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Date: Jul 1, 2011
By:
Charles J Lockwood, MD, MHCM
| Source: Contemporary OB/GYN
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Arguing that a relentlessly rising volume of care driven by our discounted fee-for-service payment system is exacerbating both cost inflation and suboptimal care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has decided to adopt value-based purchasing.
Date: Jun 2, 2011
By:
Ophthalmology Times Staff Reports
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Four eye-care professionals will receive federal stimulus payments after attesting to meaningful use of the certified version of a proprietary electronic health record (EHR) system (OfficeMate/ExamWriter v10, Eyefinity).
Date: May 26, 2011
By:
Ron Rajecki
| Source: InfoTech Bulletin
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You and your peers increasingly are relying on smartphones and tablet computers to check email, research medications and conditions, and complete online surveys, according to new research by online research company Knowledge Networks using its Physicians Consulting Network.
Date: May 26, 2011
By:
Ron Rajecki
| Source: InfoTech Bulletin
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A newly published study by Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers may lead to electronic health record (EHR) system improvements that facilitate your ability to follow up on your patients? abnormal test results?if vendors heed the findings.
Date: May 26, 2011
By:
Ron Rajecki
| Source: InfoTech Bulletin
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Good news if you use an electronic health record (EHR) system?and a tip on how best to use it, courtesy of the Sage Healthcare Insights survey: Patients feel more comfortable with physicians who use an EHR system, and they believe that the information contained in the medical record is more accurate when they physically see the information being entered electronically.
Date: May 26, 2011
By:
Ron Rajecki
| Source: InfoTech Bulletin
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Your physician colleagues in Michigan may be able to offer insights into American Medical Association subsidiary Amagine Inc.?s health information technology (IT) platform, Amagine, which now is available to physicians nationwide.
Date: May 26, 2011
By:
Ron Rajecki
| Source: InfoTech Bulletin
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Researchers involved with a study published in a recent Archives of Internal Medicine hypothesized that you could improve colorectal screening rates among your patients by sending reminder messages and personalized risk assessments via their personal health records (PHRs). The results didn?t turn out quite the way they had thought.
Date: May 25, 2011
By:
Lee J. Johnson, JD
| Source: Medical Economics
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Have you decided to practice medicine as an employee rather than a business owner?
Date: May 25, 2011
By:
Renee Stantz
| Source: Medical Economics
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Understand whether claims will be denied if you use the GZ modifier.
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