Posts Tagged ‘EMR’

Medical transcription and speech recognition

I came across an article at TMCnet.com (Technology Marketplace Corporation) titled Growing Speech Technology Needs in Healthcare. This statement prompted me to write to the article author for a clarification: Medical transcription is estimated to be a multi-billion dollar market and is expected to double in the next five years. While I’d like to believe [...]

Wal-Mart takes a stab at EMR sales

If you’ve been following the hype about the stimulus package and electronic medical records (or electronic health records – the Obama administration appears to think the terms are interchangeable), you know that Wal-Mart (WM) has cut a deal with eClinicalWorks (eCW) to sell the eCW EMR through the WM stores. Read the press release: Sam’s [...]

Show me my records!

Interesting blog at BMJ Group blogs today. Richard Smith writes: Demand online access to your medical records. Richard Smith is an unpaid member of the board of Patients Know Best and a true believer that the web can ultimately transform health care as it is transforming so much else. This is a UK author but the [...]

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