Using EMR Facilitates Genetic Study Of Vascular Diseases

Scientific research published in the September issue of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) argues that studying of genetic variants that play a role of human susceptibility to peripheral arterial disease (PAD), made possible by using electronic medical records (EMRs) or electronic health records (EHRs). A team of authors from the Mayo Clinic Divisions of Cardiovascular Diseases and Biomedical Informatics and Statistics conducted the study and concluded that: "EMR-based data, used across institutions in a structured way offers great potential for diverse research studies, including those related to understanding the genetic bases of common diseases."

Electronic Medical Records System Saves Detroit Medical Center a Yearly $5M

Electronic Medical Records Systems (EMR) are continuing to create major improvements in care quality and cost savings for the second year in a row for Detroit Medical Center's eight hospitals. Executives of DMC have announced that due to the DMC's system-wide electronic medical system, they could achieve improved patient safety and have also saved $5 million. They said that the highly effective electronic monitoring of critical tasks such as pressure ulcers treatment and preventing medication errors has caused a windfall in savings that resulted in a healthy return on investment.

A Study Reveals Increased Emergency Room Efficiency With Advanced Electronic Medical Records System

Hospitals with most advanced type of electronic medical records (EMR) can save up to 22.4 percent less time for patients in emergency room (ER) than other hospitals. This result was revealed in a recent study "Electronic Medical Records and the Efficiency of Hospital Emergency Departments” conducted by Assistant Professor Michael Furukawa and published by Medical Care Research and Review.