As waves of hospitals move from older methods of record keeping to new digital electronic health record (EHR) systems, many medical professionals express fears that implementing an EHR system in their ...

1. Alliance, Neb.-based Box Butte General Hospital went live with its new Meditech EHR system on May 1. 2. Weirton (W.Va.) Medical Center is spending $65 million to upgrade its EHR system to a Cerner ...

Electronic health record (EHR) systems centralize and streamline patient data, much like customer relationship management (CRM) systems organize customer data for small businesses. EHR platforms ...

Applying traditional project management methodologies to an ambulatory EHR implementation often yields unexpected and often unpleasant results. Why? Lessons learned in Project Management Professional ...

Jennifer Brown, RN, endoscopy nurse manager of Gastroenterology Associates of Central Virginia in Lynchburg, Va., shares five tips on successfully implementing an EHR system in a practice or ...

Electronic health information systems, including electronic medical records (EMRs), have the potential to improve access to information and quality of care, among other things. Success factors and ...

Here are eight common mistakes for ASCs to avoid during electronic medical record implementation. Preventing these mistakes will make the implementation process smoother and allow the surgery center ...

Chief information officers, chief medical information officers, and other clinical and IT leaders are well familiar by now with the many challenges of implementing and optimizing new electronic health ...

As hospitalizations due to chronic conditions increase across the United States, attention is focusing on using data collected in electronic health records (EHRs) by healthcare systems to enable ...

In the second episode of our conversations with APAC health IT leaders on their EMR experience, we dive into the complexities of EMR implementation in Australia. Our guests share insights on ...

Healthcare providers deal the increasing demands of retaining electronic medical records for patients and institutions. Michael Passe, storage architect for Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, has a ...