Dr. David Chan expressed amusement that high-tech giant Apple is courting the United
States Department of Veterans Affairs with a system that would allow patients to store …

Recently, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems have emerged as a solution to
providing timely and accurate information to support various health care needs. In 2005 …

The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) has pledged to help rationalize and expedite
efforts to promote the organization, centralization and management of cradle-to-grave …

A couple of months ago in our January Views A. column, I touched on the learning curve
that's inherent in the adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) and other information …

But what about small and mid-sized physician practices? Aside from cost concerns, what are
the challenges and obstacles they face in considering electronic medical records (EMRs) …

Although electronic medical records (EMRs) were initially touted as a means of greater
efficiency and streamlined workload, physicians are now required to use them not only to …

CONSIDER THIS IRONY OF MODERN LIFE: IN A MEDICAL CRISIS, EMERGENCY
physicians would have an easier time accessing a patient's bank account using his or her …

in Roanoke, VA.“But an integrated record gives clinicians information they didn't have
before. If someone is brought into our emergency department unconscious, it's extremely …

2 routine use (see Figure 2 for select clinical tasks). Almost 35 percent of all physicians had
access to e-mail in their practice, while only 6.7 percent routinely used the technology. In …

Medical Facilities of America (MFA), based in Roanoke, Va., is planning to roll out an
activities of daily living (ADL) module of an EMR in all 30 of its facilities by next spring, says …