Comments on: EHR vs EMR – What’s the Difference?

By: TBD within 2 weeks

TBD within 2 weeks — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:49:18 +0000

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By: Hany Osman

Hany Osman — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:28:54 +0000

very nice informations.. really helpfull and clear.. appreciate the effort!

By: Korean

Korean — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:47:44 +0000

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By: FAHIM

FAHIM — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:40:24 +0000

EHR or EMR … Why this confusion arose ! has any body thought of it .. where is lacking can anybody answer. ? There must be a central body who governs and resolve such issues and should device a system which intellectually represent not what market is preaching rather than the true meaning to be adoped

By: Liz

Liz — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:29:18 +0000

Thank you! I am using this (with full citation) in a health policy paper.

By: Ramaswamy

Ramaswamy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:29:00 +0000

Very good information.

By: Thomas Wong

Thomas Wong — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:04:48 +0000

AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) voted to use EHR over EMR in Spring 2007. CCHIT uses the name EHR for their certification, and ARRA also uses EHR. So it seems to me EHR will grow in popularity and will replace EMR eventually.

By: charis

charis — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:23:34 +0000

thank you so much! now, i knew the difference.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 18:18:18 +0000

Ok, so if EHR is going to be required starting in 2011 by President Obama will EMR work? I am an office manager for a speciality office. I have been reading a lot of information regarding both, but the answer of whether EMR will satisfy what will be mandated has never really been answered for me.

By: Paul Roemer

Paul Roemer — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:13:16 +0000

I think the very question reinforces the magnitude of the issue. Providers have budgets for products whose cost they do not understand. They have implementation teams who have never implemented one. They are aiming at targets for certification and meaningful use, which from my perspective could just as well be written on an Etch-A-Sketch. Hundreds of committees work towards standards, a requirement forced upon them by hundreds of vendor applications and hundreds of Rhios.

The output of the recent HIT policy meeting shows just how befuddled the process is.

This is a mandated national roll out of EHR without half the required sources and almost none of the required leadership. Who is the decider?

The current failure rate for EHRs is understated due to the large number of small systems. The failure rate for those over $10 million will exceed the rate for large IT systems which is close to 80%.

A hospital CEO with who I met last month told me his peers are uniquely ill equipped to make these decisions. Decisions are based on what their friends did, what they read in a journal. They plan implementations based on meeting gossamer standards and tests. They do not base them on requirements.

Watch the dates move backwards. I think in 6-8 years the rolled out EHR will more closely resemble a single, national, browser-based open EHR.