News tagged with electronic medical records

IBM putting Watson to work in health insurance

Enough with the fun and games. Watson is going to work. IBM's supercomputer system, best known for trouncing the world's best "Jeopardy!" players on TV, is being tapped by one of the nation's largest health ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 13

'Jeopardy!'-winning computer delving into medicine

Some guy in his pajamas, home sick with bronchitis and complaining online about it, could soon be contributing to a digital collection of medical information designed to help speed diagnoses and treatments.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Researchers design more accurate method of determining premature infants' risk of illness

Stanford University researchers have developed a revolutionary, non-invasive way of quickly predicting the future health of premature infants, an innovation that could better target specialized medical intervention ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The most frequent error in medicine

The most frequent error in medicine seems to occur nearly one out of three times a patient is referred to a specialist. A new study found that nearly a third of patients age 65 and older referred to a specialist are not scheduled ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 26, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Google lets patients share health records

Google is letting patients share electronic medical records with loved ones or care providers who may be needed to help in emergencies.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Doctors turn to smartphones, tablets to access medical data

If a patient of Arlington, Texas, physician Ignacio Nunez shows up at the emergency room when the doctor is not at the hospital, he doesn't have to wait long to start investigating what might be wrong.

Technology / Software

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Medical apps ease burden on hospitals

When Dr. Jose Soler got a late-night call about a critically ill patient, he grabbed his iPad and checked the results of the electrocardiogram test that just had been administered. Thanks to an app that zooms within half ...

Technology / Software

created May 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic medical records improve quality of care in resource-limited countries

A new study, conducted by researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and the schools of medicine at Indiana University and Moi University, is one of the first to explore and demonstrate the impact of electronic record systems ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic medical records not always linked to better care in hospitals, study finds

Use of electronic health records by hospitals across the United States has had only a limited effect on improving the quality of medical care, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds e-medical records have varying effects on productivity

(PhysOrg.com) -- The introduction of electronic medical records in hospitals and clinics — dubbed the “silver bullet” of health care reform — appears to have varying effects on different types of primary ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spread of electronic medical records raises privacy concerns

As efforts to implement electronic medical records escalate, so do the debate about patient privacy and the potential for commercial exploitation of the technology.

Technology / Other

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Post-traumatic stress disorder linked to death, atherosclerosis in veterans

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) more than doubles a veteran's risk of death from any cause and is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Gene screening may refine prediction of heart attack risk, researchers say

Testing for 11 specific genetic variations in hundreds of people with no history of heart disease provided information that led to revision of their estimated heart attack risk, say Mayo Clinic researchers.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Push for better ways to share e-health records

(AP) -- Think you entered the digital health age when your doctor switched from paper charts to computerized medical records? Think again: An e-chart stored in one doctor's computer too often can't be read by another's across ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 25, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Use of informatics, EMRs enable genetic study of vascular disease

Scientific research published in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) reports on a study of genetic variants that influence human susceptibility to peripheral arterial dise ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 08, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Electronic medical record

An electronic medical record (EMR) is a medical record in digital format.

In health informatics and most contexts, EMR and EHR (electronic health records) are used synonymously, but many people define an EMR as just the physician interface and EHR including both a physician and patient interface. The term has sometimes included other systems which keep track of medical information, such as the practice management system which supports the electronic medical record.

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