The market is rife with products that claim to be secure enough for a healthcare organization, but this can be difficult to verify. The companies responsible for creating some of the top notch EMRs on the market are also piloting projects around “mobile health” , but physicians and hospital administration remain wary.
Those of us who work in Health Information Management understand the value of good documentation -- and we have especially keen senses when it comes to recognizing excellent documentation when we see it. That being said, we also know when we’re seeing documentation that isn’t so great. And together with medical billers and coders, we’re always looking for ways to improve it.
The Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) is moving ahead as planned with its October 1st compliance deadline for ICD-10 implementation. Many healthcare systems have requested that the deadline be postponed due to the mounting challenges they face with co-occurring Meaningful Use Stage 2 deadlines.
Preventable visits to the Emergency Department are a significant source of waste contributing to the exorbitant costs of healthcare.
If you’re like many healthcare organizations in the throes of achieving Stage 2 Meaningful Use you’re probably wondering how to decide what products or services will be the best fit for you. One of the major decisions will be choosing a patient portal service which meets the Meaningful Use Core Objectives.
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