According to AMA News: “A Dept. of Veterans Affairs-funded study in the April issue of the International Journal of Medical Informatics sought to find the reasons behind a prescriber’s interaction with an alert to see why that person would ignore it and how to ensure more meaningful warnings.” Hmm, I’m sure that was money well spent. Oh [...]
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Continue ReadingHow important is your EHR data…to you? How would your practice operate tomorrow if your server did not start? Remember, anymore, even though we refer to the system at an “EHR” it has also taken over the Practice Management (PM) role, too. Back when you felt you were “electronic” you were just using a PM. [...]
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Continue ReadingFirst in a series about Meaningful Use Stage 2 Like a bunch of kids at a Harry Potter book release, we now have a our own 455 page “novel” to read. The Meaningful Use Stage 2 Proposed Rule is out and everyone wants to know how it ends. I will be doing a series on [...]
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Continue ReadingIt wasn’t long ago that I was having a “discussion” with somebody about the use of smart phones by physicians. This discussion wasn’t that a smart phone is not a useful tool, but that in a medical office a smart phone is not a professional device. First the easy answer… You are out-and-about and get [...]
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Continue ReadingIt comes as no surprise that the Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced a delay to the Meaningful Use (MU) Stage 2 requirements. At Stage 1 created loads of confusion, the delay of Stage 2 seemed…expected. Additionally, the HHS is clarifying that those who got their act together in 2011, wouldn’t be under a [...]
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