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Practice Fusion · January 7, 2014
Clinical Quality Measures (CQMs): Measuring and Monitoring Healthcare Quality
Clinical quality measures, also called CQMs, are tools that help us measure and monitor the quality of healthcare and the contribution of healthcare services toward improved health outcomes. In the past, quality measures primarily used data that came from claims, but as technology has improved...
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Contributing Writer · December 23, 2013
Tips for transitioning to paperless medical records
This post was written in conjunction with Moataz Giurgius, MD., who completely digitized his small practice.
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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...
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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.
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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...
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