Nurses are asking questions like this one because they are being asked to enter some of the medical data necessary to keep EMRs functioning effectively. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of ...

Since the 2010 passage of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, the number of hospitals using electronic medical record systems (EMRs) has risen to 96% from 12%.[1] ...

The adoption of electronic medical records is at an all-time high, with 409,839 eligible professionals and providers receiving federal incentive payments for the adoption or use of EMR systems, ...

Whether referred to as electronic medical records, electronic health records, or electronic patient records, there is no doubting the tremendous potential benefits that the digitization of medical ...

Rarely are electronic medical records (EMRs) liked by those who use them. They are often seen as a barrier to care. This is due to two major problems: inaccessible data and the time it takes to chart ...