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Who’s In Control – You or Your Technology?

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

In this electronic age, has the convenience of being able to have greater access to information actually made your life more complicated? Do you find yourself working 24/7 as you answer emails on your Smartphone, iPad or home computer, catch up on industry journals, or watch a webinar or two during the evenings and on weekends, instead of giving yourself much needed down time? Are you scheduling date night with your significant other, meditation time for yourself, workout classes, dates with friends, even time for reading a book? Do you DVR or TiVO your favorite TV program, listen to a [...]

Could EMR Scribes Make Doctors More Effective in the Exam Room?

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

There’s a new profession growing out of the transition to electronic medical records (EMR) – the EMR scribe. An EMR scribe is a person who accompanies the doctor on his/her examinations for the sole purpose of handling the electronic medical record documentation. There’s even some talk of virtual scribes who don’t physically accompany the doctor, but can document the EMR through the use of high powered cameras and microphones. It isn’t surprising that doctors are looking for better ways to preserve patient interaction, their own productivity and practice revenue. After all, using an EMR when you’re talking with a patient [...]

Are Your Providers Eligible for Meaningful Use Attestation?

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Questions come in from Practice Managers all the time in regards to Meaningful Use and how to register, attest and obtain incentives.   If you are wondering who is an eligible physician for attestation, here is the list provided by CMS: Who is an Eligible Professional under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program? Eligible professionals under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program include: Doctor of medicine or osteopathy Doctor of dental surgery or dental medicine Doctor of podiatry Doctor of optometry Chiropractor Who is an Eligible Professional under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program? Eligible professionals under the Medicaid EHR Incentive Program include: Physicians [...]

Are You in Compliance with Your Patients’ Right to Accounting of Disclosures?

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Under HIPAA law your patients have a right to an accounting of disclosures of their electronic health record. Until 2009, those rights excluded accounting of disclosures for 1) treatment, 2) payment or 3) health care operations. However, in 2009, the HITECH Act removed these exclusions due to the growing use of electronic medical record (EMR) technology. The HITECH Act created a new patient right to an Access Report that details which users of an electronic health record system have accessed information about the patient. An important change to this right is that it not only includes the covered entity (the [...]

Your EMR Vendor Cannot Satisfy Your Meaningful Use Measure 15 Requirements

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

I am finding that some medical practices mistakenly believe that their EMR vendor is taking care of the requirements of Meaningful Use Measure 15. This is simply NOT true. In fact, it’s not possible for an EMR vendor to take care of MU #15 because the measure requires more than what an EMR vendor can do. Most importantly, your EMR vendor cannot supply an analysis of your overall risk, nor can they identify security deficiencies, because these things go beyond the EMR by requiring an analysis of overall practice policies. This analysis is a collective effort with the burden being [...]

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