Category: EHR
-
300 Automatic E&M Coders in EMRs
Automated coding has been a popular topic ever since I first started blogging about EMR software 7.5 years ago. In fact, back then the discussion was usually around how great automated E&M coding was going to be for a doctor. Everything from increased coding levels to firing your billing person were talked about. However, I…
-
Latest Black Book Research Shows Dramatic Increase in Interest of iPad and Mobile Applications to Access EHR Data
The latest research by Black Book Rankings has uncovered a significant increase in the desire for mobile device EHR application by nationally surveyed physicians. The Black Book user poll, which was conducted as a focused follow up to the sweeping 2013 electronic health record study, foretelling the “Year of the Big EHR Switch.” Nearly one…
-
EHR ‘proficiency’ requirement may have unintended consequences
I must admit, I was surprised when I read that Massachusetts's healthcare law, passed last summer, includes a provision that requires physicians to demonstrate a “proficiency” in the use of EHRs, electronic prescribing, computerized physician order entry and other forms of health IT as a condition of licensure. This law goes far beyond the federal…
-
Choose Your EHR Partners Carefully
Not all EHR vendors are created equal. It’s up to you to determine which vendor has the experience and expertise to protect your patient data. …read more Source: Choose Your EHR Partners Carefully
-
HIStalk Interviews Frank Naeymi-Rad, Chairman and CEO, Intelligent Medical Objects
Frank Naeymi-Rad, PhD is chairman and CEO of Intelligent Medical Objects of Northbrook, IL. Tell me about yourself and the company. I received my computer science doctorate degree from Illinois Institute of Technology. My dissertation research work was in developing medical dictionaries that support electronic medical records, decision support, and information retrieval used at the…
-
In The Trenches Tips for EMR Transitions
Over on EMR and EHR recently, Anne Zieger wrote a post about three tips for EHR transitions. As is often the case, one of our passionate readers emailed me a response to the EHR tips that Anne wrote about. I don’t always post what people send me, but I do like to sprinkle in the…
-
Defense Dept. weighs commercial vs. open-source EHR
Will the Defense Department buy a commercial electronic health-record system and consummate one of the largest healthcare information technology deals in U.S. history? …read more Source: Defense Dept. weighs commercial vs. open-source EHR
-
Epic leads in ambulatory-care EHR incentive payments
Epic Systems Corp. sits atop a heap of more than 400 developers of complete electronic health-record systems for ambulatory-care physicians and other eligible professionals who have received federal EHR incentive payments, federal data shows. …read more Source: Epic leads in ambulatory-care EHR incentive payments
-
Case study: EHR alert overload complicates treatment, harms patient
Alert overload and the alert fatigue it causes can complicate treatment and lead to adverse patient results, according to a case study published in the June issue of Pediatrics. read more …read more Source: Case study: EHR alert overload complicates treatment, harms patient
-
Law mandating EHR use to maintain licensure seen as ‘misguided’
At least one provider has taken a stand against a provision of a Massachusetts law passed last summer that requires physicians to demonstrate that they use electronic health records and other health IT as a condition of maintaining their license to practice medicine in the state. read more …read more Source: Law mandating EHR use…