Health informatics

Report highlights 'extraordinary era' of AI in health care

A surge in the amount of digital data in the health sector, together with increases in compute power and the availability of new artificial intelligence (AI) tools are leading to an explosion of AI being used in health care, ...

Health informatics

Q&A: How AI will, and won't, change health care in 2024

Muhammad Mamdani understands why people are wary of artificial intelligence having a say in their health careā€”but he's even more concerned about the patients who are waiting to benefit from the potentially life-saving benefits ...

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Electronic medical record

An electronic medical record (EMR) is a medical record in digital format.

In health informatics and most contexts, EMR and EHR (electronic health records) are used synonymously, but many people define an EMR as just the physician interface and EHR including both a physician and patient interface. The term has sometimes included other systems which keep track of medical information, such as the practice management system which supports the electronic medical record.

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