As if medical practices don’t have enough to worry about with EMR implementation, now they have to decide what kind of EMR system to get: a client-server-based system or a web-based system. The former is the kind that most of us are familiar with. You purchase a computer server, buy a license for the EMR […]
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If you Google “Pros and Cons of EMR” you will pull up a plethora of listings about why (or why not) you should consider switching from paper records to electronic ones. But, at this point, is this a pretty stupid debate? And, yes, I know, even here we have discussed both sides of the argument […]
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We have all heard about how many patients are killed or maimed by their seemingly trustworthy physicians. According to a blog on CommonSenseMD, the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care states that the five most common medical errors are: medication prescribing laboratory testing misfiling of medical records medication dispensing, […]
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That feels like it should be said with a German accent. But seriously, the date for registration for Medicare’s EHR incentive payment program begins on January 3, 2011. According to a report on MassDevice.com, the CMS and the ONCHIT (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) have announced key milestones for implementation of […]
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An oldie but a goodie. Here is a nice discussion of the pros and cons of using a laptop with an EMR system by Bill Horvath II, CXO of DoX Systems. Bottom line (my take, at least): if you are solo and/or travel a lot between practice and hospital, a laptop solution might be for […]
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According to a white paper from HIMSS Analytics, fewer than a third of US hospitals report having active interfaces between medical devices and their EMR systems, according to FierceEMR blog. And the situation with individual medical practices can’t be much better. Although this might not sound like a big deal to most, the inability to […]
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In this two-part webinar video, Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Inc., discusses the details of the Federal Electronic Health Records incentives as described the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act. In part 1, he defined eligibility criteria and the Meaningful Use Final Rules. In part 2, he goes on to describe […]
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In our videos section we have a webinar full of great information on the HITECH Act Federal Electronic Health Records incentives. Our guest is Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Consulting Inc. Today we present part 1, where he discusses some of the definitions of eligibility criteria and the Meaningful Use Final Rules. Tomorrow, in part […]
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In this two-part webinar video, Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Inc., discusses the details of the Federal Electronic Health Records incentives as described the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act. In part 1, he defines eligibility criteria as well as the Meaningful Use Final Rules. Tomorrow, part 2. CLICK HERE to […]