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About 8 years ago or so, our practice decided to move from paper records to electronic records. The decision was helped along by the fact that we were literally running out of space for our paper charts. I had been looking at electronic medical records systems (EMRs) for years prior to this but could not […]
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Many of you might not be aware, but part of the ‘deal’ the AMA made with the Obama administration was that they agreed to support the Healthcare Reform legislation in return for a final fix to the SGR (sustainable growth rate) for Medicare reimbursement. Alas, when the cat was let out of the bag and […]
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Do you have a website? How old is it? It might be time for a makeover. When you realize how quickly technology changes, a ten-year-old website can be downright obsolete. A post on emrsystem.net says that, with the explosion of such sites as YouTube and Hulu video on your site is a must nowadays. The […]
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Although the implementation of EMR is becoming federally mandated, it is still an useful exercise to look at the pros-and-cons. Here is a concise summary from Physicians Practice from a legal perspective. Most of the ‘cons’ are cost-related, though practices can offset these significantly by qualifying for meaningful use incentives as well as for PQRI […]
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If your practice has a website (and if it doesn’t yet, why not?), you’ve probably been barraged with offers from SEO (search engine optimization specialist) firms to improve its search engine rankings, or how high your site is positioned on google for instance. A post on Physicians Practice discusses the potential pitfalls of hiring one […]
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Under healthcare reform provisions, the number of Medicaid patients is expected to swell dramatically. And, according to Becker’s ASC Review, ambulatory surgery center’s (ASC) that operate efficiently could take advantage of this. Many practices provide charity health care to patients who have no insurance coverage. But with the addition of these same patients to the […]
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From the folks at Aetna Health, here is a graphic demonstrating the timeline for health reform 2010-2020. Click on the chart or the link below to download it.
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The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), one of the two entities approved for certifying electronic health records (EHR) systems, has just announced the first wave of EHR/EMR products (33 for now) officially achieving Stage 1 certification. The ONC-ATCB 2011/2012 certification program tests and certifies that [a particular] EHR technology is capable of meeting […]
