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Guest Post: Emily Matthews Electronic medical records (EMRs) in the medical office setting are growing at a faster pace than ever before. With rapidly advancing technological features and integration capabilities, it doesn’t take a master’s degree to see that using EMRs allow for more efficient and profitable management of today’s medical practice. EMRs benefit you […]
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According to an article on Reuters Health, “Flagging medical errors through a system that emphasizes a lack of punishment and maintains anonymity yields more reports than a traditional method of reporting errors, a team of doctors has found.” After introducing the new system at a pediatric clinic in North Carolina, the number of reported mistakes […]
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From the HealthcareIT News blog comes an article on the top 10 things that readers hate about electronic medical records via a Twitter thread: It doesn’t measure up to paper It’s hard to use It doesn’t provide the basics It’s cumbersome It’s ineffective It doesn’t allow for patient interaction It doesn’t protect patient privacy It […]
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Most practices breathe a sigh of relief after their new EMR software is installed and running. But now comes the hard part: getting the staff and the doctors to accept and use it. The following is a list of ten “Commandments” borrowed from our practice administrator, Don Cushing M.Ed. MBA, who has years of experience […]
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From the Fox Group, a point by point overview for physician practices regarding the incentives, eligibility rules, and deadlines in the HITECH Act.
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Below is an actual letter received – and almost thrown away – by an employee of a medical practice. They almost threw it away because it looked like junk mail. It turned out to be a letter from a RAC (Recovery Audit Contractor) who was auditing their practice. They figured that the letter was purposefully […]
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Is Your Practice Ready To Go Paperless? There’s no doubt that the meaningful use incentive money, made available by the ARRA HITECH Act (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act) is drawing a boatload of attention. Under this legislation, the Department of Health and Human Service (HHS) Center […]
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Computerized practice management systems appeared about thirty years ago. Their major selling point? To automate humans out of as many processes as possible to reduce error and improve efficiency. Medical practices are attempting to achieve those same goals through the use of electronic medical records (EMR) systems. But trying to eliminate humans entirely from the […]
