Could a simple advisory or alert in the electronic medical record (EMR) be the key to more frequent diagnosis and effective treatment of high blood pressure (BP)? While it could help, some physicians ...

Ty Thaiyananthan, MD, founder and head neurosurgeon of BASIC Spine in Orange, Calif., and practice manager Casey Crawford discuss the challenges and opportunities for integrating electronic medical ...

The latest news on electronic medical record (EMR) penetration in physician practices can be interpreted in two different ways, depending on whether you see the glass as half empty or half full.

However, the rate of EMR adoption among long-term care and post-acute care facilities has been described as “dismally low.” In fact, a study by Health Affairs in 2012 1 found that only six percent of ...

Hospitals that use electronic medical records have not seen improvement in certain standard quality measures, according to a study published by Rand Corp. Rand’s study evaluated data regarding EMR ...

Here’s the good news: one-third of office-based physicians have “basic” electronic health records (EHRs) or electronic medical records systems (EMRs), according to preliminary figures from the federal ...