EHR and EMR... there is a difference despite the fact that providers, vendors, IT personnel and others continually present the two as interchangeable. Vendors in particular continue to use the EMR label as it is by far the most frequently used (read "Googled") term for health record systems.The National Alliance for Health Information Technology (NAHIT) recently established definitions as follows:
EMR: The electronic record of health-related information on an individual that is created, gathered, managed, and consulted by licensed clinicians and staff from a single organization involved in the individual's health and care.
EHR: The aggregate electronic record of health-related information on an individual that is created and gathered cumulatively across more than one health care organization and is managed and consulted by licensed clinicians and staff involved in the individual's health and care. In other words, and EHR is an EMR with interoperability (integration) with other providers' systems.
Here are three things to keep in mind when selecting an electronic health records system:
• Is the system's CCHIT and HL-7 certification current;
• Does the program suit your practice's workflow patterns; and,
• Is the system easily navigable at the point if care.
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