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From WebPT, a maker of EMR for physical therapists, there is a nice list of 9 Ways to Lose Your Wallet on an EMR: Software Licenses Database License and Management Windows Server Software Virus Protection and Backup Disaster Recovery Hardware and Infrastructure Audits Long-term contracts Data Storage
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What is Meaningful Use? Here is a video from a cool EMR/Meaningful Use Website, whatismeaingfuluse.com. Brought to you by Expert EMR.
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Meaningful Use – What you need to know at every stage from HIMSS From GE Healthcare comes this video showing the current roll out of Meaningful Use Stage 1 criteria as well as Stage 2 and Stage 3 projections.
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The HITECH Act: Electronic Health Records and Meaningful Use This short educational animated video made by Capture Billing highlights the key features of the HITECH Act, Meaningful Use, and Stimulus Money for EHRs and what it means for you and your practice.
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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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According to a survey of the Medical Group Management Association’s 21,500 members, EHR/EMR implementation is among the most pressing issues facing medical practices today. In an article on Health Care IT News, the top 5 challenges were: Preparing for reimbursement models that place a greater share of financial risk on the practice Participating in the […]
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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 […]