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In a sign of the times of the current political environment, the Montana senate initially rejected federal incentive funds for its state’s hospitals and community centers, but after consideration decided to reverse its decision. In an article on NextGov.com, John Pulley writes that Republicans took a hard line in the beginning, “rejecting the money as […]
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“Certified” is the $44,000 buzzword prefixing electronic health records (EHR) software. To qualify for Health Information Technology for Economic and Clincal Health (HITECH) Act incentive payments, you must use an EHR that is certified by the government. Additionally, you must use a system – or systems – that offer 100% of the functional and security […]
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Recently there has been some buzz about a study out of Stanford University, which appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine, stating that there was no significant improvement in quality of care using electronic medical records systems compared to paper record, with the exception of diet counseling for adults. However, as pointed out in an […]
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That feels like it should be said with a German accent. But seriously, the date for registration for Medicare’s EHR incentive payment program begins on January 3, 2011. According to a report on MassDevice.com, the CMS and the ONCHIT (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) have announced key milestones for implementation of […]
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An oldie but a goodie. Here is a nice discussion of the pros and cons of using a laptop with an EMR system by Bill Horvath II, CXO of DoX Systems. Bottom line (my take, at least): if you are solo and/or travel a lot between practice and hospital, a laptop solution might be for […]
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In this two-part webinar video, Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Inc., discusses the details of the Federal Electronic Health Records incentives as described the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act. In part 1, he defined eligibility criteria and the Meaningful Use Final Rules. In part 2, he goes on to describe […]
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In our videos section we have a webinar full of great information on the HITECH Act Federal Electronic Health Records incentives. Our guest is Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Consulting Inc. Today we present part 1, where he discusses some of the definitions of eligibility criteria and the Meaningful Use Final Rules. Tomorrow, in part […]
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In this two-part webinar video, Jeff Grant, President of HCMA Inc., discusses the details of the Federal Electronic Health Records incentives as described the HITECH (Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health) Act. In part 1, he defines eligibility criteria as well as the Meaningful Use Final Rules. Tomorrow, part 2. CLICK HERE to […]
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I’m always in search of the perfect end-user device for EMR. And there are videos all over the internet showing off real cool EMR applications using tablets or smart-phones – these are typically commercials for the software products. But these are usually fairly basic, uncustomizable systems. What we need are touch screen devices which will […]