911 Medical ID Blog

Medical ID Card Holds Your Records Electronically By Harlan C. Bieley, MD Some day soon, your medical records will be stored electronically in a worldwide database that can be accessed by doctors anywhere on earth in case of an emergency. However, due to the incredibly slow pace that the government has moved to make this [...]

There’s a new TV advertisement from GE out in the last couple of weeks that demonstrates very well the value of electronic medical records (EMRs).  If you haven’t seen it already, have a look: The 911 Family of Products, the 911 Medical ID Card and Medallion, have a goal of working with the new electronic [...]

A new report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information says that while many of the heavy hitters in software are involved in the electronic medical records (EMR) market, there is currently no clear leader.  Despite products from such companies as IBM, 3M, Dell, and even Wal-Mart, no one company is ahead of the pack. [...]

There’s a great post today on the Bradford Scott Medical Blog.  Bradford Scott is an IT firm specializing in medical office products and support.  They posted a rundown of what doctor’s offices need to be ready for the switchover to electronic medical records (EMRs), and to qualify for stimulus money designed to help in the [...]

According to preliminary estimates from a U.S. government report, the use of electronic medical records (EMR) in doctor’s offices is indeed increasing.  According to a story on TMCnet, the report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) shows four out of every ten office or clinic based physicians is now using EMRs… 43.9 percent of [...]

A new article puts the blame for the slow pace of electronic medical records adoption squarely on the patient.  The article, published on MSNBC and filed from last week’s 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, says the culprit in the delay of digitizing the U.S. healthcare system is lack of demand from the [...]

2009 was a big year for citizen education about healthcare, and there’s a great article found today on Health Leaders Media that charts 10 Phrases That Became Part of the Healthcare Lexicon in 2009.  Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) made the list: 3. Electronic Medical Records (EMR) versus Electronic Health Records (EHR). These acronyms were around [...]

 A new article from HealthDay (found on MSN) details two new studies related to electronic medical records (EMR).  In both cases, doctors were polled, and in both cases the majority believed that EMRs would save money and time while improving patient care.   One study of more than 1,000 family practice and specialist doctors in [...]

There’s a great blog post over at the KevinMD.com Medical Blog, talking about a new study of the effectiveness of electronic medical records.  It says that according to a study of 3,000 hospitals, the switch to electronic medical records is not showing any improvement in patient care.  However, according to KevinMD, the reason for it [...]