"We must remember that the EHR is a tool; it should not dictate how we practice," wrote a Medscape reader. Perhaps it should not, but does it? The fact is, EHRs are far more than a method of entering ...

The need for physicicans to gather information for electronic health records has changed the nature of the patient visit. Stressing the need to adopt a culture of safety within the American healthcare ...

Single-specialty ambulatory surgery centers often have difficulty selecting and implementing electronic medical record systems because most brands are built to accommodate large hospitals. However, ...

The Tri-County Health Department of Colorado has joined forces with Patagonia Health, an EHR software vendor, to co-design a charting system to implement in the department’s EHR. Patagonia Health, ...

DrChrono, an EHR, medical billing and practice management software developer, added a new feature that uses voice recognition technology to chart physicians’ clinical notes in the EHR. The charting ...

Electronic health record rollouts in Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia mark a shift toward tech-driven patient care in ...

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Hand-in-hand with real-time charting is point-of-care documentation, representing another change in nurses' workflow ushered in by EHRs. The idea is that computer workstations would be located in ...