Who: ComputerWorld What: HIPAA establishes national standards to protect people’s electronic protected health information (PHI) and requires appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and security of electronic PHI. Any organization in the U.S. contemplating moving a function involving PHI to the cloud needs to thoroughly understand HIPAA and comply with it. […]
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Who: Virtual-Strategy Magazine What: Medical practice billing software vendor MediMatrix sent out a press release reminding mobile radiology companies to immediately check with their Medicare carriers on their rate schedules. Since Medicare doesn’t announce news of rate changes, it’s the providers’ responsibility to get that information either by calling the carrier directly or visiting its […]
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Who: govhealthit.com What: Electronic health records (EHRs) have to be usable and useful by physicians and integrate with hospitals’ or practices’ other systems to benefit providers or else the money spent on them is just wasted. Before EHRs were widely adopted, there wasn’t a demand for usability, according to David Blumenthal, MD, former national health […]
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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. […]