By Ken Kern, Vice President of MediMatrix, a division of WebInterstate www.medimatrix.com New stats from a survey by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) show the number of physicians using electronic medical records (EMRs) more than doubled in just three years. Overall 55% of physicians in office-based practices now use EMRs. And of the 45% …
Technology adoption has shifted the way the radiology industry manages patient information. With more nursing facilities, physician offices, and home health care agencies implementing electronic health record (EHR) systems, the need to connect these platforms for diagnostic image viewing has grown exponentially. To better understand this shift from paper to an electronic environment, we’ve asked …