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• EMR Job Board

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  One of my most common questions on this site is where people can go to find EMR jobs. My first response is usually to direct them to the EMR and EHR job page on the EMR and HIPAA wiki. Now, I’ve decided to create an EMR and HIPPA job page for those interested in finding or listing an EMR or EHR related job . ...
  4 days ago

• Benefits of CPOE in an EMR

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  In my previous post about the benefits of inter operable EMR software , Russ Reese left the following comment about the benefits of CPOE and whether CPOE will make it into the ARRA EMR stimulus requirements or not. Plus, he ends with an interesting thought about the EMR stimulus program. I thought it was ...
  4 days ago

• All I Want for Christmas is ARRA EHR Stimulus Answers

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  One of my favorite bloggers, Will Weider, had a nice idea with a post called “ All I Want for Christmas is ARRA Answers .” I liked the idea so much that I decided to take it and post my own questions. Plus, some of his focus on hospitals which don’t interest me as much as ambulatory. So, here are the ...
  6 days ago

• Why Buy Open Source (Free) EMR Software

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  Yes, I completely understand the irony of the title. That’s the beauty that is open source software. I’ve often talked about my fandom for open source software and it seems that open source EMR software is finally gaining some significant momentum. As I was looking over the Open EMR website I stumbled upon a ...
  1 week ago

• EMR Features with the Most Potential

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  “Physician order entry and decision support I believe offer the most chance of improving healthcare delivery. There are a lot of information systems with bells and whistles that don’t focus on physicians’ real needs.” – Neil R. Powe, MD, MPH, MBA, Chief of Medical Services, San Francisco General Hospital ...
  1 week ago

• EMR Stimulus, Selection and Implementation Conference

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  I’ve started talking with some people about putting together an EMR conference. The main focus of the conference would be practical knowledge and skills to be able to understand the EMR stimulus and to deal with the EMR selection and implementation process. Here’s a short list of the types of sessions I’m ...
  1 week ago

• My EMR is DOWN!!!

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  2 real life stories from users of an EMR (sent to me by a reader of the site). In each case the users started figuratively shouting, “My EMR is DOWN!!!” 1. One of my clients, a pediatric group, went down yesterday. Their firewall box choked which resulted in their internal network being useless. Each computer ...
  1 week ago

• Benefits from EMR Come from Interoperability

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  “Looking for savings in hospitals that use EMRs is short-sighted. The real payday for use of EMRs will come with interoperability. Measurable savings will be realized as middleware is installed that will allow for the electronic transmission and translation of patient records across different proprietary systems ...
  1 week ago

• Controlled Drug E-Prescriptions: Policy Versus Practice

  
  Dr. Wes — Authority: 541
  "Hello, Dr. Fisher?" "Yes, this is Dr. Fisher" "This is Sam Smart, pharmacist at Walgreens over in East Elsewhere." "Yes, sir, how can I help you?" "Well its about that prescription you gave to Mr. Pacertoday for Norco." "What about it?" "Well, its not printed on the right controlled drug presciption paper." ...
  1 week ago

• Smart Cards and EMR

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  “The ideal circumstance would be the use of EMR smart cards that would be updated with every patient encounter and that can be read electronically by every medical provider treating the patient, regardless of the providers’ medical network or health plan affiliation.” – Jim Lott, Executive Vice President, ...
  1 week ago

• EMR Meaningful Use Prediction Poll

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  We’re getting really close to HHS releasing the interim final rule regarding “meaningful use” of an EMR system. Most of healthcare IT can’t wait for this announcement. Hopefully it comes soon and that it helps to clarify how clinics will be able to receive the EMR stimulus money. In anticipation of the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Windows Azure and Cloud Computing Posts for 12/7/2009+

  
  OakLeaf Systems — Authority: 463
  Windows Azure, SQL Azure Database and related cloud computing topics now appear in this weekly series.   Note: This post is updated daily or more frequently, depending on the availability of new articles in the following sections: Azure Blob, Table and Queue Services SQL Azure Database ...
  2 weeks ago

• Two EMR Stimulus Questions

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  I’ve get all sorts of interesting emails sent to me because of this site. Many people send me questions and as much as I can I try to answer them. In fact, it’s usually quite fun if I have the time. This time someone sent a couple interesting questions about the EMR stimulus money and their practice which ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Inefficiency of Medical E-Mail

  
  Dr. Wes — Authority: 541
  I am fortunate to work at an institution that has a fully deployed electronic medical record (EMR) system that incorporates outpatient physician notes and inpatient notes under one umbrella. By and large, patient care is facilitated since both outpatient and inpatient notes appear simultaneously in the patients chart, ...
  2 weeks ago

• MGMA Letter to David Blumenthal About HITECH Act’s EMR Stimulus Money

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  The MGMA sent a letter to David Blumenthal warning that if done poorly the ARRA’s EMR stimulus money could result in “the needless squandering of resources and significant disruption to the nation’s healthcare system.” The bNet Healthcare blog gives a summary of MGMA’s recommendations to avoid this ...
  2 weeks ago

• Evaluating EMR Vendor Size and Focus

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  I wrote previously about the importance of matching your organization’s culture with the EMR vendor’s size. One important aspect, which I deliberately left out, was evaluating the size of the EMR vendor. When selecting an EMR, it’s valuable to understand the size of your EMR vendor and related to its size is ...
  2 weeks ago

• Search for New CCHIT Chair

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  Now that Mark Leavitt announced that he was leaving CCHIT , it’s going to be interesting to see who will replace him as the Chair of CCHIT. Healthcare Informatics has an interview with CCHIT search committee chair and CCHIT trustee, Frank Trembulak (Geisinger Health System EVP and COO) that’s worth reading to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Matching the Size of the EMR Organization with Your Organization’s Culture

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  One factor that I think that most clinics don’t consider enough when selecting an EMR is the size and focus of the EMR vendor. I’m not even going to sit here and advocate that you select a small, medium or large EMR vendor. Instead, my suggestion is that you find an EMR vendor whose size matches your clinic’s ...
  2 weeks ago

• Interesting EMR Data Conversion Story

  
  EMR and HIPAA — Authority: 422
  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 ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Electronic Medical Record and The Challenges Ahead

  
  Dr. Wes — Authority: 541
  For those who have not seen it, one of the better discussions on the achievements, limitations, and future challenges of the adoption of the Electronic Medical Record can be found at the blog of Howard Luks, MD, The Orthopedic Posterous in a guest blog by R. Vaughn, MD. Be sure to read the comments from some very ...
  3 weeks ago

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