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Today, e-MDs is a large company with many different products for practice management in general. The products can handle check-in, treatment, check-out, billing functions and more.
 
Today, e-MDs is a large company with many different products for practice management in general. The products can handle check-in, treatment, check-out, billing functions and more.
  
End of 2008, there was a forum post that claimed to cite different statements from the company's founder, Dr. Winn, that they are planning to release a new light weight EHR [1]. EHR implementations tend to become ever more complex and complicated the more functions they can fulfill. In addition, to achieve [[Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®)|CCHIT]] certification, a certain set of functionality must be implemented in the software. This means that for small practices the software often can do much more than is actually necessary. High investments on hardware may be necessary to be able to run EHR software smoothly. All these considerations led the company to develop a light-weight and fast EHR, that just handles the minimum function set for small practices. The applications were developed using Delphi, SQL, C# .NET .ASP [3]
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End of 2008, there was a forum post that claimed to cite different statements from the company's founder, Dr. Winn, that they are planning to release a new light weight EHR [1]. EHR implementations tend to become ever more complex and complicated the more functions they can fulfill. In addition, to achieve [[Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT)|CCHIT]] certification, a certain set of functionality must be implemented in the software. This means that for small practices the software often can do much more than is actually necessary. High investments on hardware may be necessary to be able to run EHR software smoothly. All these considerations led the company to develop a light-weight and fast EHR, that just handles the minimum function set for small practices. The applications were developed using Delphi, SQL, C# .NET .ASP [3]
  
 
e-MDs received two "Best in Klas" awards in 2010, for more information visit: http://www.e-mds.com/News/release_archives/20110113.html.
 
e-MDs received two "Best in Klas" awards in 2010, for more information visit: http://www.e-mds.com/News/release_archives/20110113.html.

Revision as of 15:26, 17 September 2011

e-MDs

Developed in 1996 by a group of Family Practice Physicians in Austin, TX, this electronic EMR/EHR was created to fill a void in EMRs for small practices that was not cost-prohibitive. Dr. David Winn, MD., and his colleagues who had been using an older EMR system, developed the e-MDs for an ambulatory office, and this system was one of the first six ambulatory EMR systems to receive the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology's 2007 criteria for functionality, interoperability and security.

Today, e-MDs is a large company with many different products for practice management in general. The products can handle check-in, treatment, check-out, billing functions and more.

End of 2008, there was a forum post that claimed to cite different statements from the company's founder, Dr. Winn, that they are planning to release a new light weight EHR [1]. EHR implementations tend to become ever more complex and complicated the more functions they can fulfill. In addition, to achieve CCHIT certification, a certain set of functionality must be implemented in the software. This means that for small practices the software often can do much more than is actually necessary. High investments on hardware may be necessary to be able to run EHR software smoothly. All these considerations led the company to develop a light-weight and fast EHR, that just handles the minimum function set for small practices. The applications were developed using Delphi, SQL, C# .NET .ASP [3]

e-MDs received two "Best in Klas" awards in 2010, for more information visit: http://www.e-mds.com/News/release_archives/20110113.html.

Under the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs, e-MDs client the Gastorf Family Clinic of Durant, OK, received the first physician-paid incentive checks in the country.(http://www.e-mds.com/News/release_archives/20110107.html)

Below is the lists of products offered by E-MDs as of January 2010 according to their website:

e-MDs Solution Series: Affordable and Integrated Electronic Heath / Medical Record (EHR / EMR) and Practice Management Software. e-MDs Solution Series 6.3 CCHIT certification expires Feb. 3, 2011 and this product has not been tested against the applicable proposed Federal standards in existence on the date of certification for certified EHR technology of its type under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). 2 [1] [EarnValle 9_7_10 8:12pm CST]

e-MDs Chart: Electronic Heath / Medical Record (EHR / EMR) for Improving Patient Care

e-MDs Bill: Powerful Practice Management System for Practices of Any Size

e-MDs Schedule: Fast, Flexible, Easy to Use Scheduler for Increasing Productivity

e-MDs Tracking Board: Clinician Desktop for Improving Enterprise Workflow

e-MDs Rounds: Pocket PC Scheduling and Charge Capture

e-MDs Patient Portal: Integrated, internet-based solution that securely connects clinics and patients.

e-MDs DocMan: Electronic Document Management System for Eliminating Paper Charts

e-MDs Search ICD-9: Extensive database of ICD-9 billing codes eliminates frustrating searches through coding reference books

Medicapaedia: Revolutionary interface terminology utilized in e-MDs next generation product suite to enhance data sharing across all provider and care settings.

References

[1] http://www.emrupdate.com/forums/t/17401.aspx

[2] http://www.cchit.org/products

[3] http://www.americanehr.com/find-an-ehr/ehr-vendor-comparisons/comparison-engine.aspx?left=30&right=37

External Links

www.e-mds.com Company Website

Interview on EMRUpdate.com Interview with the Founder of E-MDs Dr. David Winn

http://www.e-mds.com/News/release_archives/20110107.html