinicalWorks spokeswoman. The closing of some Sam's Club stores won't make much of an impact on that, she says.

Amazing Charts Receives Highest Ratings In Two Independent EHR User Surveys - February 03, 2010
AmazingCharts.com, Inc., a leading developer of electronic health record (EHR/EMR) systems received the highest user satisfaction ratings in user surveys released independently by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) and Medscape, a unit of the WebMD Health Professional Network.

More EMRs are in physician offices, but use still lags - February 02, 2010
Physicians increasingly are adopting electronic medical records systems, even before government economic incentives for doing so have kicked in. But a survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found those doctors weren't yet doing a whole lot with the technology.

National Billing's EMR Systems a Financial Incentive to Doctors - January 24, 2010
National Billing is now offering electronic medical records systems incorporated into their billings services which, under President Obama's stimulus plan, can benefit doctors financially – and the sooner they implement it, the more money they will receive.

Scantronix and ePaperlessSolutions Form Key Partnership - January 24, 2010
New Strategic Alliance Will Bring Scantronix’ Paper Medical Chart Conversions to all ePaperless Solutions’ EMR System Clients on the East Coast –– Extends Service Offerings for Both Companies.

Telagen and Bell Medical Services Partner to Promote Meaningful Use of Electronic Medical Records - January 24, 2010
ITelagen, Inc. and Bell Medical Services, Inc. have formed an exclusive partnership aimed at encouraging the widespread, meaningful use of EMRs in physician practices throughout the Northeast and Mid–Atlantic regions of the United States.

Many Doctors Already Using E-Medical Records - January 24, 2010
While 40% of doctors had electronic medical record systems in their offices in 2008 and 2009, fewer than 7% of systems are fully functional.

NCH Software's Express Dictate Software Now Available as Free iPhone App - January 24, 2010
Express Dictate, called Pocket Dictate at Apple's app store, allows you to record and send dictation directly from your PC, Mac, PocketPC, Palm, SmartPhone, and now iPhone. The software is a professional dictation voice recorder that works like a traditional Dictaphone with HIPAA compliant for secure encryption.

EMRs missing the mark on care coordination efforts - January 21, 2010
The government's expectation that electronic medical records will dramatically improve care coordination across multiple care settings might come up short if changes are not made to both policy and EMR systems themselves, according to a recent study.

Summa Physicians, Inc. Selects eClinicalWorks EMR Solution - January 18, 2010
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Summa Physicians, Inc., (SPI) has chosen eClinicalWorks electronic medical records (EMR) solution for its 223 physicians serving 33 specialties.

CMS unveils plan for how doctors, hospitals can get EMR incentives - January 18, 2010
Some organizations worry about the speed at which health professionals are expected to move in adopting EMR capabilities.

eClinicalWorks Aims To Be A Game-Changer In EMR - January 18, 2010
When he came to the U.S. from India in 1988 to study towards a master’s in engineering at Boston University he wanted to “do something significant.” But it was not until the mid 1990s when he was in Geneva at a conference on the use of wireless technology in health care that the idea hit him.

Get the facts: Practice management software - January 17, 2010
We were told that programs are better and “cutting edge” when they’re “DOT NET” and that any program that doesn’t use .NET is antiquated. What does this mean? Is it true? Should I care?

IQMax and Fast Chart Partner to Provide Mobile Dictation Platform to Healthcare Community - January 16, 2010
IQMax and Fast Chart, an operating division of Applied Medical Services, LLC, are pleased to announce that they are partnering together to deliver IQMax’s web–based mobile dictation platform to healthcare providers.

Meaningful Use Confidence is High but Plenty of Gaps Still Exist - January 10, 2010
Eighty–five percent of healthcare providers believe their ambulatory electronic medical record (EMR) software will enable them meet the 2011 meaningful use deadlines being considered by the federal government, according to a report from KLAS.

Current EMRs May Be More Helpful With Billing Than Care Coordination - January 10, 2010
A gap appears to exist between policymakers' expectations of commercial electronic medical records (EMRs) in supporting care coordination and the way they are actually used by providers and clinicians in the healthcare environment.

Feds issue EMR meaningful use guidelines - January 10, 2010
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services propose guidelines for determining meaningful use of electronic medical records by doctors' offices and hospitals.

Tech talk: Web-based solutions - January 10, 2010
The third option to be introduced is Web–based or Web–hosted applications, which are now a choice instead of the two options that we discussed last week.

Manual of ethical best practices for healthcare documentation businesses now available - January 08, 2010
The manual will help healthcare documentation/medical transcription businesses and professionals to adopt policies and procedures for complying with HIPAA privacy and security laws and operating in a manner consistent with ethical best practices related to transcription billing, compensation, and outsourcing.

Will Technology Change How Doctors Treat You in 2010? - January 06, 2010
With the federal government aggressively pushing for electronic health records (EHR), 2010 could be the year telehealth technology finally allows doctors to monitor their patients' health wirelessly in real time –– no matter where the patient is.

AdvancedMD Acquires PracticeOne - January 06, 2010
AdvancedMD(R) Software, Inc., a leader in software–as–a–service (SaaS) medical practice and revenue cycle management automation solutions, announced it has acquired PracticeOne(TM), a privately–held provider of a CCHIT Certified(R) electronic health record (EHR) software.

Waiting Room Solutions is Chosen by Ohio Pain Center as Their Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Practice Management Software - January 05, 2010
Dr Amar Goyal, owner of Ohio Pain Center, is optimizing his practice workflow with the use of an award–winnning, web–based practice management & EMR solution.

Policy makers’ expectations for electronic medical records may be too high - January 04, 2010
The ability for electronic medical records to improve the coordination of patient care may be less than what policy makers are expecting, according to a study by researchers at the Center for Studying Health System Change.

U.S. Pushes For EMR Standards - January 04, 2010
The proposal for widespread adoption of Electronic Medical Records standards could accelerate the disbursement of $19 billion in federal stimulus funds.

Marathon of Meaningful Use, EHR Standards Just Beginning - January 04, 2010
With the release yesterday of its "meaningful use" definition and standards, government agencies have laid the foundation for an "evolutionary process in achieving and maintaining the meaningful use of certified EHR technology."

Electronic medical records draw both praise, condemnation - January 04, 2010
As the health care debate grinds on, President Barack Obama's plan for expanding the use of electronic medical records has been met with some skepticism in Missouri.

EHR Pros Share Secrets - January 04, 2010
Information technology leaders gathered last fall at Health Data Management's Health IT Stimulus Summit in Boston to exchange lessons learned when implementing electronic health records. Here's a summary of some of the key presentations.

PhEMR Announces New Release of its EMR Software - December 29, 2009
The company states that the new features added will help to ensure compliance with the new EMR standards soon to be announced.

Revel Consulting To Slim the Healthcare Waistline and Improve Healthcare Quality with Launch of New Practice - December 29, 2009
Revel Consulting, a Kirkland, Washington–based business management consulting firm, today announced the launch of its Healthcare Practice to help providers, payers and life sciences organizations improve healthcare quality and safety, increase efficiencies, and maintain compliance in the face of ever–evolving regulatory requirements.

GE Healthcare and GE Capital Expand Stimulus Simplicity Program - December 29, 2009
As part of its ongoing efforts to facilitate healthcare providers’ adoption of healthcare information technology, GE announced today that it is extending the purchasing options associated with its Stimulus SimplicityTM program – 0% payment terms and deferred payments until 2012* – to include new purchases of its Centricity® Business solution suite.

"Beacon communities" will be models for health information technology - December 25, 2009
Fifteen regions that have widespread EMR use and have exchanged data across geographic sectors will get federal grants to help others replicate their success.

Studies: Docs like electronic health records but privacy a concern - December 25, 2009
U.S. physicians support the use of electronic medical records, but widespread concerns exist about privacy problems, two new studies show.

Government Grapples With EMR Security, Privacy - December 25, 2009
Healthcare providers aren't stepping up to protect privacy of electronic medical records. Can the government provide adequate data security?

Hospitals and Vendors, Not Government, Will Drive EMR Usage -- Finds Report - December 25, 2009
Washington can encourage physicians to buy electronic medical record systems, but it is the vendors and hospitals that affiliate with physicians that will ultimately determine if they go electronic, according to a new report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information.

SynaMed Is Proud to Announce a Free Physician Collaboration Portal - December 25, 2009
SynaLink is a HIPAA–compliant messaging and file transfer system for doctor–to–doctor and doctor–to–patient communication. It offers a patient portal, phone messaging system, appointment scheduler, and e–prescribing, all provided completely free of charge.

Greatwater Software Adopts PatientPoint as New Company Name - December 20, 2009
New Name Reflects Company’s Focus on Providing Patient Self–Service Applications to Improve Healthcare Delivery at the Point of Care

Provation Medical Software Named Number One in Clinical Procedure Documentation Category, 2009 KLAS Top 20 Report - December 18, 2009
Wolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that ProVation MD software, from its ProVation Medical brand of products, has been designated Number One in the Clinical Procedure Documentation category of the 2009 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Professional Services report.

MGMA urges revisions to "meaningful use" guidelines - December 15, 2009
If accepted by the federal government, the suggested health IT requirements could negatively impact practices and impede EMR adoption, the association says.

Bone & Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge, Inc. Reports Immediate Productivity Gains With the SRS Hybrid EMR - December 15, 2009
SRS, the leader in high–performance hybrid EMRs, today announced that Bone & Joint Clinic of Baton Rouge has already begun to realize enhanced physician productivity with its newly implemented hybrid EMR.

Patient Access Solutions Enters Lucrative Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Market - December 15, 2009
Patient Access Solutions, Inc. today announced the launch of its new Electronic Medical Records (EMR) platform, which is specifically designed to allow smaller–sized healthcare practices to cost–effectively and conveniently acquire a state–of–the–art EMR solution.

Edifecs Testifies Before NCVHS Standards Subcommittee Regarding HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 Testing - December 10, 2009
Edifecs, Inc., the proven leader in HIPAA 5010 and Healthcare Channel Modernization solutions, announced today that Sunny Singh, Edifecs CEO, was invited by the NCVHS (National Committee for Vital and Health Statistics) to present his perspective regarding HIPAA 5010 and ICD–10 testing.

EBSCO Publishing and Zynx Health Expand Partnership for Integrated Access to Evidence-Based Content - December 09, 2009
Institutions currently using point–of–care resources from EBSCO Publishing (EBSCO) and Zynx Health will benefit from a new agreement which gives healthcare providers integrated access to their evidence–based resources, resulting in quicker retrieval of relevant and current information and improved quality care.

Can Electronic Medical Records Be Secured? - December 07, 2009
While EMRs promise massive opportunities for patient health benefits and reductions in administrative costs, the privacy and security risks are daunting.

New Report "EMR 2010 (Market Analysis, ARRA Incentives, Key Players, and Important Trends)" available through Aarkstore Enterprise - December 07, 2009
This report provides Eight Important Conclusions About the EMR Market that market watchers should be aware of.

CHS Launches Optic™ – the Next Generation of its Onsite Health Technology - December 04, 2009
CHS Optic™ System Now Deployed in Eight States at Twelve HybridHealthSM Centers:|Five additional sites planned for launch in early 2010

Second Time's the Charm - December 03, 2009
A rural Maine hospital, burned by a bad experience with its first attempt at rolling out electronic health records at the 10 physician practices it owns, took a radically different approach the second time around in hopes of a better result.

What will the paperless medical revolution look like? - December 03, 2009
The medical revolution is here ... and you are invited. Spurred by President Obama's “HITECH” program, health care providers can earn a sizable subsidy by giving up paper charts and exchanging or updating medical records digitally.

Consumers can surf their hospital's report card - December 03, 2009
Just as a consumer might take to their computer to shop around for the right television, state health officials hope Southland residents can choose a hospital that is right for them with the click of a button.

ISCR Becomes Instant Player in the Obamacare EMR/Cost Savings Sweepstakes - December 03, 2009
Instacare Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: ISCR) announced today that its proprietary brands of MD@Hand and Practice Probe EMR and other e–health technologies have been successfully engineered to seamlessly function on popular smart cell phones.

National Experts Explore Best Practices in Data De-Identification for Healthcare & EHRs in Melamedia Seminar - December 02, 2009
HITECH, Breach Notification Prompt New Attention to Anonymizing Patient Records – CDT Suggests Changes to HIPAA Rules.

KLAS Examines Allscripts One Year After the Misys Merger - December 02, 2009
Company enjoys top provider mind share but declining customer satisfaction amid the industry's rising interest in electronic medical records.

California’s Neighborhood Healthcare Selects eClinicalWorks - December 02, 2009
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that Neighborhood Healthcare, which serves Riverside and San Diego counties, has selected eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM) solution along with eClinicalWorks Enterprise Business Optimizer’s (eBO) enhanced reporting capabilities for its 115 providers across 11 locations.

EHR: More than digital documentation - December 02, 2009
Electronic Health Records (EHR) software is currently an extremely hot topic among chiropractors and nearly all other healthcare professionals.

Omaha Chiropractor Dr. Nick Crom Wins ACOM Health $50,000 Ultimate Practice Makeover; Sees Prize Helping Double his Practice within Three Years - December 02, 2009
Today, the contest winner anticipates accelerating growth under a $50,000 prize package that includes three years of ACOM Health’s Billing Optimization Service, RAPID Documentation and RAPID Practice Management software, implementation and training services, and three–years of software support.

INFINITT North America Image-Enables the EMR With INFINITT Accent - December 02, 2009
INFINITT North America, a technology leader in web–based image and information management solutions, today announced the release of the INFINITTAccent, an OEM PACS offering for EMR, HIS, and Practice Management vendors.

U.S. physicians lag on EMR use - December 02, 2009
But American patients can access care more quickly than can those in many other countries, an international survey of doctors found.

Study: No Cost Savings With Electronic Medical Records - December 01, 2009
A new Harvard study finds that computerized medical records don’t save money or make hospitals more efficient, despite claims that health information technology could generate huge financial returns.

Doctations Partners with Professional Claims Bureau in Providing End-to-End Practice Management and Outsource Revenue Cycle Solutions - December 01, 2009
Doctations’ unique blend of electronic medical records and practice management software enables PCB to offer the most comprehensive practice management solution available.

US Health Information Director Blumenthal Addresses Electronic Medical Records in Philadelphia - November 30, 2009
Speaking at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology addressed the need for information technology to improve patient care across the "complex and difficult" spectrum of the US healthcare system.

IQMax Unveils iPhone Healthcare Dictation App - November 29, 2009
IQMax, Inc. is pleased to announce the release of its healthcare dictation application for Apple’s iPhone. IQSpeak® is an intuitive, yet sophisticated dictation solution that integrates a physician’s patient schedule with the ability to dictate patient notes on the iPhone, allowing physicians to dictate while on the move, anytime, anywhere.

Genesis Technologies, Inc. Now Offering Dragon Medical 10.1 Speech Recognition and Dictation Software for Physicians - November 29, 2009
Genesis Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce it now offers Dragon Medical 10.1 speech recognition and dictation software for physicians. Dragon Medical 10.1 helps reduce transcription costs and assists medical practices in making the transition to money–saving and government–mandated Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems.

ACOM Health Releases Upgraded RAPID Documentation Software for Chiropractic - November 29, 2009
ACOM Health has introduced Version 5.4 of its RAPID Chiropractic Documentation software with enhanced user experience, integration with the new RAPID Patient Education and RAPID Home Exercise modules, and expanded medical necessity documentation support.

Electronic medical records critical to better health care - November 29, 2009
Even the federal government has gotten into the act, defining a complete EMR system as containing four basic functions: computerized orders for prescriptions, computerized orders for tests, reporting of test results and physician notes.

Health industry finally moving toward computerized records - November 29, 2009
The goal is to offer incentives for health care providers to move from paper charts to computers during the next five years, and after 2015 penalize those who don’t by, for example, providing lower reimbursements for Medicare patients.

Need a practice management system? Here's what to look for - November 29, 2009
A good practice management system should be like an oracle for your office. You should be able to ask, "Which patient is coming in next?" or "Who hasn't paid their bill?" and get the right answer every time.

MedeAnalytics Patient Access Services (PAS) Solution Provides Integrated Financial Clearance and Front-end Intelligence for Hospitals - November 28, 2009
MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management solutions, announced the launch of its Patient Access Services (PAS) solution at HFMA`s Fall Revenue Cycle Strategies Conference today in Chicago, Ill.

Premium software applications launch your practice into the space age: Part 1 - November 25, 2009
Today, the push for the healthcare industry to make the switch from paper to electronic health records (EHR), combined with the rapid evolution of medical technology, have made practice management software an extremely popular product among doctors of all stripes, especially chiropractic.

5 factors to look for when investing in EHR software: Part II of II - November 03, 2009
For DCs looking to invest in electronic health records (EHR) software to make the switch from paper to digital or simply to streamline their practice's efficiency, there are dozens of vendors to choose from.

New Study Reveals Push to Electronic Medical Records Puts Patient Privacy at Risk - November 03, 2009
70 Percent of Surveyed Hospital Security Professionals Say Senior Management Fail to Prioritize Privacy and Data Security.

Is speech recognition technology ready for prime time? - November 01, 2009
Physicians' chances to earn incentives from the federal stimulus package have forced many to look at speech recognition as a way of making electronic medical record adoption more palatable to resistant physicians.

EMR alerts can signal abnormal tests, but some doctors don't use them - November 01, 2009
Physicians fail to follow up on about 8% of warnings about imaging tests, a new study of office–based care found.

7 tips to help you protect patient privacy - November 01, 2009
Chiropractic professionals and other individuals and organizations that collect, store, and use personal data in any capacity are facing challenging times. Given stringent legal and regulatory obligations existing under HIPAA and other health–privacy legislation, you and other healthcare professionals have long recognized the importance of maintaining the privacy of health information.

Xerox holds thought leadership workshop for healthcare professionals - November 01, 2009
Healthcare companies around the country are preparing for electronic medical record reform. Xerox is prepared to help the healthcare industry navigate the digital divide.

Electronic Medical Record System and More - November 01, 2009
Implementation of electronic medical records (EMR) by healthcare providers and facilities remains at an all–time low. According to so many reports, the determining factor responsible for this type of low implementation of EMR is cost.

Unifi-Med 5.0 Complete EMR and Practice Management Solution - October 31, 2009
Unifi Technologies announces the release of Unifi–Med 5.0. Built by physicians for physicians, Unifi–Med is a web based EMR and Practice Management Solution built on cloud computing technology.

PatientOS Urges Trade Ministers to Encourage Adoption of Open Source Solutions at the Sixth Annual Consul Program for New Jersey Life Sciences - October 31, 2009
The Center for International Business & Education hosted a unique event connecting consular officials from over 20 countries with business, education and government officials for collaboration and commerce.

Opinion: Electronic medical records improve quality of care - October 23, 2009
Electronic medical records are a cornerstone of President Barack Obama's health reform effort, and as part of his effort to stimulate the economy, he has dedicated some $19 billion to make EMRs a national reality.

Personal health information is the next national security problem - October 23, 2009
Security needs have expanded. Everywhere we turn there’s potential harm to us personally and has real long–term consequences. More troubling is the fact that most of it is out of our own individual control.

Reportlinker Adds Computer Assisted Coding Of Medical Information Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts 2008 to 2014 - October 23, 2009
Properly designed natural language processing (NLP) solutions do not require physicians to change the way they work. They can dictate in a free–flowing fashion, consistent with the way they think, and are not limited to structured inputs that may or may not fully capture the unique circumstances of each patient encounter.

SIEM Solutions Help with Secured Electronic Medical Records Compliance - October 23, 2009
On one hand, privacy in healthcare is nothing new. Medical records are by definition highly personal in nature and that is widely understood. So why is medical data privacy emerging as an issue now?

eClinicalWorks and Healthwise Collaborate to Help Physicians and Patients - October 23, 2009
eClinicalWorks and Healthwise announced today an agreement to provide two Healthwise solutions to eClinicalWorks physician clients.

Complete Medical Billing Informs Clients of Stimulus Package - October 21, 2009
Government Stimulus For Qualifying Physicians Used to Stimulate the Utilization of Electronic Medical Records.

A Meaningful Guarantee -- EHR Vendor Offers "Meaningful Use" Guarantee to Customers - October 21, 2009
ChartLogic Inc., a leader in the electronic health records industry since 1994, today announced its plans to obtain preliminary certification, and a subsequent guarantee for its providers: “I guarantee that ChartLogic EMR users will be able to meet the “meaningful use” requirements needed to receive the stimulus money,” said ChartLogic CEO Zubin Emsley.

How electronic medical records affect staffing - October 21, 2009
Staffing needs will change after medical practices adopt electronic record systems. Some practices may be able to cut staff. But others may hire, and some may shuffle responsibilities.

DataCore Software Partner Far West Technologies Implements Compliance, Virtualization and Business Continuity Solutions for Anaheim Memorial and San G - October 21, 2009
DataCore Software, a leading provider of storage virtualization, business continuity and disaster recovery software solutions, today highlighted the recent successes of one of its West Coast partners – Far West Technologies, a systems integrator, reseller and provider of information technology, telephony, compliance and virtualization–based solutions.

MedicAlert Foundation International and CAP STS Collaborate to Standardize Emergency Medical Information - October 20, 2009
In an effort to advance health information interoperability, MedicAlert(R) Foundation International and SNOMED Terminology Solutions(TM) (STS) are working together to standardize the health information in the MedicAlert Emergency Medical Information Record (EMIR), making it easier for consumers to connect their emergency medical information to other health information applications currently available on the Microsoft(R) HealthVault(TM) Platform.

SonoSite Announces Workflow Solutions Delivering Billing, Credentialing, EHR and Image Archiving Capabilities Specialized for Emergency Medicine - October 17, 2009
SonoSite, Inc. announced today the introduction of SonoSite® Workflow Solutions (SWS™), a suite of specialized tools designed to streamline exam management at the departmental level by giving physicians the ability to browse, manage and store ultrasound studies and generate reports suitable for billing and credentialing.

Lack of eHealth standards, privacy concerns costing lives - October 12, 2009
Mining electronic patient data to discover health trends and automate life–saving health alerts for patients and their doctors will be the greatest benefit of electronic medical records (EMR), but a survey released today finds a lack of standards, privacy concerns by hospitals and patients and technology limitations are holding back progress.

Jewett Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A., Selects SRS Hybrid EMR for Its 32 Providers After Thorough Due Diligence - October 12, 2009
Comprehensive Research Comparing Point–and–Click EMRs and SRS Hybrid EMR Helps Practice Avoid Costly Technology Mistake.

Technology To Engage Patients in their Health Care - October 12, 2009
Personally controlled health record (PCHR) technology – an emerging patient–centric model of health information exchange – promises to transform health care for patients and physicians.

The Quantum Group Deploys New Version of PWeRTM - October 12, 2009
The Quantum Group, Inc. (NYSE Amex:QGP) announced that the third version of PWeRTM (Personal Wellness electronic RecordTM), PWeR 3.0, has deployed according to schedule.

Florida's Medical Business Service rethinks data backup and disaster recovery with EVault - October 12, 2009
Medical Business Service (MBS), located in the hurricane–prone Miami suburb of Coral Gables, Fla., replaced its tape data backup and tape–based offsite disaster recovery plan with Seagate Technology subsidiary i365's EVault disk–based data replication in the midst of healthcare's digital transition.

Achieving paperless health care - October 11, 2009
Shift to electronic medical records is transforming patient care by improving safety, effiency and lowering costs.

HealthTec Software, Inc. – The Leading Consigner Of The Highly Regarded Electronic Medical Records - October 09, 2009
HealthTec software, Inc. is the leading consigner of the highly regarded electronic medical records and full range of medical practice solutions software.

Providers Weigh Two Options for Financing Electronic Medical Records Within Fraud and Abuse Exceptions - October 08, 2009
With their Medicare reimbursement to rise or fall depending on whether electronic medical record (EMR) systems are adopted, hospitals and physicians are weighing their options within the confines of fraud and abuse exceptions.

Cloud-based EHR System Offered Free to Doctors - October 07, 2009
The U.S. government feels that EHR will help reduce the cost of medical care by allowing doctors, labs, and hospitals to share data faster and easier than they can currently.

Cloud-based EHR System Offered Free to Doctors - October 07, 2009
The U.S. government feels that EHR will help reduce the cost of medical care by allowing doctors, labs, and hospitals to share data faster and easier than they can currently.

Apollo Health Street and gloStream Announce Partnership to Support gloStream Products - October 06, 2009
Apollo Health Street, a provider of world–class information technology to the nation’s healthcare organizations, and gloStream, an electronic medical record and practice management software provider, today announced a new partnership in which Apollo Health Street will make its services available to gloStream’s national network of technology partners.

Don't let EMRs cut into your doctor-patient time - October 05, 2009
Paul Roemer is in the health care technology business, but even he had a hard time dealing with what a computer screen was doing to his doctor.

Medical documents filed electronically for ease of use, quick access - October 05, 2009
Electronic medical record systems where patient information is shared among hospitals, private practices and patients are no longer science fiction.

Md. takes lead in electronic medical records - October 05, 2009
3 hospital systems, retirement community operator building network that could beat U.S. into action.

Medical Business Service, Inc. Chooses i365™, A Seagate® Company, to Bolster Disaster Recovery and Data Security Capabilities - October 04, 2009
MBS Deploys EVault® Plug–n–Protect Appliance to Safeguard Data, Ensure Easy Recovery in the Case of Natural Disaster or Network Failure.

Only Fools Rush In
EHR technology should balance usability, efficiency, and safety - October 02, 2009
As our legislators struggle to figure out ways to shoehorn 50 million more Americans into the “insured” category, stave off the growing epidemic of medical errors, and improve the general quality of care, digitizing our health records is a commonly noted panacea.

New York City’s William F. Ryan Community Health Network Selects eClinicalWorks - October 01, 2009
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that New York City’s William F. Ryan Community Health Network has chosen eClinicalWorks unified electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM) solution along with eClinicalWorks Enterprise Business Optimizer’s (eBO) enhanced reporting capabilities for its more than 250 physicians and residents in 16 locations.

INPUT: U.S. State and Local Governments to Increase Health IT Investments - September 30, 2009
Comprehensive INPUT report analyzes state and local health care IT spending, provides roadmap to business opportunities.

New Dell Solution Helps Hospitals Open Up Benefits of EMR to More Physicians and Patients - September 30, 2009
Dell Bridges Healthcare’s Digital Divide: Patient Info Locked in Paper Records, EMR That is Beyond Reach of Most Practices, Hospitals and Practices That Share Patients but Not Patient Information

pMDsoft Announces Interfaces with Additional EMR, EHR, Practice Management, Hospital and Billing Systems - September 30, 2009
pMDsoft, Inc. today announced the completion of over a dozen more HL7 interfaces with some of the most recognized and popular software systems in the medical industry. pMDsoft's industry–leading interface engine has allowed it to integrate seamlessly with its customers' existing software infrastructure, eliminating data entry and increasing the accuracy of their claims.

Digital Health Records: The Hard Road Ahead - September 30, 2009
Encouraged by the billions of dollars in government funding, technology companies are making a big push to help bring computerized health records into small–office physician practices.

Healthcare Electronic Records Technology and Government Funding: Improving Patient Care? - September 30, 2009
Many in healthcare and government want to see the wide gap in IT capabilities closed and more providers moved to adopt electronic health records (EHR) systems in order to improve the healthcare industry’s ability to transmit, share and access critical patient data when and where it is needed.

New Jersey Chiropractor Implements ACOM Health's Chiropractic Software; Billable Services Jump 20 Percent - September 28, 2009
Advanced Chiropractic and Rehab Center, P.A., a successful 22–year–old Pennsauken practice, has implemented chiropractic software for clinical notes, reporting and office management from ACOM Health, streamlining its clinical and office processes and effecting a 20 percent increase in billable services

Is Your Health Privacy at Risk? - September 23, 2009
Healthcare organizations are losing more than just names, addresses and Social Security numbers. When their data gets stolen, patients lose the privacy of their medical conditions, treatments and medications while at the same time falling prey to identity theft, medical billing fraud and other criminal schemes.

The Quantum Group Submits Final Patent Filing in Support of Healthcare Technology Platform PWeR™ (Personal Wellness electronic Record™) - September 22, 2009
The Quantum Group (NYSE Amex:QGP) announces that it has submitted a final patent filing that covers unique solutions for optimizing performance and access in a cloud computing environment.

Greenway Medical Technologies Closes 11th Consecutive Fiscal Year of Positive Growth - September 21, 2009
Greenway Medical Technologies Inc., a leading provider of a single–database, integrated electronic health record (EHR), practice management and interoperability solution, today announced its 11th consecutive fiscal year of positive growth.

How to determine an EHR's "usability" - September 21, 2009
When it comes to electronic health records, functionality has had its time in the spotlight. Now, the buzz term is usability.

InstallFree Rolls Out Electronic Medical Records (EMR) System at Pentucket Medical Using Application Virtualization and SaaS Delivery - September 19, 2009
InstallFree, Inc., developer of platform application virtualization solutions for enterprise desktop environments, today announced the completion of the InstallFree Bridge rollout at Pentucket Medical Associates, a leading multi–specialty medical group practice, with over 400 medical professionals and staff serving patients in five outpatient facilities in Massachusetts.

Virginia Beach Technology Company in Inc's Top 500 - Turning Paper Charts into Electronic Records Results in 550 Percent Revenue Increase - September 19, 2009
For the second year in a row DOMA Technologies has been recognized as Inc Magazine's top 500 fastest growing companies nationwide, ranking 36th among business product and service firms up from 55th in 2008.

Jewish Hospital and St. Mary's HealthCare Chooses Patient Placement Systems to Automate Discharge Referral Process - September 18, 2009
The Discharge Referral System is a Web–based application that enables JHSMH case managers to send referral inquiries to post–acute providers electronically – eliminating faxes and phone tag and significantly streamlining the placement process.

Movement toward electronic medical records will bring healthy, diverse job growth - September 18, 2009
Doctors who adopt certified electronic medical records (EMRs) for their practice will get incentive pay for five years under the $20 billion Health Information Technology Act, part of the $787 billion stimulus plan. The $40,000 to $65,000 total per physician will mean a lot of money for doctors –– and plenty of jobs for those in the EMR field.

OnePartner gets $1.3M grant for electronic medical records system - September 18, 2009
OnePartner Advanced Technology and Application Center (ATAC) can begin creating the infrastructure needed to transfer electronic medical records thanks to a grant it received Tuesday morning from the Virginia Tobacco Commission.

ICA Announces Certified Integration Program For Quick, Standardized Implementation of Community-wide EHRs - September 18, 2009
Ulrich Medical Concepts Becomes First Certified Partner, Reaps Low Price and Ability to Predict Ownership Costs.

Medical software company acquires Kalamazoo firm - September 17, 2009
As physician offices across the nation make the shift to electronic medical records, Colorado–based MD–IT is helping ease that complicated transition with the help of its newly attained regional office in Kalamazoo.

10 Hot Health Care Plays For VARs - September 17, 2009
Health care has long had a justified reputation as a great play for VARs in a down economy: if not quite recession–proof, it's about as recession–resistant as any vertical market out there.

EMR Or EHR: What's In A Name? - September 17, 2009
Many software and hardware vendors, clinicians, and even some analysts tend to use the terms EMR (electronic medical record) and EHR (electronic health record) interchangeably. However, according to the National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT), there is a distinct difference between the two.

The key to chiropractic's future - September 14, 2009
President Obama has made implementation of electronic health records (EHR) a priority. Although the early legislation in 2004 allowed an exemption for small practices, the stimulus package law gives its rewards and punishments regardless of the size of your practice.

eClinicalWorks Continues Leadership in Health Center Market: 37 Health Centers Sign with eClinicalWorks in Last Few Months - September 14, 2009
eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced that the company has secured contracts with 37 Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) across the country in the past few months.

The greatest EHR myths — and the truth behind them - September 13, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, casually known as the economic stimulus package, has generated a lot of buzz across the chiropractic profession.

RevenueXL Releases a 'Must Use' EMR Feature Guide for Physicians: Top 10 Electronic Medical Record Software Features for Every Physician - September 12, 2009
There are over 300 EMR products in the market place each with its own bells and whistles. The Top 10 EMR feature list created and published by RevenueXL is an essential reference for every Physician evaluating Electrical Medical Records a.k.a. Electronic Health Records for implementation.

Electronic Medical Records Firm Born Out Of Necessity - September 10, 2009
DoctorsPartner provides software that helps doctors maintain electronic medical records and manage their practices.

Physicians, patients benefit with online patient registration - September 10, 2009
The use of electronic medical records can benefit patients and health–care providers, but many smaller practices remain hesitant to implement complex, costly EMR systems.

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A new law offers financial incentives for implementing e-prescribing - September 10, 2009
More and more electronic medical record (EMR) programs now integrate electronic prescribing (e–prescribing). And it's a good thing they do. The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) took effect in January, and this law offers financial incentives for the implementation of e–prescribing systems.

Electronic Health Records: Facing the Issues - September 10, 2009
Over the past decade, electronic transactions have slowly supplanted paper–based systems in many industries. However, a physician jotting notes on a paper chart, which will then be stored in a large filing cabinet, remains the norm.

Social Security To Put $24 Million Into EMRs - September 09, 2009
The Social Security Administration plans to make wider use of electronic medical records to process disability applications.

Going Electronic: Step by Step - September 09, 2009
Once pulled together, everyone from HIM staff to physicians and payers have simultaneous access to the electronic record – according to the Medical Records Institute, the No. 1 reason clinicians implement an EMR, CPR or electronic health record (EHR).

The Small VAR's Path to Health Care Economic Stimulus Funds - September 09, 2009
Even smaller resellers can get in on some of the economic stimulus package funds that are on the way to help modernize health care IT.

The Quantum Group Deploys New Version of 21st Century EMR Solution - PWeRTM 3.0 - September 09, 2009
The Quantum Group, Inc. (NYSE Amex:QGP) announced that the third version of PWeRTM (Personal Wellness electronic RecordTM), PWeR 3.0, is expected to deploy in the next 30 days

ZyDoc Medical Transcription Completes Acquisition of Administrative Advantage - September 09, 2009
U.S.–based ZyDoc Medical Transcription, a technology leader in medical transcription and related health care informatics, announced today that it has completed acquisition of Pennsylvania–based Administrative Advantage, a full–service medical transcription organization (MTSO) in business since 1994.

iCRco Releases Clarity PACS, a New Approach to Managing Digital Imaging Data - September 08, 2009
iCRco releases the latest version of its affordable and fully scalable PACS solution, Clarity PACS.

The Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) Market is Poised for Growth - September 05, 2009
This research estimates the current market for hospital information systems (HISs) to be some $307 million and growing at a 20% rate, whereas the market for physician practice management is $102 million and growing at 25%.

Salesforce.com Invests In Cloud-Based EMR Provider - September 05, 2009
Salesforce (NYSE: CRM).com has made a multimillion–dollar investment in Practice Fusion, a company that provides Web–based electronic medical record applications free to physicians via a cloud computing model.

Hardware Sales Could Be Side Effect of Stimulus Bill's EMR Incentives - September 05, 2009
As the Obama Administration provides incentives to push doctors and hospitals to upgrade their healthcare IT solutions, there will be a greater need to replace antiquated computer hardware with newer, more powerful systems that can support the vast amounts of information created by EMR, wireless, RFID, electronic physician order entry (CPOE) and other advanced software that is rapidly being adopted.

Kentucky Healthcare Provider Preps State’s Largest EMR Rollout - August 28, 2009
Kentucky's largest implementation of electronic medical records is underway as St. Elizabeth Healthcare starts standardizing its clinical system platforms and gets ready to roll out EMRs to its three large doctor practices.

New InfoLogix M24 Mobile Clinical Assistant Will Enable Hospitals to Access Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Directly at the Point of Care - August 28, 2009
InfoLogix, Inc., a leading technology provider of enterprise mobility solutions for the healthcare and commercial industries, announced today the introduction of a new mobility offering for healthcare providers, the InfoLogix M24 mobile clinical assistant: a powerful mobile computing solution that enables medical professionals to access critical patient information at the point–of–care.

No more pushing paper with electronic medical records - August 28, 2009
Local doctors who use electronic medical record systems – referred to as EMRs – said e–records offer more than the promise of efficiency. Going digital contributes to patient safety, said Carey Leverett, vice president of information services for Washington County Health System.

Sequel Systems Launches SequelMed Channel Partner Program - August 28, 2009
Program Delivers Unique and Exclusive Benefits for Organizations Facilitating the Transition from Practice Management Solutions to Complete Electronic Medical Records.

Health Plans Ramp Up Efforts, Employ New Technologies, to Detect and Thwart Fraud - August 28, 2009
Health insurers are stepping up efforts to detect fraud in light of expectations that a struggling economy could fuel more illegal schemes. Health plans contacted by HPW say their efforts are increasingly successful, aided by new technology and outreach efforts.

Electronic Records: EMR vs. EHR - August 25, 2009
Health IT industry news followers have probably noticed industry confusion and inconsistencies regarding terminology about what to call patient information that is collected and shared electronically.

Health information technology - August 25, 2009
There are numerous benefits to health IT but some are to prevent medical errors, reduce health care cost and decrease paperwork. And because of the health network, the public will benefit from early detection of infectious disease outbreaks around the country and tracking of chronic disease management.

How to Keep Electronic Health Records Secure - August 25, 2009
"Keeping that patient information secure is part of caring for that patient," said Lisa Gallagher, senior director of privacy and security for the Health Care Information Systems and Management Society (HIMSS).

EMR, EHR, Practice Management and Soap Notes Touch Screens - August 19, 2009
Tech Global, Inc. is leading the way with their line for Medical Touch Screen Monitors for EMR, EHR, Kiosk Patient Check–In and other Healthcare applications. Providing long lasting solutions for all of your Healthcare IT needs.

Zynx Health and eClinicalWorks Enter Agreement to Offer Clinical Decision Support to EHR Software Users - August 19, 2009
Zynx Health, the leader in evidence–based healthcare, and eClinicalWorks®, a market leader in ambulatory clinical systems, today announced a partnership to provide Zynx AmbulatoryCareTM order sets to eClinicalWorks clients.

Health Story Project Offers Perspective on "Meaningful Use" Definition - August 19, 2009
With almost 20 billion dollars recently earmarked to encourage the adoption of the Electronic Health Record (EHR), The Health Story Project defined "meaningful use of the Certified (EHR)" in its testimony to the National Committee on Vital Health and Statistics' (NCVHS) public hearing in May.

Enhanced Document Management & Workflow System Announced by MediConnect Global - August 18, 2009
MediConnect Global, a leader in records retrieval and electronic document management, today announced the release of RapidReview version 2.0, a complete document management system with customized workflow developed by MediConnect.

State medical records laws complicate White House plans - August 12, 2009
The 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included about $20 billion to encourage doctors and hospitals to install e–records systems by 2014 as part of President Obama's larger health care agenda. But the planned migration to e–records still could cost hospitals billions of dollars annually because they also must retain paper records.

'EMR Light' Something Right For Healthcare Now - August 11, 2009
"The government is giving us a carrot with the stimulus incentives. The question for us now is not what we're going to do with this technology, but what is the government going to force us to do with it?"

Unotron Sponsors EMR Workshop at the National Medical Association’s Annual Conference - August 11, 2009
UNOTRON will sponsor Insight Data Group’s (IDG) series of Electronic Medical Records Workshops at the National Medical Association’s 2009 Convention and Scientific Assembly, July 25–29, 2009, at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

GE Centricity Solution Expands with Medicalis’ Appropriate Imaging Tool - August 05, 2009
GE Healthcare took another step forward in its role as one of the global leaders in enabling cost–effective, appropriate imaging, announcing a partnership with a leading provider of Clinical Decision Support for Diagnostic Imaging (CDS–DI), Medicalis, that seeks to help drive quality healthcare and reduce unnecessary imaging procedures and costs.

Remotely Hosted EHRs: The Pros and Cons for Clinics - July 26, 2009
Before implementing electronic health records, physician group practice administrators invariably hit a significant fork in the road. One path they can choose is the longstanding "do–it–yourself" approach of licensing and installing the application locally. The other path involves relying on a vendor to remotely host the software and provide related services.

iData Research Publishes Market Analysis Series on Electronic Medical Records and PACS - July 22, 2009
According to a new market research report series by iData Research, an international medical device, dental and pharmaceutical market research firm, the U.S. market for Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) is estimated to more than quadruple in value by 2013.

Balancing patient care and EMRs - July 22, 2009
One of the first procedures that the doctor's office should put in place is having one member of the office staff spend a few minutes (before the doctor even sees the patient) in front of the computer, in the exam room, pulling up the appropriate information on the patient before the physician comes into the examination room.

Kaiser Permanente Project Proves Electronic Health Information and Care Coordination Improves Chronic Disease Management - July 21, 2009
Specialty care physicians can improve the health of high–risk patients by reviewing electronic health records and proactively providing e–consultations and treatment plan recommendations with primary care physicians, according to a Kaiser Permanente paper published online in the British Medical Journal.

SOAP notes help you stay clean - July 21, 2009
Subjective, objective, assessment, and plan. Any way you look at these words, they add up to something very important for you and your practice. Better known as SOAP notes, these are the records you implement when documenting patient encounters.

AMA meeting: Doctors object to penalties for avoiding EHRs - July 07, 2009
Delegates call for eliminating Medicare penalties for failing to show "meaningful use" of electronic records by 2015. But some fear incentives could also go.

Before buying an EMR system, learn from others' mistakes - July 07, 2009
If you talk to 10 physician practices after a major technology implementation, you'll likely get 10 different stories about the lessons they learned. So what is the biggest mistake? Experts say it's not listening to those doctors and learning from their experiences.

Incentives for Using EHR Systems - July 07, 2009
The conference, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, has historically been limited to hospital and allopathic audiences. This year's group was expanded for the first time to include other health care experts, and I was the designee from the chiropractic profession.

Mobile Clinical References Credited in Preventing Medical Errors Weekly - July 04, 2009
More than 60 percent of the 2,000 physicians surveyed reported avoiding at least one adverse drug event (ADE) per week by using Epocrates’ software on an iPhone™, Blackberry®, Palm® or Windows® device. With more than a third of U.S. physicians using Epocrates, this translates to more than a hundred thousand ADEs avoided weekly, and illustrates the importance of trusted point–of–care information.

iMedicor Expands HIPAA Compliant Platform and Applications for Handheld Devices - July 04, 2009
Medicor today announced that it has entered into an agreement with myLEADERBOARD, Inc. to complete the development of a mobile application of its online communications platform, responding to the growing demand by physicians who rely heavily on their handheld devices to deliver a higher quality of care to their patients. he application will be available at no cost through the iMedicor portal.

GE Announces Loans for Electronic Medical Records - July 04, 2009
GE Healthcare today launched Stimulus Simplicity, a new financing and product–certification program that will offer zero percent interest loans to physicians’ offices, hospitals, clinics, and other organizations. The concept is to help them cover investments in electronic medical records (EMRs).

VirtualHealth and Silk Partner to Provide Physicians with Revenue Recovery Solutions - July 03, 2009
VirtualHealth Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has finalized its agreement to partner with Silk Information Systems, Inc. (SILK) to provide Web–based Electronic Health Records, Revenue Cycle Management and Billing solutions with no cost of entry to its base of 1,500 medical practice clients through VHGI's subsidiary Medical Office Software (MOS).

Open Source Software Projects in Health Care Offer Significant Cost Savings, Reports Black Duck Software - June 28, 2009
Open source projects created for use in health care and medical applications promise to significantly reduce costs and contribute efficiencies to health care organizations, according to Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of products and services for accelerating software development through the managed use of open source software.

Researchers to study data from VA EMR system - June 28, 2009
The initiative will allow VA–affiliated physicians to discover better ways to handle various diseases, including cancer and congestive heart failure.

Electronic Health Records and Privacy Law - June 27, 2009
President Obama has declared that electronic medical records will "reduce error rates, reduce our long–term cost of health care and create jobs." The goal of this campaign is to adopt EHR technology to replace the current paper and fragmented computer files maintained by the vast majority of hospitals and physicians.

The Real Reason Why Doctors Don't Want to Adopt EMRs and What to Do About It - June 26, 2009
Have you ever been ignored by someone who was texting or otherwise engaged in a digital conversation? Did you feel that the person was being rude and unresponsive to you? If your answer to both of these questions is “yes” then you will understand the real reason why some doctors don’t want to adopt electronic medical records systems (EMRs).

SmartDraw Helps Increase Adoption of Electronic Medical Records by Physician Practices - June 23, 2009
SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating concepts and processes visually, announced today that a growing number of medical/IT consultancies are using SmartDraw to help medical practices and hospitals find the right Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system for them.

Microsoft to Showcase Innovative Solutions for Health Plans at AHIP Institute - June 22, 2009
Microsoft demonstrates new technology for health plans aimed at increasing customer satisfaction and driving new business opportunities.

Transition to digital medical records gains steam - June 22, 2009
Back in 2004, President George W. Bush said he wanted each American to have an electronic health–care record within 10 years. Halfway to that 2014 goal, Ohio’s large hospitals and medical practices are making major strides.

Government Initiatives Are a Key Driver for Electronic Medical Records Market - June 22, 2009
MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of Kalorama Information's new report "U.S. Markets for EMR (Electronic Medical Record) Technology," to their collection of Healthcare market reports.

Bizmatics, Inc. Product PrognoCIS EMR / EHR Steps into the Spotlight. Horizon Family Medical Group from New York Selects the Bizmatics Product PrognoC - June 21, 2009
Horizon Family Medical Group based in Orange County, New York selects PrognoCIS Electronic Medical Record software to deploy at all its locations in the county.

Health Care Reform: Ready or Not, Here it Comes - June 20, 2009
As part of its health care reform plan, the Obama administration is calling for a standards– based electronic health information system and the widespread adoption of electronic medical records.

With $20 Billion Up for Grabs, Everyone's an EMR Vendor - June 18, 2009
Electronic medical records (EMR) have been around in one form or another for more than 30 years, but there hasn't been widespread adoption of EMR–related technologies because of price, a perceived lack of return on investment, and patient privacy issues.

Document Management in a Hybrid World - June 13, 2009
Paper records remain the prevalent avenue of documentation in the majority of today's provider offices and hospitals. Although most providers have experienced increased use of electronic medical records (EMRs), the abundance of paper records creates a challenging "paper/electronic" hybrid world as it adds a number of risks including increasing the time to release of information and litigation requests.

Administrative Advantage Selects ZyDoc e-Transcription Platform for Clients - June 13, 2009
ZyDoc Medical Transcription announced today that Administrative Advantage has chosen ZyDoc's award–winning web–based e–transcription platform for all medical transcription clients.

EMR adoption higher in states with fewer privacy rules - June 13, 2009
State laws in place to protect patients' confidentiality may be causing some hospitals to be more skittish about adopting electronic medical records systems, a factor that could impede the push for the industry to go paperless, a study says.

Chiropractic Clinics Should Emulate General Business: Drop Paper Processes, Gain Efficiency, Increase Profitability, ACOM Chief Software Engineer Advi - May 27, 2009
Corporate America and counterparts in Europe, Japan and elsewhere decades ago discovered the benefits of reducing and even eliminating paper documents, implementing electronic business environments to an ever greater degree.

MacPractice and Aqua Connect Deploy MacPractice MD, EMR, DDS, DC, and 20/20 on PCs, Thin Clients, and Smartphones - May 23, 2009
MacPractice, Inc., the developer of MacPractice MD, MacPractice EMR, MacPractice DDS, MacPractice DC, and MacPractice 20/20 has collaborated with Aqua Connect to deploy and support MacPractice software on PCs, thin clients, and smartphones.

Medical EMR Software To Be Subdized In Pres. Obama's Economic Stimulus Plan - Lives Can Be Saved As A Result - May 22, 2009
Electronic Medical Records Software (EMR Software) will be subsidized in the recently passed Economic Stimulus plan. One of the serendipitous benefits of EHR software adoption will be increased level of patient care. This will happen as a result of decreased medication errors, timeliness of data; complete and centralized patient database, increased health maintenance care, and portability of data.

Patient Engagement Impacts Recovery, Wellness and Profitability; EMR Solutions can Help, ACOM Chiropractic Software Designer says - May 06, 2009
It is almost axiomatic that when a patient is well engaged with his/her doctor and therapists, cooperation and compliance improve and the healing process generally proceeds more quickly and more effectively.

ACOM Healthcare Business Division Inks Reseller Agreement with SunRise Systems and Solutions - March 24, 2009
SunRise Systems and Solutions, a medical billing service and practice management software provider headquartered in East Liverpool, will sell ACOM’s RAPID EMR chiropractic notes and reporting software system.

Midwest Software donates clinical notes software to Palmer - March 24, 2009
Midwest Software, developer of Chiro QuickCharts has donated 10 soap notes software packages for implementation in Palmer College’s business development center.

Dakota Doctor Moving RAPIDLY toward Paperless Practice - March 24, 2009
Dixon Family Chiropractic, founded in 2000 as an acute care and maintenance/wellness practice in this Sioux Falls suburb, has implemented the RAPID Complete chiropractic software suite and is close to realizing the ideal of a paperless chiropractic practice, it was announced today by owner Dr. Myles Dixon, D.C. and Gregory T. Church, vice president of the ACOM Healthcare Business Division.

NYC Offering Subsidies To Push Electronic Medical Records - February 13, 2009
If there's one thing most everyone with an interest in health care IT can agree on – be he John Q. Patient or President–Elect Barack Obama – it's that electronic medical records (EMR) are the wave of the future. But many doctor's offices, especially small ones, continue to regard EMRs as an ideal with a prohibitive price tag.