A national electronic health record for primary care

The primary care electronic health record: who's righting the software?

The primary care electronic health record: who's righting the software? User Group (NVUG) in 2009. I also created a website on which I published my work in progress. 10 Before submitting this article for publication on 2 December 2010 I checked that the problems I describe below are still present in the software. RESULTS The EHR in our practice consists of: Contract+ (for QOF prompting), Docman...

Electronic health record functionality needed to better support primary care

Electronic health records (EHRs) must support primary care clinicians and patients, yet many clinicians remain dissatisfied with their system. This article presents a consensus statement about gaps in current EHR functionality and needed enhancements to support primary care. The Institute of Medicine primary care attributes were used to define needs and meaningful use (MU) objectives to define ...

A Web-based Electronic Health Record System for National Surveillance

Introduction Practice Fusion is a web-based electronic health record system with over 150,000 medical professional users treating over 50 million patients. The company focuses on small, ambulatory practices and is predominately comprised of practices in the field of primary care. The user base makes it an ideal system for public health surveillance. The Research Division has undertaken pilot pr...

Antidepressant medication use for primary care patients with and without medical comorbidities: a national electronic health record (EHR) network study.

BACKGROUND Because comorbid depression can complicate medical conditions (eg, diabetes), physicians may treat depression more aggressively in patients who have these conditions. This study examined whether primary care physicians prescribe antidepressant medications more often and in higher doses for persons with medical comorbidities. METHODS This secondary data analysis of electronic health...

Interoperable electronic health care record: a case for adoption of a national standard to stem the ongoing health care crisis.