With the popularity of computers and the ability for them to sort through information within a short time frame it is no surprise that this system would be applied to the medical files and information. Health records have been around for many years and it wasn’t until recently that they have become computerized. There are [...]

Forbidden to show the number of abortions too. Body Mass Index, however, is required or the doctor does not get paid. Obama’s Electronic Health Records Czar: HIV Status and Abortions Need Not be Included Wednesday, July 21, 2010 By Matt Cover, Staff Writer Dr. David Blumenthal, the Obama administration’s National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, [...]

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/health/2009/October/Government-Pushes-for-Electronic-Medical-Records-by-2014-.html

I am interested in researching laws that are pushing for health care providers to implement an electronic medical record. I am also interested in learning who has paid for lobbiests to push this kind of legislation through. I suspect some of the beneficiaries of this, software companies who write EMR software pushed heavily for this.

We’ve been using those for some time. Government has been involved in healthcare since 1965 and accessability and affordability has suffered ever since.

I ordered to see my PHR (Personal Health Record), but I want to see my EMR because I know that they are more information that I want to see. How can I? Additional Details I already requested to see my medical record, so next time I have to request specifically for my EMR? I requested [...]

This presentation uses activity based costing to allocate a portion of the cost of operating an organization to an electronic health record. This presentation is prepared by Farrokh Alemi, Ph.D. as part of an open online resource maintained by Georgetown University on Health Information Systems. The full resource is at georgetownhealthsystems.com

uhhm exuse my exasperation but..IS THE GOVERNMENT CRAZY!?! “Vice President Joe Biden met with health care professionals in Chicago on Thursday and planned to announce nearly $1.2 billion in grants to help hospitals transition to electronic medical records. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius was joining him. SINCE WHEN WAS RELYING ON ELECTRONICS EVER [...]

The new economic stimulus package requires the creation of electronic health records for every patient in the United States. For more news and events in and around New Jersey, visit njn's website at www.njn.net