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After Electronic Conversion
November 25, 2009 9:51 AM by Cheryl McEvoy

Yesterday, I read the Nov. 23 article on HISTalk about a multi-group practice that went electronic, and then turned its defunct chart storage room into useful office space. The "before and after" photos were particularly striking. Pre-scanning, the room Read More...

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Registry: Child's Play?
August 6, 2009 10:43 AM by Cheryl McEvoy

Call me a bandwagoner, but I just started reading Julie and Julia (Quite frankly, I'm just a wannabe foodie who wanted something to breeze through after being semi-forced into reading a 500-page sci-fi book). I was poring through Julie Powell's witticisms Read More...

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ACE 09: Telling Transcription's Tale
July 31, 2009 1:23 PM by Cheryl McEvoy

The story at ACE today is all about...well, THE story. More specifically, how to show the value of narrative text so transcription can stay relevant in the switch to EHRs. But the "story" theme went beyond the record; in fact, it can represent several 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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Patient Consent Gets New Meaning
February 27, 2009 10:37 AM by Cheryl McEvoy

It's Friday. The weekend is almost here. Friends are coming in from out of town. So of course, I'm gathering all the weird news I can to make for some interesting dinner conversation. And the great debate over patient privacy has turned up two gems: First Read More...

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The Ghosts of Medical Past
December 23, 2008 9:34 AM by Cheryl McEvoy

The holidays are upon us, and if your office is anything like editorial ground zero at ADVANCE , that means food is in ample supply. We've decked the halls with noshes and nibbles, all culminating at a central table that's been overflowing with treats Read More...

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