As we’ve described in a number of recent stories, electronic medical records, or EMRs, are helping transform the way doctors and their clinics operate. The computerized technology allows doctors to make their clinics more efficient, improve the quality of care, and deliver better service to patients, says family physician Dr. Christopher Crow of Village Health Partners in Plano, Texas. ‘We create what’s called a ‘triangle of care,’” he says in the video below. “The computer is actually in the middle and it helps enhance the physician-patient relationship by drawing us in together to look at what’s going on with the patient.” Dr. Crow adds that when it comes to GE’s technology in particular, “I would say the most important competitive advantage that Centricity has is their clinical database. They’ve been doing it for nearly 10 years and they have nine million lives that I get to compare myself against when I use my patients and my records. Only the VA [Veterans Administration] has a larger database.”
Learn more in these GE Reports stories:
* “Inside the revolution at Intermountain Healthcare”
* “GE launches eHealth unit to better connect clinical info”
* “Flu fighters: CDC picks GE Healthcare to track H1N1”
* ”GE tests technology to boost CDC’s rapid-response”
* “GE’s EMRs: Connecting the docs in 10 communities”
