EHR Case Studies
Read the stories and examples of electronic health record implementations by physicians, practices, and organizations. Have you, your practice, or your organization implemented electronic health records? Do you have a story of how you’ve helped to create a new innovation in health care? We’d like you to share your story with us. After internal review, your story may be published to inspire other providers and organizations to become meaningful users of electronic health records (EHRs). Let’s learn together.
Email us your story at onc.request@hhs.gov. If the story has been published, be sure to include the name and date of the publication and a link to the article. Read our disclaimer.
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Latest Blog Posts
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Model-Driven Health Tools (MDHT): The Release of MDHT 1.1 and the Improvements in Health IT
In an April 2012 blog on Health IT Buzz, I highlighted the Model-Driven Health Tools (MDHT) project’s goals and development status. Since then, the MDHT project team has released MDHT Version 1.1 .
About MDHT
MDHT is an open source project run through the Standards and Interoperability Framework that aims to provide health IT standards developers and implementers a common modeling framework. It also provides the tools for the efficient and secure exchange of health information from one care provider to the next. For example, in the Transition of Care (ToC) of a patient from one care provider to the next, MDHT aims to facilitate the ease of:
- Continuity of Care documentation
- Discharge summaries
- Observations and procedures
- Overall health information exchange (HIE)
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Technology Is Keeping Track of More Than Just Scores at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Electronic Health Records: Helping Team USA and YOU Achieve Better Health and Care
Today, technology is tracking more than just scores, stats, and outcomes of competitions at the London 2012 Olympics. For the first time in history, our Olympic athletes, their doctors, and trainers will use electronic health records to track, treat, and transform the health of Team USA.
As a sports and health advocate, a current ONCer, and a former member of the staff at the Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, it’s thrilling to hear that electronic health records are playing a role in maintaining the peak performance of this elite group of athletes.
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Physicians’ Experiences with EHR Adoption is Largely Positive
Last November, we released data from the 2011 National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) of office-based providers, finding that 57 percent had adopted an electronic health record (EHR), and 34 percent met all criteria for “basic EHR use” (patient history and demographics, patient problem list, physician clinical notes, comprehensive list of patient’s medications and allergies, computerized orders for prescriptions, and ability to view laboratory and imaging results electronically).