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Survey: EMR most commonly supported mobile app in hospitals

February 23, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

DrChrono EMR

Right now, businesses are struggling with the consumerization of IT, or BYOD (bring your own device) as many have taken to calling it. Basically, it’s the introduction of consumer gadgets like the iPad and Android smartphones into a company’s technology mix. It can cause problems like corporate data residing on a personally-owned phone that your […]

Filed Under: Gadgets & Mobile, Stats & Figures Tagged With: electronic medical records, EMR, healthcare, iPad, mobile, survey

iPad EMR startup DrChrono attracts $2.8M

January 26, 2012 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

DrChrono EMR

This is awesome. NYT Bits Blog has a story today on Silicon Valley startup DrChrono and how it raised $2.8 million from Yuri Milner, in addition to the $1.3 million funded by Y-Combinator and 500 Startups, among others. DrChrono is an electronic medical record (EMR) platform that’s taking advantage of the growing popularity of iPads in […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: electronic medical records, EMR, financing, funding, startup, VC, venture capital

Electronic medical records’ green potential lies in the cloud

May 4, 2011 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Can electronic medical records (EMR) help hospitals, clinics and doctor’s offices go green? Yes, but not right away. Kaiser Permanente, a health care giant, used itself as a test case and the results are encouraging. Transitioning to electronic medical records can cut CO2 emissions by up to 1.7 million tons a year. The New York […]

Filed Under: Cloud Computing, Green IT, Virtualization Tagged With: Cloud Computing, electronic health records, electronic medical records, EMC, EMR, GE Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare IT, healthcare records, VMware

Go paperless: Electronic medical records by the numbers

September 3, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Infographic: Want to know how much time, energy and resources are wasted in healthcare paperwork?  Tons, according to GE. The company has created a neat video infographic highlighting the tremendous amount of waste — not to mention the negative impact to patient care — surrounding dead-tree record keeping and billing in the healthcare industry (embedded […]

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: electronic medical records, EMR, GE, GE Healthcare, healthcare, healthcare IT, paperless

Study: $5.4 Billion North American Electronic Medical Record Market by 2015

February 22, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Interesting data from Global Industry Analysts today. According to the research firm, electronic medical records (EMR) will comprise a $5.4 billion market in North America by 2015. In Europe, that number is $1.4 billion. Why does it matter? Obviously, updating…

Filed Under: Stats & Figures Tagged With: electronic medical records, EMR, Green IT, healthcare, healthcare IT, healthcare records

SaaS and Electronic Medical Records

September 14, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Electronic medical records not only hold the promise of eliminating inefficiency and improving the quality of care, they can also dramatically reduce the amount of paper the healthcare industry consumes. By Microsoft’s estimates, eliminating paper can help put a…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Athenahealth, EClinicalWorks, electronic medical records, healthcare, healthcare IT, healthcare records

The Healthcare IT Struggle: Electronic Medical Records and Vested Interests

June 23, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Who would oppose modernizing the healthcare system with standardized electronic medical records and an underlying, hopefully secure infrastructure that maintains a person’s medical history throughout their lives? Not having to fill out that questionnaire every time you visit a new…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: electronic medical records, electronic records, healthcare, healthcare IT

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