Archives
OK
Start Here
-
Who: DrBicuspid.com What: Focus Ortho is announcing the launch of its cloud-based practice management system designed specifically for orthodontics practices. It features a streamlined interface to manage orthodontic practices and advanced software design that allows offices to access patient data from a single screen, according to the company. Treatment history, finances, notes, progress data, and […]
-
Who: ComputerWorld What: HIPAA establishes national standards to protect people’s electronic protected health information (PHI) and requires appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and security of electronic PHI. Any organization in the U.S. contemplating moving a function involving PHI to the cloud needs to thoroughly understand HIPAA and comply with it. […]
-
Who: Virtual-Strategy Magazine What: Medical practice billing software vendor MediMatrix sent out a press release reminding mobile radiology companies to immediately check with their Medicare carriers on their rate schedules. Since Medicare doesn’t announce news of rate changes, it’s the providers’ responsibility to get that information either by calling the carrier directly or visiting its […]
-
Who: govhealthit.com What: Electronic health records (EHRs) have to be usable and useful by physicians and integrate with hospitals’ or practices’ other systems to benefit providers or else the money spent on them is just wasted. Before EHRs were widely adopted, there wasn’t a demand for usability, according to David Blumenthal, MD, former national health […]
-
Who: DChieftain.com What: The Good Samaritan Society care facility has updated its filing system by switching to the electronic medical record system. The agency no longer needs to use bulky files to store its information.The new change not only makes finding information easier, it builds relationships between residents and staff, said director of nursing services […]
-
Who: HealthcareITnews.com What: The association between mental health and physical health has a long history, yet the two disciplines often are viewed as disparate pieces of patient care. Making this link between a patient’s physical and mental well-being is becoming paramount in terms of streamlining a patient’s medical lifecycle. Bridging the gap is essential for […]
-
Who: WOUB.org What: On this edition of the podcast Conversations from Studio B, host Jackie Wolf talks with Randy Longenecker, M.D., the Assistant Dean for Rural and Underserved Programs and a Professor of Family Medicine at the Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine. They discuss training students in rural medicine, on a podcast of Conversations […]
-
As more medical practices are using patient portals and websites for patient interaction and communication, the design or usability of registration forms should be considered beforehand. Here is an infographic on optimizing registration forms for general business use, but it is nevertheless applicable to the medical industry. Courtesy of Sample Forms and Designed by Infographics
