Electronic Health Record

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• Interesting EMR Data Conversion Story

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  One of my readers sent me the following story about an EMR data conversion experience they had just had. I’ve removed the name of the EMR vendor and PMS vendor, because I think this could apply to a lot of the “jabba the hut” EMR vendors out there. Enjoy! I had an interesting conversation today with one of ...
  20 hours ago

• HIT Projects You Can Implement Today

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  Many people are sitting their on the proverbial fence waiting to see what’s going to happen with the HITECH act and meaningful use before they actually go and implement an EMR. Now, I’m not going to let those people off the hook from evaluating and selecting an EMR. That should be done anyway. However, lately ...
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• Real Participation in RHIO and HIE

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  Everyone seems to love talking about RHIO, HIE and all of the other various initiatives happening around sharing patient health information amongst doctors. This weekend, I want to open it up to you the readers to get an idea of what type of participation you’ve had in an RHIO, HIE or other clinical data exchange. ...
  3 days ago

• OpenEMR Success Story

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  A little while back I read an interesting EMR success story using the open source EMR appropriately named OpenEMR. The story is by Joe Holzer and I got his permission to republish it here for all to enjoy. You can find more about Joe on his website (not the normal website) or at his email im@holzerent.com I think ...
  6 days ago

• Vista (VA EMR) Is Not Meant for Solo Docs and Small Group Practices

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  The VA announced about 4-5 years ago that they would be releasing their Vista EMR as an open source package. Of course, the headline read “Government Gives Away Free EMR.” In essence, this was true. The government was making their Vista EMR available for free. In fact, I remember one of the people in HIM had ...
  1 week ago

• Where Meaningful Use Should Be Focused

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  “”Meaningful Use” should be linked to those two things (cutting costs and better care).” -Russ Reese in the comments . The above assertion about Meaningful Use was made in the comments and I was kind of struck by it when I first read it. What should be the components of meaningful use? A doctor ...
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• Best Advice for Those Implementing an EMR

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  Since it’s the weekend, I like to open it up for the readers of this site to share their knowledge. Let’s hear the best advice you could give to someone who is implementing an EMR. I’ll admit that I had a hard time just choosing one piece of advice. My first thought was mapping your current workflows and map ...
  1 week ago

• EMR Stimulus Money is All or Nothing

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  The wonderful John Chilmark posted a short message he heard from a Keynote address by John Halamka at the PHAT conference put on by the Harvard School of Public Health. Here’s the message: there will be no partial reimbursement for meeting just part of meaningful use . Its all or nothing folks. I think we ...
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• McKesson and eClinicalWorks Complete Nuance’s Dragon Medical EHR Program

  
  Cataract Outsourcing — Authority: 146
  Burlington, Mass.-based Nuance Communications, a leading supplier of speech solutions, announced that eClinicalWorks, a privately held leader in the ambulatory clinical systems market, and McKesson Practice Partner, a leading integrated electronic health record, medical billing and appointment scheduling software, ...
  1 week ago

• Study Shows Little Benefit from EMR in Hospitals

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  People have been buzzing over a recent New York Times article (requires login, but you can get a login and password here ) which discusses a Harvard study showing little benefit seen so far in Electronic Patient Records. The study is interesting and worthy of consideration. I think this part of the Times article ...
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• Strong standards or wiggle room?

  
  Cataract Outsourcing — Authority: 146
  Former President George W. Bush urged doctors and hospitals to go digital on their own, with a few booster shots of federal help. Consequently, progress was slow. But the pace of change has been increasing since President Barack Obama has made health IT a priority and Congress put some real money on the table. Under ...
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• EMR Selection and Implementation Books

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  I’ve had in mind and been approached by a number of people about writing a book about the EMR selection and implementation process. If you’ve read this blog for a while, you know I’ve had in mind to write some e-Books. I like the e-Book better than a hard copy book, but maybe if I combine all the e-Books it ...
  1 week ago

• EMR ROI

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  HIMSS has been collecting stories of EMR success. One of my readers asked for more of these stories as well. So, I figured I’d highlight one that I found that was an interesting look at the ROI he received from implementing an EMR. Here’s an excerpt of the ROI they Glynn Medical Associates out of Georgia saw: ...
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• EMR Vendor Support Tracking

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  One thing that I’m sure very few doctors consider when they’re selecting an EMR software is the method that the EMR vendor uses to handle support calls. Certainly, it wouldn’t be that hard to figure out. First, you can ask the EMR vendor at the end of the demo, “How do you track problems that I call you ...
  2 weeks ago

• Problems with ARRA EMR Stimulus Money

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  I recently read a Healthcare IT article that talks about some of the challenges with the EMR stimulus money. Here’s a couple of the challenges discussed with my commentary. Albert L. Strunk, MD, representing the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, said ACOG is concerned that the measures, while ...
  2 weeks ago

• Mark Leavitt Leaves CCHIT

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  Today the big news was that Mark Leavitt is leaving his role as chairman of CCHIT. Healthcare IT news reported on the announcement: “The board accepts Mark’s decision with reluctance but appreciates his commitment to overseeing a seamless transition,” said H. Stephen Lieber, chairman of the board of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Paper Chart to EMR Scanning List

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  I’ve previously written about chart disposal after an EMR implementation and the concept of “ thinning your paper chart for scanning into an EMR .” Because of those posts, one reader asked me about feedback on a list of what things should be included in the “thinned” paper chart. Of course, my first ...
  2 weeks ago

• Question and Answer with Lynn Scheps, Government Affairs VP for SRSsoft EMR

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  I as many of you have been trying to closely follow what’s been happening in Washington in regards to the HITECH act. There are a lot of moving parts and it’s hard to keep up. One of the most recent topics the committees have begun discussing is how the ARRA EHR stimulus money and “meaningful use” will apply ...
  2 weeks ago

• EMR Security Problem

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 128
  On EMR Update a user posted an interesting security problem with their EMR software: I was on our user’s forum reading about a security flaw in our EMR. There were some discussions about the ability to circumnavigate prescription privileges and have your staff write themselves narcotics. We couldn’t figure out ...
  2 weeks ago

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