Category: EHR
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Patient access to electronic notes may become ‘standard of care’
Allowing patients access to physicians’ electronic notes is becoming more popular, and is influencing the content of the notes themselves, according to a new op-ed article in the New England Journal of Medicine. …read more
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How Much of Healthcare Business is Healthcare?
Editor’s Note: We’re excited to welcome Kyle Samani, Founder of Pristine, as a regular blogger here on EMR and HIPAA. I first met Kyle when he was a high school student working at his father’s EHR company. It’s amazing how far we’ve both come since then. You can find all of Kyle’s EMR and HIPAA…
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PatientlySpeaking Now Fully Integrated with Practice Fusion Platform
Westlake Village,California (PR MediaRelease) April 12, 2015 PatientlySpeaking, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ntegrus Solutions, has announced its integration with the Practice Fusion electronic health records software platform. This process now allows medical practices to efficiently pull information from their Practice Fusion EHR database regarding patients and future appointment dates that can be seamlessly passed…
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PatientlySpeaking surpasses 1M Automated Reminders For Kareo Practices
Over One Million Appointment And A/R Courtesy Call Reminders Sent To Kareo Patients Westlake Village,California (PR MediaRelease) December 29, 2015 PatientlySpeaking announced that in December 2015, it had successfully processed over 1,000,000 automated appointment and A/R past-due courtesy calls for it’s customers using the Kareo Medical Software system. This was a major milestone for the…
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Survey ranks EHR vendors on technology, functionality and interoperability
EHR vendors tout the importance of their systems’ technology when they market their products, but providers were more concerned about vendors’ ability to deliver functionality than the particular technology the system used, according to a new study by KLAS Research. read more …read more
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Tenn. VA facility found not following treatment, documenting policies
The Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOC) at James H. Quillen VA Medical Center in Mount Home, Tenn. has been cited for not notifying women about their cervical cancer screening results and… read more …read more
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Curbside Consult with Dr. Jayne 12/9/13
CMS tried to bury it with a late press release on a Friday afternoon, but their proposed extension of Meaningful Use Stage 2 is already making waves. Initially it seems there was quite a bit of confusion about “delaying Stage 2” when the start date doesn’t change. For those of you who haven’t read the…
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HIMSS Analytics Recognizes Tampa General Hospital with Stage 7 Award
HIMSS Analytics, the research arm of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), has announced that Tampa General Hospital (TGH) has received the acute care Stage 7 award. The award represents attainment of the highest level on the Electronic Medical Records Adoption Model (EMRAM), which is used to track EMR progress at hospitals and…
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Office Ally’s EHR Suite Receives ONC-ACB Certification by Drummond Group
Office Ally’s electronic health records product (EHR 24/7™) has been tested and certified for Stage II meaningful use under the Drummond Group’s Electronic Health Records Office of the National Coordinator Authorized Certification Body program. Drummond Group’s ONC-ACB certification program certifies that EHRs meet the meaningful use criteria for either eligible provider or hospital technology. In…
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Direct Primary Care Gets Its First EMR
Atlas MD today launches Atlas.md EMR, a web-based app designed so that direct primary care physicians can operate their own insurance-free practices. Doctors can get started in minutes by signing up for a free 30-day trial. The EMR requires no additional hardware to operate. With cross-platform design, doctors can access Atlas.md conveniently from any web-enabled…