A friend asked me which Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to buy given my experience in the field. My response is in this article which leads to a discussion of which EMR is best for you. I have written before that if you are adopting an EMR for a government hand-out then it is the wrong reason. But, what is the right reason? Read on…

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A colleague from the U.S. wrote to ask how the EHR that I use handles the “explosion of words” required to comply with CPT documentation. In other words, to show that certain parts of the history were actually taken and specific systems were examined. How do you deal with meeting documentation criteria with your EMR? Do you have checkboxes for normal parts of the exam? Do you have some default items already filled in then change them if the exam differs from the defaults? Do your generated letters included EVERYTHING from your data entry form? Read this article and join the discussion.

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This morning the Vancouver Sun (@VancouverNews_) posted “Telus’s secure online service will let patients see their medical files” Nice idea but they are absolutely not capable of achieving anything like they talk about in the article any time soon. I discuss why….

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