• Sophie Scheidlinger · December 19, 2013

  Meaningful Use: Patient Engagement Essential Tips

  One of the primary goals of Meaningful Use is to encourage providers to engage patients in their own health care as a means to improve health outcomes. This includes empowering patients to take an active role in their health by giving them access to their... Continue

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• Practice Fusion · December 13, 2013

  EHR Update: Improvements to diagnosis search and finalization

  Today, we updated your EHR with improvements to diagnosis search and the finalization section of SOAP notes. Continue

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• Practice Fusion · December 12, 2013

  Same-day appointments: Why every doctor should offer them

  When making a new appointment, how should a prospective patient react to a months-long wait? Is that a reassuring sign of a great doctor in high demand or a worrisome sign of an access problem, driving away patients and referrals? While long wait times may... Continue

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• Practice Fusion · December 11, 2013

  The importance of assigning roles in your EHR

  While Practice Fusion’s Live in Five™ promise holds true for new users, it’s critical to assign system roles appropriately for staff and EHR adoption success. Looking through the Practice Fusion forum. For many practices, this may be a new task, since paper-based records could be... Continue

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• Contributing Writer · December 10, 2013

  CMS watch: Meaningful Use Stage 3 to begin in 2017, Stage 2 extended through 2016

  As announced by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) on December 6, Stage 2 of Meaningful Use will be extended for an additional year. Stage 3 of the government EHR Incentive Program... Continue

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