EcMR

The Electronic connected Medical Record (EcMR) was founded in 1984 by ifa System AG. in Cologne, Germany. In 1986/87 a new ifa entity was founded for the development and distribution of software specialized in ophthalmology. In 1996 the new version of the international ifa software has been released combining EMR applications with software for equality management and practice resource planning in ophthalmology. ifa EcMR uses a data model specially designed for eye care. The structure of the data model makes data mining and data exchange easier. The structure also enables the implementation of better clinical decision support applications.

Every day more than 7,000 ophthalmic surgeons, ophthalmologists, technicians, nurse and eye care management and administrators in 12 coutries use ifa software components. And the ifa EMR software can also be offered for the subspecialties: retina specialists, cataract and refractive surgeons, glaucoma specialists, and general ophthalmology.

From the ifa's point of view, the key designs in the software are connectivity and interface. The ifa also emphasizes the standards related with EHR, so the EcMR is compatible with HL7, DICOM and IHE evaluation frameworks.

References

1. ifa System AG. Why Choose an EMR if you can have an EcMR. in: Ophthalmo Software News http://www.dmsifa.com/files_dms/interfacelist.pdf

2. ifa system AG. About ifa History. Newletter December 2008 Ediction http://www.ifasystems.com/show-article.php?iArticleID=10458