EHR/EMR

Buyers and sellers of electronic health record modules, which offer optional features such as clinical decision support or e-prescribing, should verify the impact of those components on the overall security and privacy of patient information across the EHR.

Results from a survey released Tuesday at HIMSS10 indicate that fifty-eight percent of physicians who currently do not use electronic health records plan to introduce new systems within the next two years.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives has filed its comments regarding the EHR Incentive Program with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. The comments focus on what the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based organization calls "critical concerns" regarding the proposed regulations that were unveiled on Dec. 30, 2009.

Members of a federal health IT advisory group have proposed to relax the number of measures that would be required for healthcare providers to demonstrate "meaningful use" of electronic health record systems.

Intermec Technologies has partnered with HealthWyse and Data Capture Solutions to provide healthcare professionals with mobile access to EMRs. Company officials say the durability of Intermec's CN3 ruggedized handheld computers—combined with the ease-of-use of Healthwyse's mobile clinical software and Data Capture Solutions' support—has saved customers, like Caritas Home Care, an average of 98 hours of total annual time per healthcare professional.

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Approximately 48 percent of patients in a recent survey said their doctor was using an electronic health record during their most recent visit to their physician.

Ingram Micro has forged a new distribution relationship with NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. Under terms of the deal, Ingram Micro will work with NextGen Healthcare to recruit, train and support new partners focused on providing health IT solutions.