Tag: informatics
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Brochure: OpenText SecureiX Healthcare
Improve HIPAA compliance through encrypted file transfer and messaging to and from virtually any device and any location Source: Brochure: OpenText SecureiX Healthcare
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CTS Explores the Medical Practice Management Challenges of EMR / EHR Software
A new article series presented by CTS, a publisher of medical software reviews and evaluation tools, explores some of the significant medical practice management challenges related to EMR / EHR software. Written by medical software expert and CTS President, Sheldon Needle, the series sheds light on problems associated with managing patient data electronically and how…
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OpenText RightFax And EMR/EHR Systems
When you choose an EMR/EHR for your physician group or hospital system, you make a choice to move away from paper records. However, you still need to deliver protected health information (PHI) as part of ordering tests or referring patients – and other health providers need to share PHI with you. You may still have…
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Digital Document Delivery And Management: Achieving Compliance, Security And Improved Patient Care
The HITECH Act’s financial incentive programs have become one of the major drivers for the increased adoption of health IT among healthcare providers. Nearly 2,000 hospitals and more than 41,000 physicians have received a total of $3.1 billion in incentive payments for the “meaningful use” of health IT.1 As healthcare providers participate in multiple internally…
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HIPAA: Healthcare Transformation To Electronic Communications
This white paper provides a brief overview of HIPAA regulations and how healthcare organizations are using technology to assist with compliance. It discusses network faxing, explores some of the advantages of implementing a network fax solutions to support HIPAA compliance initiatives, and introduces Open Text Fax Server, RightFax Edition as a flexible tool for improving…
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Brochure: OpenText EasyLink Notifications Service
OpenText EasyLink Notifications Service is a 100% outsourced, cloud-based solution that lets you send and receive messages across multiple modes – SMS, voice, email, and fax. It’s ideal for fraud alerts, product or service updates, invoice reminders, account updates, order status, appointment confirmations, prescription refills, employee scheduling changes, travel notifications, and other communications that need…
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Florida House rejects federal Medicaid expansion funds
The Florida House of Representatives passed its own limited health care bill that relies on state money to expand coverage to the state’s neediest residents. Also in the news, reports from Ohio, Montana, Texas, Nebraska and Arizona on the status of state decision-making regarding the expansion.
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Medicaid: Texas docs lose money; Jindal adm. official has ‘improper contact’ with contractor
The first question many doctors ask when new patients call for appointments is how they intend to pay. If the answer is Medicaid, the doctor can expect to lose money. The Texas Legislature has been balancing the state’s budget by intentionally paying doctors 40 to 75 percent less for Medicaid patients than what private insurers…
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Federal gov’t. moves against Nevada hospital for alleged patient dumping
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave Nevada 10 days to correct problems at Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital following reports it may have improperly discharged patients and bused them out of state.
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Nationwide public safety broadband network faces tough challenges
By all accounts, first responder emergency communications at the Boston Marathon performed well in response to the terrorist attack. However, the lack of interoperable public safety communications… read more Source: Nationwide public safety broadband network faces tough challenges