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By early 2011, Virginia Surgery Associates’ three-year old electronic medical record system already no longer met the practice’s needs. Despite consistent upgrades and patches, “The system would frequently slow down and crash, and had become overall unusable from a provider perspective,” said Executive Director Lorrie Hall. Source: Surgery Practice Replaces EMR To Improve Productivity And…

After months of behind-the-scenes-activity, last week saw the release of a letter from seventeen senators to HHS Secretary Sebelius requesting a one-year extension to the reporting window for Meaningful Use in 2014. Senate to HHS: More Time, Flexibility Needed for MU read more Source: Washington Debrief: 17 Senators Request MU Stage 2 Timeline Extension

After years of outsourcing its billing and cash collections to a local service provider, St. Luke’s Cornwall Medical Group wasn’t happy with its financial results. Problems with cash collections, denial management and customer service plagued the SLCMG business office. Not surprisingly, the organization also had ongoing problems getting claims out the door on time. Source:…

Arlington Orthopedic Associates wanted to be at the forefront of implementing a certified electronic health record (EHR) and eliminating paper for several reasons. Its transcription costs were skyrocketing: $400,000 per year, plus another $150,000 on paper supplies. Source: Arlington Orthopedics Saves Hundreds Of Thousands With Switch To Flexible PrimeSUITE Solution

When Drs. Jim Clark, Sam Melouk, Cragin Anderson and John Kefer of Alpine Urology learned that the state of Colorado was forming the Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO), they knew their five-location practice, based in Boulder, had to be a part of it. They felt that CORHIO would be a critical element in improving…

Some healthcare initiatives underway these days are easier to explain in succinct terms than others. Take ICD-10 and meaningful use, for example. One can be summed up as an updated coding system; the other is an effort to encourage healthcare providers to switch from paper to electronic health records. read more Source: 5 ways Cleveland…