Tag Archives: EMR
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 integral [...]
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 will [...]
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. But [...]
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 fact, we’ll [...]
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, and [...]
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, there [...]
Selecting an EMR Vendor—Look for Local Support
Now that your office has decided to invest in an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system, you’ll need to choose a vendor. What should you look for?
Of course, there are some basic requirements that any EMR should meet, such as meaningful use. The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) also now tests EMRs for basic [...]
Microsoft Office—Built into Your EMR
An EMR may be the biggest technology investment you make—which is why you want to look for one that’s built on proven technology.
gloStream’s EMR, gloEMR, is one such solution. It’s the only EMR that has Microsoft Office built into its applications, and the result is significant to health care professionals. Here’s how:
gloEMR has features you [...]
Is Microsoft Office Built into Your EMR?
An EMR may be the biggest technology investment you make—which is why you want to look for one that’s built on proven technology. gloStream’s EMR, gloEMR, is one such solution: It’s the only EMR that has Microsoft Office built into its applications. And the result is significant to health care professionals. Click here to learn [...]
The Importance of Data Portability in Choosing an EMR