BACKGROUND The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is becoming increasingly common in health care settings. Research shows that EMRs have the potential to reduce instances of medication errors and improve communication between pharmacists and prescribers; however, more research is required to demonstrate whether this is true. This study aims to determine the effect of a newly implemented EMR system...

BACKGROUND Electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) can potentially help prevent medication errors. As the use of e-prescribing increases across Canada, understanding the benefits and gaps of early e-prescribing can help inform deployment of future e-prescribing systems. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this exploratory study was to determine the prevalence of, reasons for, and average time taken for p...

BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic vascular disease (AVD), a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, is increasing in prevalence in the developing world. We describe an approach to establish a biorepository linked to medical records with the eventual goal of facilitating discovery of biomarkers for AVD. METHODS The Vascular Disease Biorepository at Mayo Clinic was established to archive DNA, plasma...

Objective. To evaluate the association between documenting excess weight and ordering screening tests. Methods. We retrospectively reviewed well-child visits for patients 2 to 18 years old at a pediatric resident clinic. We evaluated visits of patients with body mass index ≥ 85th percentile for documentation of excess weight in the electronic medical record (EMR) and screening tests ordered. As...

The Electronic Medical Record (EMR) creates a positive impact on quality of care by creating a single accessible and credible source for the patient’s historical record. One of the next ‘big things’ in healthcare delivery is using the EMR platform to create automation of routine tasks that occur in a hospital with a goal of streamlining the workflows that support patient care. Imagine a physici...

Healthcare organizations globally have made significant investments in electronic medical record (EMR) systems to manage structured patient information as they look to meet the challenges of improving health outcomes for their communities while carefully managing operational costs. Rapid adoption of these systems has offered boundless potential for the advancement of patient care, quality, and ...

Healthcare organizations vary in the number of electronic medical record (EMR) systems they use. Some use a single EMR for nearly all care they provide, while others use EMRs from more than one vendor. These strategies create a mixture of advantages, risks and costs. Based on our experience in two organizations over a decade, we analyzed use of more than one EMR within our two health care organ...

The electronic medical record (EMR) system is one of the important components of healthcare policy in the more developed countries of the world. Implementing EMR not only reduces the associated management problems of paper medical records but also improves the repetition of laboratory tests and clinical observations, and consequently, improves the accuracy of medical decisions increasing the pa...

BACKGROUND Increasing attention is being given to the importance of communication in the delivery of high-quality healthcare. We sought to determine whether communication improved in a hospital setting following the introduction of an electronic medical record (EMR). METHODS This pre-post cohort design enrolled 75 patient-nurse-physician triads prior to the introduction of EMR, and 123 triads...