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Sebastian Mitchell, Guest post: There are many daily chores to being a good physician. Patient care, nursing staff issues, medical decision making, patient paper work and referrals, constant prescription refills requests; the list goes on and on. This list goes on even longer if you run your own private practice, to […]
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MPT Podcast 24 – Scanning Paper Records Into Your EMR System: Setting Up An Action Plan, with guest Mary Pat Whaley of ManageMyPractice.com. Ms. Whaley discusses some tips and best practices based on her extensive experience advising medical practices. This Issue (8:12): The importance of ‘storyboarding’ your strategy for paper chart conversion How to decide […]
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With apologies to Will Smith fans (Fresh Prince era): Here´s what eligible providers need to know about getting incentive dollars from CMS for the meaningful use of electronic health records in under 3 minutes. The American College of Medical Informatimusicology presents the Meaningful Yoose Rap, written and performed by Dr. HITECH, aka Ross […]
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The iPad has become one of the most successful consumer electronic devices. and their popularity may be starting to have an effect on healthcare, according to an article on Software Advice. They report that an article in the AMA News states that “27% of [physicians] on an iPad or similar device-a rate five times higher […]
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As medical practices enter the world of electronic medical records, they are facing some of the harsh realities of IT security that other businesses are used to dealing with. If you ask most physicians what concerns them most about EMR security, most would probably say that hacking is the biggest threat. However, an article on […]
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Many new EHR users currently view clinical quality measures as just another item on the checklist towards demonstrating meaningful use. However, veteran EHR users like Northwest Health Services, Inc., which has been using EHR for 7 years, sees clinical quality measures as an important tool that enables providers to distinguish between perceptions and reality when […]
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Gere Jordan, Guest Post Managed properly, outsourcing a portion of your calls to a professional call center can be an extremely effective and worthwhile business decision. Your practice can provide patients with a better level of care, filter messages for on-call personnel, and avoid the high costs associated with hiring dedicated staff or implementing […]
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MPT Podcast 22 – Is a Concierge Practice Model Right for You? with guest Mike Meikle, Hawkthorne Group. This Issue (3:29): What is a direct pay reimbursement model? Who typically opts out of insurance reimbursements? What motivates physicians to change to a ‘concierge’ practice model? Right-click to download
