Article Archive for June 2016
Looking Deeper at the Benefits

Analytics have never been more important in healthcare. Organizations should consider leveraging advanced analytics to mitigate the risks associated with electronic health record (EHR) data. This interesting information came to us from CIO in their article, …
EMR Specialist Position Available

We are always excited to share news with our readers about career opportunities stemming from medical coding, electronic health records (EHRs), healthcare information sciences, and the like. Even if you are not in the market for a …
Getting More Familiar

Allscripts’ 2011 contract to provide an electronic medical record (EMR) across all South Australian hospitals – a total of 74 sites – was and still is one of the biggest projects in the southern hemisphere, according to …
Fighting Fraud in Every Corner

According to a recent federal report, the state of Louisiana had the highest rate of overbilled Medicare services in the nation in 2015. Providers charged an estimated $1.25 billion more than they should have. This interesting …
Working Together Produces Better Results

Physician engagement has always been critical to achieving acceptance and practical use of electronic health records (EHRs). This interesting information came to us from EHR Intelligence in their article, “Engaging Physicians to Aid Standardized Ambulatory EHR …
The Price of Health

The Affordable Care Act was just one change in healthcare over the past few years. It and others have increased administrative costs for physician practices and providers, adding to the financial challenge of the changes. Crain’s …
Gender Identity in EHRs

Gender identity has recently been the focus of national attention for many reasons. In the world of healthcare, recording a patients’ sex and gender identity is even more important. Transgender patients are known to face health …
Building Better

Physicians and other users of electronic health record (EHR) systems frequently complain about the usability of their products and feel it takes them away from time with the patients. This is not new news. Health …
Working Together for the Best of EHRs

Many have voiced concerns about the reliability issues and risks that electronic health records (EHRs) can present to an organization and their patients. Fierce Healthcare brought this news to us in their article, “Ex-hospital nursing exec: …
The Larger Picture

Population health management (PHM) may not just be the latest buzzword floating around healthcare. Mandated by the Affordable Care Act, it requires a complete shift in mindset from volume healthcare to value-based and outcome-based. Essentially, …
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