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Practice Fusion · October 19, 2021
The 25 most common medical diagnoses
If you were practicing medicine in October 2015, you undoubtedly remember the tremendous change associated with the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10. All HIPAA-covered entities, including healthcare providers, healthcare clearing houses, electronic health record (EHR) vendors, and other business associates, were required to start using...
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The future of telehealth: Making it work for your practice
In the previous articles in our Future of Telehealth blog series, we talked about how COVID-19 transformed the virtual office, making telehealth much more common in today’s medical practices. We also looked at the numerous advantages offered by telehealth for both patients and healthcare providers....
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Cheryl Reifsnyder, PhD · September 1, 2021
What is a PDMP (Prescription Drug Monitoring Program)?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CMS), a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) is a statewide electronic database that tracks all prescriptions for controlled substances. The goal of PDMPs is to improve the way that opioids and other controlled substances are prescribed,...
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The future of telehealth: Advantages beyond COVID-19
In the first article in our Future of Telehealth blog series, we explored how the COVID-19 pandemic put the many different faces of telehealth in the spotlight. Although the technology allowing telehealth has been available for years, COVID-19 produced a sudden and extreme need for...
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The future of telehealth: How COVID-19 transformed the virtual office
Although telehealth has been technologically possible for decades, it has only recently come into common usage.1 Telehealth is defined as the delivery of healthcare services over a distance, through the use of some type of technology.2 Patients can access a wide range of medical care...
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