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« on: November 23, 2009, 03:57:03 PM »
I am new to the health care world.  Could you tell me what the difference is? 
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« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2009, 06:39:51 PM »
HA HA...  @rilescat tried to RT your posted and got lamed! 

Here is a solid answer for you:  http://www.softwareadvice.com/articles/medical/ehr-vs-emr-whats-the-difference/
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2009, 01:28:54 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: January 09, 2010, 06:34:02 PM »
Ya....  that's about it.
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« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2010, 12:09:12 PM »
Your question is very true I also don't know about this but I search on net to get know about it. There is free EMR
 services are available on net.
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« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2010, 01:24:06 PM »
the link that RickCastle provided is a good overview,  for more details I'd suggest :  http://www.himssanalytics.org/docs/wp_emr_ehr.pdf
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« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2010, 09:40:27 AM »
Good references but I think the HIMSS Analytics reference made sense at the time but a little outdated. It was published in 2006.  The softwareadvice link is much more accurate. Here is a link straight from the feds and seems to be the authority on defining the terminology.
http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt?open=18&objID=848133&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=0&mode=2&in_hi_userid=10741&cached=true



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