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Another in our series of change management videos. In this video, Walter Ratcliff of Ratcliff Consultants, explains that “Telling Ain’t Training” and “Training Ain’t Adoption”. To find out what he means, click on the video below.
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Your medical practice’s website can become your “new storefront” according to Mike Cuesta, on HealthCareITNews.com. But he offered some tips to ensure their success with patients: Ensure patients can register and make appointments, such as through a patient portal Make sure to display timely news and updates via a blog Display contact information clearly on […]
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What is Meaningful Use? Everyone in US health care is talking about meaningful use but what does it really mean? From the folks at InterfaceWare.com, the makers of Iguana, an HL7 interface engine, comes this cartoon explaining the basics of Meaningful Use. For more videos and information, please visit www.interfaceware.com
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MPT Podcast 18 – Meaningful Use Update 1 This Issue (3:37): What’s the latest on the Meaningful Use incentives? Important deadlines for Eligible Providers Why it might be best to wait until 2012 to declare MU Some proposals for grace periods Important links: Government’s Certified HIT Product List Website CMS EHR Incentive Programs Right-click […]
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We continue with our series of videos on dealing with resistance to change (see also Overcoming Resistance to Change) inherent in technology implementations such as EMR (for some basics on EMR, check out our EMR Simply Put videos). This video introduces some of the basic concepts for the change management process and is one out […]
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Mermaids and Crutches and Alligators, oh my… People resist change! In this video created for Eliyahu M. Goldratt’s book, “Isn’t It Obvious?”, try to picture yourself as the EMR project champion dealing with the naysayers – and why forcing a technology implementation on people isn’t always the best strategy. Are you a Mr. P or […]
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Was EMR to blame in the death of a premature infant? According to an article on InformationWeek.com, a data entry error resulted in a baby receiving 60 times the dose of sodium chloride than the physician had ordered. Apparently the pharmacy compounding system used by the technician is not connected to the main EMR system. […]
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The New Change Management We are going to start introducing some concepts which might be a bit alien to the typical medical practice but are well known in the business world. The first one is what is known as change management, and it is particularly important when it comes to the implementation of new technology […]
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Guest Post Selecting an EMR system for your medical practice is a very challenging task due to the rapid development in that field for last few years. According to a research study, there are about 400 EMR vendors alone in the state of Los Angeles and California. Choosing the right EMR vendor is as important […]