The Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a longitudinal electronic record of patient health information generated by one or more encounters in any care delivery setting. Included in this information are patient demographics, progress notes, problems, medications, vital signs, past medical history, immunizations, laboratory data and radiology reports. The EHR automates and streamlines the clinician's workflow. The EHR has the ability to generate a complete record of a clinical patient encounter, as well as supporting other care-related activities directly or indirectly via interface - including evidence-based decision support, quality management, and outcomes reporting.
In this section, you will find additional information broken out by the different areas that fall within the EHR. Those include Auto ID and Bar Coding, e-Prescribing, Patient Safety and Quality/Outcomes, and Clinical Decision Support.
White Paper Executive Summary on EHR Implementation Across the Globe Now Available
Members of the HIMSS Global Enterprise Task Force, under the direction of Steve Arnold, MD, MBA, FHIMSS, have conducted extensive research to identify and describe significant healthcare information enterprise solution efforts being pursued in 19 countries.
HIMSS/HIMSS Analytics White Paper Examines Correlation Between EMR Sophistication and Improved Quality of Care
New research presents evidence that suggests the implementation of advanced clinical systems, including computerized practitioner order entry (CPOE) and clinical documentation, have a direct impact on clinical quality measures and can increase hospital revenues related to pay-for-performance initiatives.
HIMSS Testimony Supports Pay for Performance for Medicare Physicians with Adoption of Certified EHR Products
In support of Medicare payment systems to physicians based on quality and efficiency, HIMSS, provided written testimony to the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Ways and Means for the Feb. 10, 2005 hearing in Washington, D.C. H. Stephen Lieber, HIMSS president/CEO, provided his testimony to the subcommittee, which is chaired by Congresswoman Nancy L. Johnson (R-CT).