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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Disaster Preparedness and Health Information Exchange
Last month, we watched with great concern as Hurricane Isaac approached the Louisiana coast. By an almost unbelievable coincidence, it was raging toward New Orleans and expected to hit on the exact day of the 7th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the precedent-setting natural disaster of our time. While there was much confidence in new levees and improvement to infrastructure, we were once again reminded that man cannot battle nature, we can only prepare. -
How Electronic Health Records Make a Difference in My Health and Health Care
Graduating from UCLA was an accomplishment for me and my family. My Mamá and I emigrated from El Salvador to Los Angeles when I was five years old. Not only did my Mamá raise me, but she helped me pay for college by working as a housekeeper for Marion Ross, the actress who played Mrs. Cunningham for the popular TV comedy Happy Days. Suddenly, during my junior year, I began having difficulties concentrating in class. I lost hearing in one ear. My grades began to suffer. I was expelled because of my academic performance. After a series of extensive medical tests, my doctor told me the unexpected news that I had a brain tumor and needed immediate surgery. -
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)
- Continuity of Care documentation
- Discharge summaries
- Observations and procedures
- Overall health information exchange (HIE)
