EMR Implementation & HITECH Act Blog
A blog for doctors and medical office staff seeking assistance with EMR and the HITECH Act.
Monthly Archives: February 2010
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
2010
Using Social Media in a Medical Office? Be Careful!
Are you a health care professional working in a medical office? Do you tweet? Friend? Text? Chat? A recent post in a media-oriented blog got us thinking. If your work life involves accessing or being around sensitive medical information normally associated with a medical office, you may want to reconsider how you use social media in relation to your practice.
With social media, it’s possible you may be inadvertently exposing yourself to the all-too-real risk of violating someone’s privacy. You could easily run afoul of HIPAA regulations and rack up potentially huge fines. Here are a few questions to ask of yourself and your colleagues:
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Filed under: HIPAA, Medical Office Technology
Tagged: HIPAA and Social Media, Patient Privacy
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