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HIT Today: Increase your income through quality reporting

In the “real” world, people expect to pay more for something if it’s of higher quality or offers superior performance. That free-market standard promotes higher-quality products and services. The healthcare industry, however, generally does not operate in this manner. Patients have few options for “kicking the tires,” so to speak, before electing to start a drug treatment, undergo surgery or therapy, or choose a physician. This inability to get a [...]

 

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Dealing with Doctors' Reluctance Toward PHR

Physician engagement with patients through personal health records may be more of a challenge than getting patients to use the system, says G. Daniel Martich, MD, FACP, chief medical information officer and vice president for physician services at UPMC. Because of the particular software design of the e-visit portion of the PHR at UPMC, it can be used only by generalists such as primary care internists and family care practitioners. Of [...]

 

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Training, EMR tracking can slash risk of radiation overdoses

Knowing how many diagnostic images a patient has had over a lifetime can help physicians and patients weigh risks and benefits before using more radiation imaging, says Boston emergency physician Adam C. Levine, MD. [Photo by Ted Grudzinski / AMA] The American Medical Association House of Delegates adopted new policies aimed at preventing deadly radiation overdoses and curbing the cumulative lifetime impact of radiation from diagnostic tests such as computed tomography. [...]

 

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Why Electronic Medical Records?

Why, Where and How… to begin your research regarding electronic medical records. The most comprehensive site for EMR research and resources online presents a short video regarding the Medicare and Medicaid stimulus package incentives and a brief introduction to EMRapproved.com. Find out how you can access all of the information you need in one easy-to-use site. Including EMR Educational Materials, EMR Hardware, Technical Support, Medical Devices, Certified Software Selection, Medical [...]

 

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Section 179 Government Stimulus Package

Go to www.chirotouch.com for the full webinar. Stimulate the economy and your business. Listen as COO Robert Moberg of ChiroTouch explains section 179 and what it means to you as a business owner. Learn how making investments in this taxable year can benefit you. To learn more about how the new ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE and to hear the latest updates on “meaningful use”, software certification, what will be required of [...]

 

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How to Stimulate EMR Stimulus?

www.medical-billing-systems.com The stimulus package passed for the year 2009 pumps billion into the medical industry to help implement technology that makes healthcare safer and more connected. Those who prove meaningful use of Electronic Health Records can receive an incentive reimbursement of up to 000 over six years. Hospitals can qualify for -8 million in funding. Remember, 70% of the incentive comes within the first two years. This means that in [...]

 

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5 roadblocks to meaningful use Stage 2

Summer of 2012 will be an interesting time in healthcare, as Stage 2 requirements of meaningful use will finally come to light. In the meantime, doubts remain regarding the successful adoption of Stage 2 – and whether it’s even possible. As of now, certain roadblocks exist, and as long as they’re present, Stage 2 success is up in the air. That’s why we asked Guillermo Moreno, vice president of Experis [...]

 

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Meaningful Use Quality Measure Attestation Will Continue in 2012

Hospitals and eligible professionals will continue to report clinical quality measures for electronic health records meaningful use via attestation in 2012, just as they must do this year. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services remains unable to electronically accept clinical quality measures. It has confirmed the attestation model for next year in separate final rules setting Medicare’s hospital outpatient prospective payment policies and the physician fee schedule. As in [...]

 

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Efficiencies Converge with EHRs, Practice Management

As providers adopt electronic health records systems, they gradually become more adept with the technology as they flip the switch on advanced features and become conversant with the capabilities and quirks of the software. Each advance, however small, leads to more efficiencies. Before getting an EHR at Hillside Medical Office in Wichita, Kan., phone messages for nurses were written on paper. Now they’re put directly in the EHR while the [...]

 

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White House sponsored meetings connect health providers, innovators

The White House’s Startup America Initiative is sponsoring a series of meetings between local healthcare providers and health IT innovators who are close to the proof-of-concept stage in developing their ideas. The Office of the Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) are co-presenting the sessions. The first such meeting was held in May in Philadelphia, where 10 innovators met [...]

 

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EHR / EMR Certification and its Impact on Your Medical Practice

How do I know whether the EMR and EHR products I am considering are truly certified by the US government as Certified Health IT products? And, if I am not confident of receiving incentive payments for my practice, why should I care whether they are certified? Isn’t it most important to have a system that digitizes my information well and makes it easily retrievable for diagnostics, information, and billing purposes? [...]

 

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U.S. Lays out Incentives in Health Reform Law

WASHINGTON  – The U.S. government Friday laid out incentives for states and people to participate in health insurance exchanges, including tax credits and funding grants for the states.The health regulators also clarified how they will decide who is eligible to participate in the exchanges, a key program under President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul.The exchanges are envisioned as open marketplaces of competing insurance plans that allow uninsured people and small businesses [...]