When it comes to efficiency, if an EHR is a modern refrigerator / freezer, then paper records are akin to keeping a box filled with a big block of ice to keep foods fresh. More »

Our hospital is installing an electronic medical record system (EMR). It has added a minimum of 15 minutes to the time it takes to process each patient, without a perceptible increase in quality of care. And trying to make sense of meaingful use? It's like "Catch 22." More »

Releasing medical records to patients: Fact vs. Fiction More »

In every community there is a small group of well-known people whose private lives — and especially their medical records — would be of potential interest or even possible financial value to certain people. More »

In 2003, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report outlining key capabilities of an electronic health record.[1] More »

As physicians embrace the EHR and the flow of information changes from the traditional physician narrative to a computer generated note, it is becoming increasingly difficult to add a narrative report to each patient note. More »

Are electronic records really more risky than paper records? They certainly can be, if proper data and network security procedures aren’t designed and implemented. More »

Digital technology is a valuable tool, but if it dazzles us with its speed and control, there is the risk that... More »

Small physician practices offer the largest opportunities for growth in electronic health records implementation. More »

Electronic health records (EHRs) and clinical decision support (CDS) do not appear to improve the quality of clinical care, according to a study published online Jan. 24 in the Archives of Internal Medicine. More »