Who: DChieftain.com What: The Good Samaritan Society care facility has updated its filing system by switching to the electronic medical record system. The agency no longer needs to use bulky files to store its information.The new change not only makes finding information easier, it builds relationships between residents and staff, said director of nursing services […]
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As a writer of both this blog and the long-running “Path to Paperless” column in Ophthalmology Management (where this article originally ran), I often receive emails on a wide range of questions regarding EMR. Sometimes I am asked to recommend a specific EMR product which I politely decline, since I am not an expert on […]
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A frequent criticism of EMR (electronic medical records) use in medical practices – typically coming from those who have not used EMR – is that it causes the doctors to become impersonal. The typical picture described is one of a practitioner with his or her back to the patient, pecking away at the keyboard. Most […]
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How do electronic health records (EHRs) connect you and your doctor? In the past, medical data was only stored on paper, making it difficult for your health care providers to share your information. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of doctors using an EHRsystem grew about 57%, making it easier for you and all of […]
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Medical Practices would be wise to become familiar with HIPAA regulations and the penalties for violations. This great infographic, courtesy of ComplianceAndSafety.com, gives us a nice overview as well as some recent cases in the news. Featured By: OSHA Safety Training
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A recent article in the Journal of the AMA (June 20,2012) has rekindled the debate about whether the use of electronic medical records (EMR) interferes with the doctor-patient relationship. In the editorial, the author recalls the story of a colleague whose 7-year-old daughter draws of picture of him in an examination room with his family. […]
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Global IT security issues were never much of a concern for medical practices. But as they have become more ‘connected’, they have become more vulnerable to outside nefarious sources. Here is an infographic from Technology News Hub showing where the trend in security threats is going.
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The Edmonton Journal reports that a hacker has developed a $200 app that can decipher a “widely used virtual private network (VPN – possibly from vpn canada) technology known as point-to-point tunneling protocol.” Why did he do this? Well, many hackers just like him claim that they do it to encourage computer operating system makers […]
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EMR projects get ‘hijacked’ every day. Some get hijacked by vendors, some get hijacked by consultants and, yes, some even get hijacked by the very doctors who invested in the project in the first place – an investment that was supposed to help them treat their patients, run their offices and collect their money. While […]