The Huffington Post tells a a toe of woe. One worth repeating because it cost a nine-physician Florida practice more than $400,000 to learn it.
Robert Cameron told the website his practice bought an electronic medical records system from Acermed, a California company. The EMR didn’t work well; in fact so badly the company was sued [...]

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Health providers are seeing six fewer patients per week than 2006 because of paperwork, according to Medicaleconomics.com.
Bet those doctors wish they had someone helping them more effectively. Someone . . . like you.
When making your presentation to physicians, the biggest two items they want to know is how much does it cost and how effective [...]

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It was bad enough when Wal-Mart put the mom-and-pop companies out of business. Now they’re coming for you.
Wal-Mart is teaming with Dell and eClinical Works to provide turnkey electronic medical records for small medical practices. Looking for a slice of the $19 billion package for EMRs, Wal-Mart will provide hardware, software, maintenance and training.
While that’s [...]

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The Canadian federal government increased another $500 million in funding electronic medical redords. The latest increase more than doubled its 2007 budget and raised Canada’s funding to $2.1 billion overall.
Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said EMRs will reduce wait times, eliminate duplicate or unnecessary tests, reduce medication errors and automatically alert healthcare providers of needed [...]

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The biggest challenge over creating electronic medical records for all Americans by 2014 is not just funding, but a trained labor force. The Washington Post reports finding technology workers who can assist health care companies and physicians isn’t easy.
“Study after study show that physicians in their small and medium-sized practices are extremely challenged with incorporating [...]

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If you know the song from the 1960s that uses this blog title, you know what’s coming.
Seriously, I guess people are bored and just want to have some fun on this topic. And, this will make you laugh.

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Hospitals could receive $11 million and physical practices up to $64,000 in incentives for creating electronic medical records under the $19 billion endowed by the recently-signed stimulus package.
There is a catch, though, to reaching President Obama’s goal of EMRs for all Americans by 2014. The lack of universal protocols for collecting data and no [...]

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Electronic medical records may be sold under provisions of the recent stimulus bill.
The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed on Tuesday allocated $19 billion to centrally link health data of all Americans by 2014 and created a “National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.”
While the legislation forbids the sale of EMRs, it also [...]

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Do you dream of a paperless world where trees are safe and you won’t die under a mountain of pulp?
Here’s one Hawaii office’s drive for going totally EMR.

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Did you know the Veterans Administration uses electronic medical records? Or 18 percent of blood tests need to be repeated because doctors can’t find the results?
This ABC News report shows the benefits of what we all know — EMRs save money and lives.

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Do you have a strong cup of coffee in your hand? Go get a second for your other hand because this video is a seminar on electronic medical records.
The guy could put kids with ADD to sleep. But, we’ve all attended these talks because they do have beneficial information. So, here you go.

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Are electronic medical records the answer to controlling costs?
This gentleman works for doctors handling their EMRs and gives a very common sense approach to the issue. How the data can be best used for both doctors and medical professionals. Bet this sounds like the same conversations you often have about health care.

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President Barack Obama’s commitment for every American to have an electronic medical record by 2014 is to save lives and money while creating jobs.
“If you go to the bank on the way home and take out your ATM card and get $25 out of your account to use this weekend, the transaction costs the bank [...]

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