Implementing an EMR in an ASC may become increasingly important as healthcare moves toward electronic health information exchanges, but the financial commitment necessary for implementation can be ...

The following column is written by Patrick Doyle, vice president of sales for SourceMedical. One of the many benefits associated with implementing an electronic medical record (EMR) system is the ...

EHR vendor Cerner, which was later acquired by technology giant Oracle, first scored the contract to replace the VA’s aging medical record system in 2018. About two years later, the new EHR went live ...

Electronic health records have a multitude of benefits for health systems, such as interoperability, improving physician efficiency and easy access to patients’ medical history, but the cost of ...

Out of control healthcare spending in the U.S. is no secret. Annually, healthcare expenditures currently stand at a whopping $2.7 trillion, a number that has industry leaders rushing to take new ...

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston saw a significant drop in adjusted income in the seven-month period that ended March 31, which it blames on a costly Epic EHR ...

Since 2008, President Barack Obama has made it a goal to cut healthcare costs in the U.S. He has offered almost $27 billion in government funds for practitioners to make the switch to electronic ...

EMR implementation is no small feat for any healthcare organization. Small practices, in particular, tend to really struggle in not only ditching paper in the first place, but also in optimizing the ...

I am a huge proponent for making health IT technology free to use. Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) offer great promise but often require significant investment of both provider’s time and money.

There are many acronyms used in the healthcare industry. EHR and EMR, for instance, are two terms that are often used interchangeably. Though they're similar, they have different meanings. EHR stands ...