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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today a proposed outline for Meaningful Use criteria, in accordance with EMR implementation provisions under the Health Information Technology for Clinical and Economic Health (HITECH) Act, part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. These specify some of the guidelines by which physicians […]
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EMR Implementation – How do you stack up against your colleagues? We’ll post the results in a week or so. Click the Next button after you answer each question [SURVEYS 1]
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Previously, I described some of the benefits gained from having an office computer network, even if you haven’t yet implemented an electronic medical records system. At our practice, even as we prepared for EMR, we began to see unexpected benefits. At that time, the thought that a computer network could help improve overall efficiency in […]
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One of my partners asked if our practice could use free GMail instead of replacing our old and failing mail server (not free) and having to purchase the licensing for the Microsoft software (definitely not free). When I looked into it, it turned out to be a bit more complicated than just deciding between a […]
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It doesn’t matter if your practice is just a single doctor at one location, or numerous physicians across multiple satellite offices. Either way, even before you can implement an EMR system, you’ll need to start by developing your system infrastructure. Although typically a contractor will take care of the network wiring for your office network, […]
