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Tag Archives: EMR
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 [...]
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 [...]
Do it right the first time when implementing an EHR
By now you’ve heard that implementing an electronic health record (EHR) early is key to success. Not only will you be able to take advantage of all federal financial incentives, you’ll also be up and running before the rush to implement likely hits in 2010 or 2011—and of course, you’ll receive all of the benefits [...]
The difference between certification and meaningful use
Health care providers often ask why they should implement their organization’s preferred electronic health record (EHR) when a less expensive option promises to meet meaningful use standards. The answer lies in difference between certification and meaningful use—two concepts worth reviewing. Meaningful use refers to the way documentation and data exchange can enhance efficiency and quality [...]
Providers lagging in IT to meet meaningful use
Most hospitals and hospital-based health care providers have their work cut out for them when it comes to meeting meaningful use requirements of EMRs, according to a new report. In the report, “The State of U.S. Hospitals Relative to Achieving Meaningful Use Measurements,” HIMSS Analytics compared the current state of hospital capabilities according to its [...]
Why implement an EMR now?
Physician practices that wait until next year to implement an EMR will face a high risk of failing to achieve meaningful use in time for the 2011 and 2012 federal incentives, according to Mark Leavitt, chairman of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology. “You’re dreaming if you think you can achieve it in less [...]
Understanding the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative
Want to get 2% back on your Medicare services? Consider the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative, referred to as PQRI for short. What is the PQRI? The 2006 Tax Relief and Health Care Act established a voluntary quality reporting program for physicians. Under the program, eligible professionals who satisfactorily report data on quality measures for covered [...]
An update on meaningful use
As you probably know by now, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) includes significant incentives for medical professionals who provide Medicare or Medicaid services and use an electronic medical record (EMR)—but to be eligible, you have to be a “meaningful user”. According to National Health IT Coordinator David Blumenthal, MD, quality measures are at [...]
Use an EHR—and get a malpractice premium credit
Earlier this year, the Connecticut Medical Insurance Company (CMIC), a physician-owned medical malpractice insurer serving Connecticut and Massachusetts, announced the launch of the first malpractice premium credit available to Connecticut physicians. The new credit is available to physicians using an electronic health record (EHR) certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), a [...]
Selecting an EMR Vendor—Look for Local Support