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Can EMR Prevent Medical Errors?
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We have all heard about how many patients are killed or maimed by their seemingly trustworthy physicians. According to a blog on CommonSenseMD, the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care states that the five most common medical errors are: medication prescribing laboratory testing misfiling of medical records medication dispensing, […]

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Are Your Papers in Order?
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That feels like it should be said with a German accent. But seriously, the date for registration for Medicare’s EHR incentive payment program begins on January 3, 2011. According to a report on MassDevice.com, the CMS and the ONCHIT (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) have announced key milestones for implementation of […]

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Webinar: Federal EHR Incentives and the HITECH Act – Part 2
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In this two-part webinar video, Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Inc., discusses the details of the Federal Electronic Health Records incentives as described the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act. In part 1, he defined eligibility criteria and the Meaningful Use Final Rules. In part 2, he goes on to describe […]

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Check Out Our Webinar on Federal EHR Incentives
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In our videos section we have a webinar full of great information on the HITECH Act Federal Electronic Health Records incentives. Our guest is Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Consulting Inc. Today we present part 1, where he discusses some of the definitions of eligibility criteria and the Meaningful Use Final Rules. Tomorrow, in part […]

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Webinar: Federal EHR Incentives and the HITECH Act – Part 1
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In this two-part webinar video, Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Inc., discusses the details of the Federal Electronic Health Records incentives as described the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act. In part 1, he defines eligibility criteria as well as the Meaningful Use Final Rules. Tomorrow, part 2. CLICK HERE to […]

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Can You Use an iPad with EMR?
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I’m always in search of the perfect end-user device for EMR. And there are videos all over the internet showing off real cool EMR applications using tablets or smart-phones – these are typically commercials for the software products. But these are usually fairly basic, uncustomizable systems. What we need are touch screen devices which will […]

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InfoGard Newest EHR Certifying Body
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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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11 Steps to Maximize Your EHR Incentive Payments
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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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More Money Spent on IT Security
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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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