I recently read an article that raised the question of who owns your health data. By ownership, I am referring to who has the power to either access or give ...
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April 18, 2013 10:21 pm by Ryan, Kelsey | 1 Comments
Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill to transfer the responsibilities of the Kansas Health Information Exchange to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, according to a news release ...
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April 17, 2013 10:32 am by Kyle Samani | 0 Comments
Athenahealth is the biggest, best healthcare biller in the country, bar none. Their economies of scale and complete access to the raw information enable them to be the best biller ...
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I recently had a nice chat with a colleague analyzing HIT industry trends for Kalorama Information. Kalorama does industry research for the medical and life sciences for many of the ...
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As someone who has spent over 20 years focusing on the needs of healthcare organizations, I have experienced first hand their unique challenges with proper utilization of technology to improve ...
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A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog post on the current trends in the EHR industry. I mentioned that users of Allscripts products have increasingly been switching away ...
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Every year at HIMSS, Epic includes right brain thinking in its booth as a nice balance to all the EMR talk. Employees select artwork from an art market in Madison ...
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With patients assuming greater responsibility for their medical bills, it can be difficult for healthcare organizations to obtain full payment for services rendered. Inefficient billing and administrative processes also contribute ...
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Standalone e-prescribing (eRx) systems were once preferred by physicians who refused to transition to electronic charting but still wanted the benefits that e-prescriptions could provide. Now, with federal incentive programs ...
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What if your EMR was designed to be as intuitive and visually pleasing as an app on your iPhone?After launching the meaningful use program to get more more health information ...
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has stressed the importance of the healthcare industry meeting the ’Triple Aim’ objectives, meaning there is increasing pressure to come up with ...
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The push to make it easier to share patient data with providers using health information exchanges as part of the meaningful use requirements has spurred the growth of niche players ...
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October 16, 2012 5:14 pm by Frank Quinn | 0 Comments
Without a doubt, the advent of EHR has revolutionized the practice of medicine in the 21st century. Introduction of cloud EHR in particular was a game changer. Just a couple ...
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September 26, 2012 2:46 pm by Frank Quinn | 0 Comments
The contributions and advantages that Electronic Health Records have brought to the healthcare industry cannot be overlooked. Physicians are keen to adopt EHRs and implementing them appropriately is evident proof ...
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September 24, 2012 4:50 pm by Frank Quinn | 0 Comments
I used to believe that proper training sessions are not too important in order to get accustomed to the functions and usability of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). According to me, ...
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