Tag Archives: EMR

Privacy and Security Rule in 2012

Data breaches and patient privacy rights were some of the most popular health-care IT topics in 2011, and that’s unlikely to change in 2012. Below we review some related topics to help ensure that you stay clear of potential hurdles in the coming year. Medical identity theft resulting from data breaches are causing patients much [...]
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Five Ways to Make Your EMR Usable

Lack of usability is often at the root of slow electronic medical record (EMR) adoption—but usability refers to more than user satisfaction. It’s not about the screens and the number of clicks used to navigate them; it’s about the functionality of the system. Below are five ways to ensure your EMR won’t cause headaches. Ease. [...]
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One More Reason to Implement an EMR

Now there’s one more reason to implement an electronic medical record (EMR): Patients are demanding it. The overwhelming majority of Americans believe health care practitioners who use an EMR to store records offer better care than those who use paper, according to a new survey. The survey of 1,004 adults, conducted by GfK Roper, found [...]
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The Importance of Data Portability in Choosing an EMR

Choosing an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) can feel like a gamble. Are you picking the system that works best for you? Will the provider be around to support it in the long term? These are important questions. After all, what happens to your data if you want to change EMR providers because you selected the [...]
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The Importance of On-Site, In-Person Training and Support for EMR

Any Electronic Medical Record (EMR) vendor should meet some basic requirements, such as meaningful use—but you’ll also want to look beyond these basics when selecting your EMR. For example, can the vendor you’re considering offer on-site, in-person training? Can they provide effective support after your EMR is implemented? The EMR you choose will be an [...]
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Making Sense of the Economic Stimulus and EMR Incentives

Join Todd Krieger, gloStream’s Marketing and Communications Team Leader, for a discussion about the economic stimulus and the EMR incentives included in the law. Todd will cover the specific requirements for EMR use, the payment schedule for Medicare and Medicaid providers, and the requirements necessary for doctors to receive their stimulus funding. Questions and answers [...]
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Microsoft Technology Protects Your EMR Investment

The investment you make in acquiring electronic medical record (EMR) hardware and software is significant—but the investment you make in ensuring that the system works the way you want it to is even greater. How can you protect that investment? Physicians can easily spends hundreds of hours ensuring that their EMR works they way should. [...]
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The Importance of Data Portability and Stimulus Preparation

Things change—and change could affect your electronic medical record (EMR). That’s why it’s important to choose an EMR that will qualify for stimulus funding and a vendor that guarantees data portability. Stimulus funding Doctors considering an EMR should be certain that the system is certified and stimulus-ready. That’s the case with gloEMR from gloStream. In [...]
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Security, Accessibility, and Portability: Three Reasons to Choose a Microsoft-Based EMR

More and more doctors are interested in Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), thanks to American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA) incentives—but at the same time, they’re worried that in implementing an EMR they’ll lose control over their data. How can you be sure your data will be stored in a universal platform, will be easily accessible, [...]
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Client/Server or ASP-Based EMR?

Some EMR software is ASP-based, and some is built on a client/server model. Which is right for you? ASP With the Application Service Provider (ASP) model, all data is located on a server at an offsite location selected by the EMR company. While this may seem ideal because it requires you to buy less hardware, [...]
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