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Why Switching Your EHR Might be the Best Decision You Make This Year
By Nicole Benz – The future of physician practices is EHRs. We can’t go back to paper and no one is rationally suggesting we do. But there is agreement that EHRs have not met the expectations set out for them.
Best EHR Checklist
By Alex Tate – Choosing the right Electronic Health Record (EHR) is a crucial decision for any practice. It carries equivalent weight to making the right diagnosis of a patient. If you are a healthcare provider, consider your practice to be a patient, and an EHR the medicine for your practice. There are hundreds and thousands of EHRs available.
4 Tips on How to Involve Your Subject Matter Experts in Your EHR Implementation
By Susam Vang – If implementing an electronic health record (EHR) is not already challenging for most healthcare organizations, an EHR system design and implementation’s success or failure is greatly dependent on its stakeholders and subject matter experts (SMEs).
Usability Still Key to Future of EHR Designs
Bennett Lauber – The efficient and effective use of Electronic Health Records are essential, as these systems are increasingly becoming a central tool for patient care. The HITECH Act provided providers with a significant financial incentive to increase the adoption and use of EHRs.
Software Vocabulary
By William Hyman – Users of software such as EHRs are sometimes presented with jargon laced responses that may be unique to the software world. For example, as I may have noted here before, I have long been fond of the term “upgrade” when used to mean fixing something that was never right in the first place.
CMS Requesting Comments on New EHR Measure
CMS is requesting feedback from hospital stakeholders and organizations on a draft electronic version of a new EHR measure: Use of Antipsychotics in Older Adults in the Inpatient Hospital Setting. Submit Comments by May 15, 2016.
RECs – Essential On-The-Ground Support for EHR Adoption
By Thomas A. Mason, MD – ONC is releasing a comprehensive evaluation of the Regional Extension Center program and we’re excited to announce that our efforts have already made a major impact. In 2009, most doctors still used pen and paper for medical records.
2015 EHR Certification – Just the Basics
By Jim Tate – Wave three is hitting the Meaningful Use shore. A foundational requirement in the CMS EHR Incentive program has been the use of Certified Electronic Health Records Technology. The definition of CEHRT has evolved from the initial wave to the cresting wave 3 – 2015 Edition.