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Emerald highlights user of clinical lab display section of OACIS, Omnivision by Cinnamon Buelk Emerald Communications and Training Committee Eugene DiPaolo has been at MUSC since April 1998. He is a vocational rehabilitation financial counselor, in the Patient Access Services department. He uses the clinical lab display section of OACIS and OmniVision to pull medical record information in order for eligibility information to be forwarded to Medicaid and the Disability Determination Division of the Vocational Rehabilitation. Was there a particular time when the Electronic Medical Record made a difference in your practice?  “The Electronic Medical Record makes a difference everyday. The amount of time needed to forward the necessary medical information is reduced more and more as the availability of the information stored electronically becomes greater. For example, transplant patients need a disability decision immediately, with OACIS and OmniVision the medical records can be pulled and transmitted as quick as a fax.” What could be done with EMR in order to improve your practice?  “In regards to what I do, I would like to see all departments use OACIS as their electronic storage for medical records. This would benefit both the patient and the hospital.”   Catalyst Online is published weekly, updated as needed and improved from time to time by the MUSC Office of Public Relations for the faculty, employees and students of the Medical University of South Carolina. Catalyst Online editor, Kim Draughn, can be reached at 792-4107 or by email, catalyst@musc.edu. Editorial copy can be submitted to Catalyst Online and to The Catalyst in print by fax, 792-6723, or by email to petersnd@musc.edu or catalyst@musc.edu. To place an ad in The Catalyst hardcopy, call Community Press at 849-1778.