Industry experts from health care and informatics ponder the future of electronic health records during and beyond the implementation of meaningful use.

Small medical practices often lack the resources to implement electronic practice management systems. A pilot project in Tulare County helped integrate EHRs.

A small but growing body of research offers information about the extent to which patients are using portals, what their demographics are, and which features they are using. There is little data that links the use of portals with health care quality, long-term outcomes, or provider efficiency.

This series of reports provides a comprehensive overview of health IT adoption and use in California among physicians, hospitals, and community clinics, as well as consumer perspectives on the topic.

This initiative will improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of care by promoting the integration of clinical data at the point of care. Uniform standards have been developed for pharmacy (CALINX Rx) and laboratory (CALINX Lab) data.

ELINCS is the EHR-Lab Interoperability and Connectivity Specification. It standardizes the formatting and coding of electronic messages exchanged between clinical laboratories and ambulatory electronic health record (EHR) systems. Adopting clinical data standards such as ELINCS helps health care providers deliver the right care by making information available at the right time.

To inspire health care professionals to improve the patient experience in their organizations, CHCF hosted a two-day conference in January in Burbank, California.

These four issues briefs are tactically oriented and draw from experiences of real community clinics as they adopt electronic health records. The four topics are chart abstraction, clinical documentation, training strategies, and workflow.

Medical practices and community health centers may soon begin collecting substantial payments for achieving "meaningful use" of electronic health records. This report offers the insights of early adopters who have attained meaningful use.

Seven grantees representing four models of EHR deployment were funded to accelerate the adoption of EHRs in the safety net. CHCF is publishing a series of issue briefs to highlight lessons learned.

This snapshot presents the results of a sample survey of California dentists examining their use of and interest in health information technology, including the adoption of electronic dental health records.

This report assesses the progress in implementing HITECH and looks at the actions Congress and the Obama Administration should take to jump-start the adoption of health IT in the health care industry.

These tools describe the SPeD model and outline the roles and responsibilities related to enabling small practices to adopt and make meaningful use of EHRs and data-driven improvements. Included are assessment tools, technical guides, checklists, and a playbook.

A national survey looks at the use of and attitudes toward personal health records (PHRs) and other health IT. The findings indicate that users of PHRs say they become more engaged in their health as a result of being able to access their medical information online.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) includes funding that could improve the quality of and access to dental care for Californians. This fact sheet details select ARRA programs related to oral health and oral health care providers.