EMR Implementation & HITECH Act Blog
A blog for doctors and medical office staff seeking assistance with EMR and the HITECH Act.
Category Archives: Electronic Medical Records
2010
Research Shows That Electronic Medical Records Save Babies’ Lives
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We talk a lot in this blog about the financial aspects of Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), and with good reason – they can entail a substantial investment in time and money. But it’s sometimes easy to lose sight of the purpose of all that investment – to save lives.
2010
EMRs Pose New Questions About The Privacy Of And Access To Medical Records
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You know those rows and rows of medical records sitting in your file cabinets? Who owns them? Do you, as the health care provider who created those records own them? How about the health insurance company that paid you for that work? Or the patients, whose private health information those records contain?
Filed under: EMR, Electronic Medical Records
Tagged: Electronic Medical Records, EMR
2010
Ten Keys To A Successful CPOE Implementation
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One of the keys to achieving meaningful use and thus being able to qualify for federal incentive payments for the implementation of EMRs is the use of Computerized Physician Order Entry. What exactly is CPOE and how can it be implemented successfully?
Filed under: CPOE, EMR, Electronic Medical Records, Implementation
Tagged: CPOE, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, EMR Implementation, HITECH Physician Incentives
2010
Another Country’s Experience: Health Information Technology (HIT) Can Work and Work Well
As the American health care system takes its first steps toward implementing a comprehensive national system of electronic medical records, can we learn anything from other countries? Is there anywhere else in the world that’s been there and done that?
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Filed under: EMR, Electronic Medical Records, Implementation
Tagged: Electronic Medical Records, EMR, EMR Implementation, HIT
2010
Massachusetts Receives $24 Million in HIT Funding
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Massachusetts, long a leader in the delivery of quality medical care to its citizens, has just received more than $24 million from the federal government to speed the adoption of electronic medical records (EMRs) throughout the Commonwealth.
Filed under: EMR, Electronic Medical Records, HIT
Tagged: EHR Privacy, Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, EMR Implementation, HIT, Meaningful Use
2010
Certification of EMRs Takes a Big Step Forward
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The two most important aspects of any electronic medical records system have been meaningful use and certification. Meaningful use, as we discussed in an earlier post, has finally been defined. Now the certification process is being clarified.
Filed under: EMR, Electronic Medical Records, Meaningful Use
Tagged: Electronic Medical Records, EMR, EMR Compliance, EMR Implementation, HIT
2010
Meaningful Use of EMR Has Finally Been Defined
One of the key factors in obtaining incentive funds from the government for the implementation of Electronic Medical Records is the definition of meaningful use. You must prove that you are using a certified system in a meaningful way to qualify for the $40,0000+ incentive payments available to eligible practitioners (EP).
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Filed under: EMR, Electronic Medical Records, Meaningful Use
Tagged: EMR, Meaningful Use, ONCHIT
2010
EMR/EHRs For Neurologists – What To Look For
The American Academy of Neurology convened a work group to look at EMR/EHR systems and formulate a set of recommendations for neurologists as they evaluate systems for their practices. Here’s what they suggested.
Electronic Prescribing – This should be a part of any practice’s system. The ability to electronically prescribe medications will add convenience and improve both efficiency and patient safety.
Documentation and Progress Notes – Documentation and progress notes are the most time-consuming ongoing task in patient care. Dictation has costs and doesn’t lend itself to producing the discrete data needed for decision support databases, and typing is too time consuming. The group favors systems with advanced template and list systems to facilitate this function
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Filed under: Electronic Health Records, Electronic Medical Records
Tagged: American Academy of Neurology, EHR, EMR, neurology
2009
The Acronyms of HITECH: What Do They All Mean? (Part 1)
The effort to create an NHIN and implement electronic medical records/electronic health records (EMR/EHRs) available through RHIOs while still complying with HIPAA has created an alphabet soup of terms, acronyms and initials in various combinations.
To help you sort out what all these terms mean, we have created a short glossary. This is Part 1 (Part 2 will be published tomorrow). Because almost everything here seems to be subject to change, this will be a living document of sorts.
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2009
New Organization, Credential Created For Health IT Professionals
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As more and more doctor’s offices add staff to help implement electronic medical records (EMR), a common complaint is that its hard to know when someone has the skills to do the job. Until now, there has been no standardized credential that says a job applicant knows not just about computers and health information technology (HIT) but also about the business of running a medical practice.
Filed under: Electronic Medical Records, HIT, Implementation
Tagged: CHISP Certification, EMR Implementation, HIT Implementation
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