Who: MedCityNews.com What: Different studies have shown the use of EMR systems to have been extremely beneficial to providers and patients while others have shown the use of EMRs to increase the incurred costs drastically. For a doctor looking to implement EMR at the office, reports suggesting varied conclusions can be very confusing. Recently, the […]
Who: GovHealthIT.com What: On April 2, 2013, the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) made available their updated data table for EHR Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) attestations, with specification as to which EHR products were used. The initial file, published on data.gov in 2012, showed the first year of experience of Meaningful Use, […]
Who: www.HealthcareITNews.Com What: All organizations have a business imperative to control risk. For healthcare companies that corporate responsibility extends to the protection of ePHI within their organization. The HIPAA Omnibus rule outlines this responsibility with a refined definition of responsible parties, notably your outsourced storage vendors and subcontractors.This final rule is a call to action, […]
Who: FierceEMR.Com What: Many providers implementing electronic health record systems and other e-tools may find themselves discriminating against the disabled in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to a new American Medical News article. Public facilities and private businesses of 15 employees or more must provide “reasonable accommodation” to disabled employees under the […]
Who: UPI.Com What: Doctors are changing paper records to electronic health records, but data systems are not sophisticated enough for new types of data, U.S. researchers say. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, said as data becomes cheaper and more available to healthcare providers the ability to store large-scale raw […]
Who: StarTribune.com What: Love of detective work is, believes Wendy Tester, an essential trait for a medical coder. “I liked the Encyclopedia Brown books as a kid,” she said. “A procedure should be supported by the diagnosis. You don’t do a colonoscopy if the patient has an ear infection.” After learning on the job for […]
Who: DotMed.com What: Research suggests that few adopters understand what EHR/EMR implementation actually involves. In its latest study, CompTIA, a trade association representing the IT industry, found that 56 percent of health care providers, consisting mostly of medical practices with two to nine doctors and hospitals/health centers, felt unprepared for the transition from paper records […]
Who: HealthTechZone.com What: TELUS Health, a major provider of electronic medical and health records, telehomecare, consumer health, pharmacy management, and benefits management services, recently announced its acquisition of PS SUITE EMR, Canada’s largest electronic medical record business operated by MD Practice Software LP – a member of the MD Physician Services Group and a subsidiary […]
Who: AAFP.org What: The educational benefits and challenges of using electronic health records (EHRs) are becoming clearer. But in many cases, medical students do not have access to EHRs during their clinical rotations. That’s the primary reason the AAFP Commission on Education’s Subcommittee on Resident and Student Issues (SRSI), to which Hinkle, Hensley and Tucci […]
