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Contributing Writer · January 1, 2017
Ambulatory EHR vs. hospital inpatient EHR solutions
The hospital EHR environment The ambulatory healthcare environment Differences in Certification Conclusions
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Contributing Writer · January 1, 2016
Cloud-based Hosted EHR: Is a local backup a good idea?
The notion that Electronic Health Record (EHR) data is somehow “safer” when it is backed up locally is something raised in conversation from time to time. Is this really true? What kinds of assumptions lie behind such a question?
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Contributing Writer · June 8, 2015
Smaller Practices need to focus on ICD-10 training and implementation
The upcoming transition to the new set of ICD-10 billing codes threatens to disrupt the finances of healthcare providers across the United States. However, hospital networks and health systems may have more financial wiggle room compared to offices that employ only a handful of physicians....
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Contributing Writer · April 30, 2015
Who owns the medical record and what are its purposes?
Traditionally, a patient’s medical information has been segmented into charts that exist in various places – the offices of the doctors involved, hospitals, etc. Each doctor’s chart is a medico-legal record of the advice given to the patient by the doctor, resides in the doctor’s...
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Contributing Writer · July 11, 2014
What are the benefits of electronic health records (EHRs)?
Years ago, doctors and other healthcare practitioners had no choice but to put pen to paper for health records. They had to keep records by hand and then employ staff to deal with the mountains of paperwork and filing. Accessing these records proved time-consuming, and...
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