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According to a report in Health Data Management magazine, InfoGard Laboratories has been selected by ONCHIT (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) as the latest entity for certifying EHR (electronic health records) systems. Based in San Luis Obispo, California, InfoGard, a federally accredited IT security testing laboratory since 1995, joins current certifiers […]
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In Part 1, I discussed some of the challenges we face in hiring IT (information technology) personnel, a role which is becoming an increasingly common part of the medical practice. One of the major challenges is trying to validate the skillsets and credentials of a prospect. In Part 2, I present an action plan for […]
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In a post on Becker’s Hospital Review, Jaimie Oh presents a list of 11 best practices for maximizing healthcare IT incentive payments. And although the audience is specifically administrators of hospitals, if you are a physician or medical practice administrator there is still much you can take home from the following recommendations: Figure out what […]
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According to the 2010 HIMSS Security Survey, with responses from 272 healthcare IT and security professionals, hospitals and medical practices are spending more on information technology (IT) security but still spend less on average than companies in other industries. The results of the third annual survey were reported on CMIO.net and included other interesting facts: […]
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Although most kids these days spend most of their time on social media, you may be asking how this is relevant to your medical practice. But did you know that most Fortune 500 companies have embraced social media marketing in addition to more traditional venues such as a company website? So why should your practice […]
