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The Children’s Hospital Boston: EMR Software Linked to Patient EHR

The Children’s Hospital Boston recently reported that the electronic medical record (EMR) software in its Children’s Center will feed stored relevant data directly to patient health records.  This will allow for parents of patients to share updated contents of their children’s electronic health records (EHRs) with various health care providers.  This is a great example of how EMR software can be used by an organization to bring added value to the patient data they currently store.  Now the gap between concerned parents and their child’s physicians can be bridged.

As medical staff seek to find the best EMR usage, examples such as Children’s Hospital Boston are important to consider.  For pediatric clinics and general practitioners alike, this implementation shows both a thoughtful means of patient care and an inspirational usage of EMR software.

David Hill
PC Healthstop Blogging Team

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