By Paul J. Rosenbluth – It Could Come Back to Bite You in Your Bottom Line! Automating extraction of data from EHRs is an excellent idea. Done right, it can provide a complete data set, something not possible with the sampling methods used in the current labor-intensive hand extraction used for reporting many hospital quality measures.
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By Samantha Sawdon – Electronic Health Records (EHRs) were originally created for the purposes of charting and practice management coordination. However, the combination of expanding practice needs and increasing federal mandates has forced the EHR market to evolve.
By Steve Spearman – Performing a risk analysis is the cornerstone of HIPAA compliance, so it’s important to understand the regulations that require risk analysis, as well as how to conform to these rules. This week’s Q&A with Steve Spearman, focuses on understanding the essentials of risk analysis.
Compliance date is October 1, 2015. Visit the CMS ICD-10 website for the most current information. Make sure your practice is prepared by following the ABCs of ICD-10
Get Ready Now: Assess How ICD-10 Will Affect Your Practice Compliance date is October 1, 2015. Visit the CMS ICD-10 website for the most current…
By Irv H. Lichtenwald – Should we be concerned? Microsoft Office was first introduced by Bill Gates at COMDEX, Las Vegas, in August, 1988. Here we are almost exactly 27 years later, and if you plug the words ‘hate,’ ‘Microsoft’ and ‘Office’ into Google, you’ll get more than 4 million results. Remove ‘Office’ and Google returns more than 33 million results.
By Debra Harris – Without proper staff training and education, an electronic health record (EHR) implementation can cause more challenges than benefits for your organization. But this doesn’t need to be the case if you take a few strategic steps when prepping and training your staff.
By John Halamka MD – As we gather together stakeholders for strategic planning of next year’s priorities, what are we hearing and what we have learned? With these observations, what are we planning to do in FY16? Over the next month, we will present a 5 page list of “bottom up” stakeholder enumerated high priority projects, categorized as core, advanced, and innovative.
By Divan Dave – In today’s world of healthcare information technology, there are many thing to consider before selecting an EHR. There are hundreds of vendors offering stand-alone modules to full blown EHR and Practice/Revenue Cycle Management Systems. Here are things to consider when making your decision.