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PHRs Go Overseas
October 29, 2009 9:26 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
If you've been following Jay's blog, " XY Files in and MT World ," recently, you know there have been some frightening reports of medical records being sold overseas. It's enough to make you hunker down in the States and demand your records stay local. Read More...
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Documenting H1N1
September 1, 2009 12:44 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
For the past 2 months, I've been collecting entries for our 2009 HIM Team of the Year contest , and it can be...inundating. (Not that I wouldn't love to see a dozen more entries!) A copy for each judge, plus one for our files-it's a whole bunch of printing Read More...
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More Options for EHR Approval?
August 17, 2009 9:50 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Ever since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) was signed into law, members of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) have been crossing their fingers in hopes of being named the official EHR certification Read More...
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Health Care Nation?
July 15, 2009 9:40 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
Theory: health care is going the way of the fast food industry. A bit counter-intuitive, I know, given the usual wars between those factions over nutrition facts, whole grains and "lighter" meal options. But I'm talking about the business model. More Read More...
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Retail Clinic Check-up
June 25, 2009 3:30 PM by Lynn Jusinski
I'm what you might call "doctor phobic." I haven't had a check up since 2001, and that was required to get into college. After high school, I moved to the Philadelphia suburbs from quiet nook upstate in a rural area lovingly referred to as the "Polish Read More...
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Doctors Face Patient Scrutiny
June 24, 2009 1:42 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
For the past few weeks, I've had Michael Jackson's "Somebody's Watching Me" stuck in my head. I blame Geico for making it the theme song for its ubiquitous ad campaign. (Seriously, that bug-eyed bundle of money is everywhere .) But today, the ditty popped Read More...
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Can You Belize It?
June 9, 2009 9:09 AM by Cheryl McEvoy
The industry has been touting EHR incentives in the stimulus plan as the way to put health care back on track. But let's be honest, the electronic remedy is going to be a tough pill to swallow. Privacy concerns abound, budgets are stretching thin and Read More...
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HIMSS Exhibits: On Your Mark, Get Set, Explore!
April 6, 2009 6:31 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
It's day 2 for ADVANCE at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Convention in Chicago, and the action keeps on coming. The morning kicked off with a general session. As attendees took their seats, video played on the jumbo Read More...
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HIMSS '09 Blows into the Windy City
April 5, 2009 11:32 PM by Cheryl McEvoy
Today's rainy, sleety, snowy mix wasn't the welcoming weather organizers would have liked, but attendees at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference were bright-eyed and ready for action. The conference kicked off yesterday Read More...
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Paperless
January 21, 2009 3:48 PM by Lynn Jusinski
Editor's Note: This is a guest blog written by Scott Warner, MLT(ASCP), laboratory manager at a critical access hospital. It gives HIM professionals a peek into the "other side" of HIT implementation. We should be paperless by now. We have computers, Read More...
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