Have you stopped and considered what would happen if a natural disaster such as a massive tornado or flood wiped out your office? What would you do first? How would you get your practice back in business? Phillip Bobo MD, of Emergi-Care, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, learned this the hard way. In practice for […]
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A Patient-centric Approach to Patient Safety
In an article on MedPageToday, a new government program, the Partnership for Patients, is highlighted. Its dual goals are to: Accelerate the Reduction of Harm to Patients in Hospitals – specifically, to decrease hospital acquired conditions by 40% by 2013, thereby saving more than 60,000 lives. Decrease Preventable Hospital Readmissions Within 30 Days of Discharge […]
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MPT Podcast 18 – Meaningful Use Update 1 This Issue (3:37): What’s the latest on the Meaningful Use incentives? Important deadlines for Eligible Providers Why it might be best to wait until 2012 to declare MU Some proposals for grace periods Important links: Government’s Certified HIT Product List Website CMS EHR Incentive Programs Right-click […]
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We continue with our series of videos on dealing with resistance to change (see also Overcoming Resistance to Change) inherent in technology implementations such as EMR (for some basics on EMR, check out our EMR Simply Put videos). This video introduces some of the basic concepts for the change management process and is one out […]
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According to a survey of the Medical Group Management Association’s 21,500 members, EHR/EMR implementation is among the most pressing issues facing medical practices today. In an article on Health Care IT News, the top 5 challenges were: Preparing for reimbursement models that place a greater share of financial risk on the practice Participating in the […]
Tagged with: EHR Electronic Health Records, EMR implementation, EMR training, MGMA
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Mermaids and Crutches and Alligators, oh my… People resist change! In this video created for Eliyahu M. Goldratt’s book, “Isn’t It Obvious?”, try to picture yourself as the EMR project champion dealing with the naysayers – and why forcing a technology implementation on people isn’t always the best strategy. Are you a Mr. P or […]
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Was EMR to blame in the death of a premature infant? According to an article on InformationWeek.com, a data entry error resulted in a baby receiving 60 times the dose of sodium chloride than the physician had ordered. Apparently the pharmacy compounding system used by the technician is not connected to the main EMR system. […]
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Electronic medical records (EMR) vendors are not only trying to impress potential buyers of their features for meaningful use eligibility, but they are also trying to show that their systems are easy to use for physicians, according to an article on amednews.com. As the market for EMR systems has grown, in large part due to […]
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MPT Podcast 16 – Why Practices Should Implement EHR Sooner Than Later, with guest Chris Mertens, VP of the Personal Systems Group for Hewlett-Packard. This Issue (06:30) Why waiting can cost you money How timing uncertainty could make your project longer than anticipated How proper coding and quicker payments can lead to a faster ROI […]
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The New Change Management We are going to start introducing some concepts which might be a bit alien to the typical medical practice but are well known in the business world. The first one is what is known as change management, and it is particularly important when it comes to the implementation of new technology […]