What is the difference between EMR & EHR?
An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) typically has full charting and document imaging management, along with e-Rx with formulary tracking by health plans, automated E&M coding and verification, medical necessity checking by CPT and diagnostic codes, comprehensive orders and results reporting with integrated workflow routing and tracking. The application typically has interfaces to multiple practice management systems. An Electronic Health Record (EHR) has full EMR capability, plus internet based Patient Health Records, health maintenance tracking, proven interoperability with other EHR vendors, national clinical standard couplers, and clinical decision support with nationally recognized alerts and other features. Mark Anderson of The AC Group (which is a healthcare technology advisory and research firm that provides tools to assist physician practices in their technology decision-making) emphasizes that the requirements of clinical systems today are far less than what will be required in
