Electronic Medical Records

An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is a medical record in digital format. In health informatics an EMR is considered by some to be one of several types of EHRs (electronic health records), but in general usage EMR and EHR are synonymous. The term has sometimes included other (HIT, or Health Information Technology) systems which keep track of medical information, such as the practice management system which supports the electronic medical record.

 

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Cerner is pleased to announce Cerner Millennium® 2007, available for distribution November 15, 2006. The release is the 15th major release of the unified Cerner Millennium healthcare information technology architecture, which is the outcome of a cumulative R&D investment to exceed $2 billion by 2010.

 

Computer Programs and Systems, Inc (CPSI) has been serving the information technology needs of community healthcare providers for over 27 years. Headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, the company provides a complete health information and patient care system that encompasses the full spectrum of financial and clinical applications. The CPSI System provides the most comprehensive single-source electronic medical record (EMR) available and allows the realization of a true enterprise-wide EMR.

 

Eclipsys is a leading provider of information solutions that help hospitals and health systems more-effectively manage the business of healthcare and achieve measurable and sustainable, improved outcomes. Eclipsys has become known as The Outcomes Company for the measurable and sustainable value in improved care quality, safety, satisfaction and cost-efficiency our clients achieve using our solutions.

 

Epic was founded in Madison Wisconsin in 1979 and is a privately held employee-owned company. We have only about 170 customers. They are some of the most respected organizations in healthcare. Epic has the most advanced software in the world.

 

Centricity EMR is an electronic medical record (EMR) system that enables ambulatory care physicians and clinical staff to document patient encounters, streamline clinical workflow, and securely exchange clinical data with other providers, patients, and information systems.
Centricity EMR is used by thousands of physicians to manage millions of patient records, and is among the most widely used ambulatory care electronic medical records. Centricity EMR empowers healthcare providers to deliver the highest quality of care at lower costs.
Designed by clinicians, for clinicians, this system fits the needs of both providers and administrators.

 

The Electronic Medical Record (EMR), the central repository of all patient information, is at the foundation of our Clinical Information Management applications.
With the EMR, care providers can quickly and easily access a comprehensive view of demographic, historical, and clinical patient information from all care settings within the healthcare system-hospital, clinic, home health, and long-term care. This ensures that treatment decisions are based upon the most up-to-date information and care can be properly coordinated between multiple care providers.
The EMR also satisfies a fundamental component within the federal government's vision of creating national, interoperable Electronic Health Records (EHRs).

 

Since 1984, Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. (HMS), has carved out a name for itself as an innovator in healthcare technology among hospital information technology providers. For more than two decades, HMS has established itself as a company that develops, sells and supports integrated clinical and financial hospital information systems. We believe in our integrated approach because it provides our customers with peerless stability and effectiveness in communications and significantly increases productivity within their hospital(s) and with their external agencies. Today the HMS customer base consists of more than 480 hospitals and specialty facilities stretching from Hawaii to Alaska, Florida to Maine and all points in between. Our continued commitment to growth in development, technology and quality customer service proves we are a company poised and positioned for excellence.

 

In business since 1965, Keane, Inc. (NYSE: KEA) is a leading business process and IT services firm. Keane delivers Application and Business Process Services to help clients transform their business and IT operations to achieve demonstrable, measurable, and sustainable business benefit. As a trusted advisor and partner for its clients, Keane solves real business issues through the development and implementation of cost-effective, change-oriented, industry-specific solutions.

 

M2 is an information systems vendor with a proven track record assisting healthcare organizations in fully maximizing their return on clinical system investments. For over twenty years, clients have turned to us to assist them with solutions to their clinical automation issues. M2 implements its clinical applications as a critical driver of business performance improvement. M2’s R&D investment commitment to improving the effectiveness of our applications and delivery efficiency, new clients can trust that our cumulative development and implementation experiences and collective expertise and intellectual capital are being continuously enhanced. These enhancements include state-of-the-market innovations in database architecture, integration, implementation methodology, project management techniques, workflow productivity and up-to-date industry knowledge in clinical documentation and communication. This unique merging of tried-and-true approaches, innovation and knowledge along with an intimate business relationship with our clients is what makes M2 special.

 

On January 12, 1999 McKesson Corporation (founded in 1833) announced the acquisition of HBOC. The new company's name began as McKesson HBOC, but changed to just McKesson in 2001 (HBOC was renamed McKesson Information Solutions at that time and became McKesson Provider Technologies (MPT), when it was combined with the company's automation division in 2004). Three former executives of McDonnell Douglas Automation Company's Hospital Services Division founded McKesson in 1974. The letters HBO in HBOC represent the last names of these men: Huff, Barrington, and Owens. MPT is a division of McKEsson, an $80+ billion pharmaceutical distribution and services company based in San Francisco.

 

Medical Information Technology, Inc. (MEDITECH), Westwood, Mass., has been developing, installing, and supporting its integrated Health Care Information System (HCIS) to health care organizations worldwide for 36 years. Today, MEDITECH has 23% of the market share in the U.S. and 43% in Canada.
MEDITECH has built a reputation for providing software that consistently enables health care organizations to deliver safe, quality care, while controlling costs. The company’s strategic direction encompasses a network of partners and affiliates that join with MEDITECH to help institutions address these issues: outcomes, clinical workflow, revenue and resource management, and electronic and personal health records.

 

QuadraMed provides end to end healthcare information technology and services solutions, including a full range of acute care software applications: Care (clinical) management applications – Affinity patient charting, order management, pharmacy, lab, computerized physician order entry, electronic document management and patient care resource management.

 

Siemens Medical Solutions of Siemens AG (NYSE: SI), with worldwide headquarters in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and Erlangan Germany is one of the largest suppliers to the healthcare industry in the world. Siemens Medical Solutions provides leading edge software, services, and workflow solutions to over 5,000 healthcare organizations worldwide, bringing together innovative imaging equipment, information technology, management consulting and services to help customers achieve tangible, sustainable clinical and financial outcomes, while contributing to the health and well being of people across the globe. Siemens Health Services, a division of Siemens Medical Solutions, operates the health industry's most sophisticated network operations center for remote hosting of applications from its Information Services Center (ISC), which stores information on more that 25% of the U.S. population. The ISC processes over 151 million transactions daily, supports approximately 500,000 end-user devices, and manages 500,000 miles of Wide Area Network (WAN) circuits. Founded more that 125 years ago, Siemens Medical Solutions employs approximately 31,000 people worldwide and operates in more than 120 countries.