One of the utopian goals of electronic medical records was the potential to help healthcare personnel make better clinical decisions. Think IBM’s “Watson” helping you with a difficult case, advising you every step of the way. Well, it turns out that that ideal is still a ways off into the future, an article on MedPageToday.com […]
2011
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Guest Post: Houston Neal According to an August 3 report, 2,246 eligible providers and 100 hospitals have successfully attested to meeting Meaningful Use (MU) criteria. Among these early adopters was Premier Family Physicians, a family practice here in Austin, Texas. We recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Kevin Spencer, a board-certified family […]
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An article on UPI.com continues the debate on what effect the Healthcare Reform Act will have on employers. Will they put off hiring new employees to stay under the magic number of 50 workers, thus avoiding the employer coverage mandate? According to Richard L. Kaplan, a University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign law professor and expert […]
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MPT Podcast 31 – Why Everyone in Your Practice Needs to Know Coding, with guest Mary Pat Whaley of ManageMyPractice.com. Ms. Whaley explains why it is important for all employees and doctors need to be on the same page when it comes to medical coding. This Issue (7:32): Why everyone in your practice needs to […]
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The Latest EMR and Meaningful News from Blogs and Social Media 10/17/2011 From Jim Tate, Meaningful Use Expert: Do Specialists have to meet all meaningful use objectives … There are two questions from Eligible Professional specialists about the CMS EHR Incentives that I’m asked over and over again. Today, let’s answer one of them and […]
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Patients Who Bill Their Doctors
On a recent KevinMD blog post, Pamela Wible MD talks about a woman who has decided to bill her doctor for being late, at $47/hour. This issue has even reached the level of national news channels. And following the post is a healthy debate, mostly from physicians who aren’t very sympathetic to the woman in […]
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MPT Podcast 30 – Non-Clinic Career Opportunities for Physicians, with guest Joseph Kim MD, President of Medical Communications Media Inc. Dr. Kim introduces some resources for physicians who are interested in non-clinical job opportunities as a complement to their existing practice or as a second career. This Issue (7:00): Are there other opportunities for physicians […]
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Our practice went live with our own EMR system in late 2008. For the most part, this was uneventful. The reason for this was mainly due to proper planning. And credit for our implementation plan goes primarily to our administrator, our IT director, and staff members of our appointed EMR committee. Although some […]
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Many physicians are anxious about taking the plunge into electronic medical records. But as this article on HealthLeadersMedia.com illustrates, if an overworked primary care doctor working solo can do it, then most of you don’t have any excuses. Patrick Golden MD, a 55-year-old primary care doctor, admits he had a bumpy road on the way […]
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MPT Podcast 29 – EHR Update 1, with guest Mary Pat Whaley of ManageMyPractice.com. Ms. Whaley brings us up-to-date on the latest in the EHR news, including the new HIPAA 5010 regulations and upcoming ICD10 coding rules. This Issue (9:16): Why doing EHR just for the money might not be such a good idea How […]