"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 ...

AI scribes are cutting physician burnout, improving documentation and expanding care access. These tools may soon become ...

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 ...

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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 ...