Electronic Medical Records (EMR) news and information

A time-tested tool for monitoring children's health is getting a redesign for the digital age thanks to a Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital partnership with a tech design firm.
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Vulnerable moments for a person's health data seldom cause catastrophes, but lapses can lead to a number of problems: fraudulent charges to an insurance plan; inaccurate health information in a patient's record; fake healthcare providers bilking insurers for nonexistent care; or simply headaches...
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Michigan Health Connect and Ohio's CliniSync will help physicians send medical records across the state border through encrypted e-mails. Patients from Michigan who receive medical care in Ohio—or vice versa—can have records sent to the physician providing treatment.
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The Institute of Medicine has added one more voice to what has been a chorus of critics, advisers and federal officials calling for improved interoperability between the record-keeping systems of the medical services of the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
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Exceptions to the Stark law and the anti-kickback statute to let hospitals give EHRs to doctors are due to expire at the end of the year, and observers say little is being done to renew them.
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The American Society of Clinical Oncology is again trumpeting a software development project that it says will one day use routine clinical data collection and real-time data analytics to drive members of that medical specialty toward the Institute of Medicine's goal of creating a learning...
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Eugene Vasserman is uneasy about his digital pedometer. The company that makes the thing doesn't know his name, age, or gender, but it does track his every step and his location. “They know where I sleep. They know my address,” says the Kansas State University cybersecurity and privacy...
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The University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson recently posted a website statement to notify patients of a breach of health and personal data.
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The Mayo Clinic's treasure trove of medical records is getting even bigger. Since 1966, Mayo has collected as many records as possible from Olmsted County, Minn., and used them to generate important studies that help save lives. The Rochester Epidemiology Project now holds close to 600,000 medical...
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The Kansas Health Information Network may be the first statewide exchange in the country to provide a personal health record portal for patients, according to network officials.
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