Your electronic health record

Electronic health records build the foundation for improved efficiency, effectiveness, safety, and quality of care. That's why HCA is developing hCare - your electronic health record. hCare integrates clinical data with tools to help clinicians provide higher quality care to their patients. Think of hCare as a way to see a complete clinical picture of the patient in one place, plus have the tools to plan for the patients' care efficiently and safely. hCare is made up of many components, many of which are currently in pilot or development. Read more about the components of hCare by clicking on one of the circles to the right.

What hCare means for physicians

• Single, integrated view of the patient
• Accessible anytime, anywhere
• Provides relevant data from multiple sources
• Provides evidence-based decision support
• Enhances - does not replace - current process

San Antonio first to pilot hCare Clinician Portal
A group of San Antonio physicians have had hands-on experience testing the hCare Clinician Portal. The portal is the entry point to the electronic health record - providing an intuitive, easy-to-use interface to view clinical data. In September 2008, San Antonio and Nashville-based TriStar facilities rolled out the portal to their physicians. Learn more about the portal, the pilots, and the deployment schedule by accessing the Clinician Portal.

TriStar Hospitals seeing positive results using Mobility
Physicians in facilities across the TriStar Health System are actively using hCare Mobility to access patient clinical data over their smartphones.

Using Mobility, physicians can access clinical data via their smartphone from virtually anywhere, anytime. All they need is a standard cell phone signal. Read more

Take an in-depth look at A day in the life of a...

hCare in Action The A day in the life series illustrates the dramtic difference hCare can make in our lives.

Some definitions

Many terms are used when talking about electronic records, so we'd like to provide some definitions of the more common terms.

Electronic Medical Record - An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff within one health care organization.

Electronic Health Record - An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff, across more than one health care organization.

Personal Health Record - An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be drawn from multiple sources while being managed, shared, and controlled by the individual.

Practice Management - An application used to manage the physician business operations including scheduling, registration, and billing.

Want to learn more about the importance of EHRs?

• Health Information Technology - EHR Workgroup
• Building EHRs - HIMSS site

Did you know?

Did you know our own Dr. Jonathan Perlin, President, Clinical Services and Chief Medical Officer, is also one of the co-chairs of the EHR Workgroup of AHIC (American Health Information Community) and an Incorporator/Founding Board Member of the AHIC Successor Organization. This workgroup is charged with ensuring widespread adoption of certified EHRs to meet President Bush's challenge to create EHRs for most Americans by 2014.