Electronic Medical Record. Computerized system providing real-time data access and evaluation in medical care. Together with clinical workstations and clinical data repository technologies, the EMR provides the mechanism for longitudinal data storage and access. A motivation for healthcare providers to implement this technology derives from the need for medical outcome studies, more efficient care, speedier communication among providers and management of health plans. Also known as computerized patient record or computerized medical record.
Electronic Medical Record or EMR is repository of patient health data. According to some definitions a EMR is a single facility or organisation based patient record, where as a true EHR provides a broader (but potentially) thinner health care record.
An acronym for Electronic Medical Record.
Electronic Medical Record. Intra-hospital owned and controlled. See EHR and PHR.
Electronic Medical Record. A computer-based record containing health care information. This technology, when fully developed, meets provider needs for real-time data access and evaluation in medical care. Together with clinical workstations and clinical data repository technologies, the EMR provides the mechanism for longitudinal data storage and access. A motivation for healthcare entities to implement this technology derives from the need for medical outcome studies, more efficient care, speedier communication among providers and management of health plans. This record may contain some, but not necessarily all, of the information that is in an individual's paper-based medical record. One goal of HIPAA is to protect identifiable health information as the system moves from a paper-based to an electronic medical record system. See also Computerized Medical Record. Electronic Remittance Advice - Any of several electronic formats for explaining the payments of health care claims.
Electronic Medical Record. A term for computer-based patient records which provide real-time access to patient medical records. On-line records allow for longitudinal data storage and access and result in more efficient care, improved communication among providers and health plans, and facilitate outcome measurement.
Electronic Medical Record This technology, when fully developed, meets provider needs for real-time data access and evaluation in medical care. In concert with clinical workstations, point-of-care devices, and clinical data repository technologies, the EMR provides the means for longitudinal data storage and access. The result will be increased efficiency, reduced costs and improved quality of care.
See: Electronic medical record
A computerized medical record similar in structure, scope, and information content to a paper-based record. Capable of capturing, processing and storing information, and interoperable with other related systems, such as billing and administrative applications.
CPR, CBPR, ACIS These are all acronyms which refer to more or less the same thing. EMR stands for electronic medical record, CPR for computerized patient record, CBPR for computer-based patient record, ACIS for ambulatory care information system. In each case the terms refer to computerized systems that assist at least in documenting clinical care and often in supporting clinical work.
Electronic Medical Record. A computer-based record containing your personal health care information. This technology, when fully developed, will meet provider needs for real-time data access and evaluation in medical care.