Hospital CIO Wins “CIO of The Year” Award

Dave Flanders, Chief Information Officer at Emanuel Medical Center, was presented the prestigious “HomeTown Health 2011 CIO of The Year” award at the HomeTown Health 2011 Fall Conference in Callaway Gardens, GA.  The award was given for “providing exceptional leadership in Health IT required to achieve Meaningful Use of Electronic Health Records at Emanuel Medical Center and for making a commitment to education and the adoption of Best Practices ...

Free Classes at EMC!

We are planning to offer these free classes on the first Thursday of each month, 12:30 - 1:30 in the private dining room of Emanuel Medical Center.A brown bag lunch will be available for your convenience, and we are asking for pre-registration in order to have enough bag lunches available.  Free Classes_Oct 2011 - March 2012

Emanuel Medical showcases new technology

Computerized Physician Order Entry is the latest step toward fully digitized medical records keeping. CPOE allows the physician to relay his or her patient orders via a computer terminal, eliminating the need for the old hand-written orders on the patient’s chart. Dr. Anthony Howard, MD explains the benefits. “Doctors have a somewhat deserved reputation for poor handwriting sometimes causing the duty nurse to call the doctor back for clarification. This wastes both the nurse’s and the doctor’s time. Additionally, with CPOE, I can access my ...