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What is Meaningful Use? Everyone in US health care is talking about meaningful use but what does it really mean? From the folks at InterfaceWare.com, the makers of Iguana, an HL7 interface engine, comes this cartoon explaining the basics of Meaningful Use. For more videos and information, please visit www.interfaceware.com
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Have you stopped and considered what would happen if a natural disaster such as a massive tornado or flood wiped out your office? What would you do first? How would you get your practice back in business? Phillip Bobo MD, of Emergi-Care, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, learned this the hard way. In practice for […]
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In an article on MedPageToday, a new government program, the Partnership for Patients, is highlighted. Its dual goals are to: Accelerate the Reduction of Harm to Patients in Hospitals – specifically, to decrease hospital acquired conditions by 40% by 2013, thereby saving more than 60,000 lives. Decrease Preventable Hospital Readmissions Within 30 Days of Discharge […]
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MPT Podcast 18 – Meaningful Use Update 1 This Issue (3:37): What’s the latest on the Meaningful Use incentives? Important deadlines for Eligible Providers Why it might be best to wait until 2012 to declare MU Some proposals for grace periods Important links: Government’s Certified HIT Product List Website CMS EHR Incentive Programs Right-click […]
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We continue with our series of videos on dealing with resistance to change (see also Overcoming Resistance to Change) inherent in technology implementations such as EMR (for some basics on EMR, check out our EMR Simply Put videos). This video introduces some of the basic concepts for the change management process and is one out […]
