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6 Steps to Improve Practice Workflow with an EMR

December 19, 2011 – 9:58 am

Making sure the right person is doing the right job at the right time is key to effective practice workflow.  But if you’re implementing an EMR to take advantage of Meaningful Use incentives, finding that balance can be a big challenge. According to Daniel Goldner of the Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, managing workflow in read more »

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Physician Practice Leverages EHR in Chronic Care Management Initiative

December 10, 2011 – 1:19 pm

A Rhode Island family practice has successfully used its EHR to reduce the need for patient emergency room usage by 10 percent over the past year, and is seeing measurable improvements in outcomes among patients with chronic conditions. “We’ve been involved in chronic care management for a long time,” explains Kenneth Sperber, MD, physician operating read more »

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How Apps Can Simplify EMR Adoption for Physicians

December 9, 2011 – 8:39 am

While many physicians would admit that adopting and using an EHR isn’t easy, a growing number of vendor-developed iPad apps are simplifying the process. 

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Southern IL Hand Center Selects Sage as EMR, PM Provider

September 16, 2011 – 6:02 pm

Sage, a major provider of electronic health records (EHR) and practice management software and services, announced today that Southern Illinois Hand Center, of Effingham, Illinois, has chosen to implement the Sage Intergy Meaningful Use Edition to meet the practice’s financial and clinical needs, as well as to attain Meaningful Use.  The three-physician practice has been read more »

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CentraState Healthcare System Selects MobileMD for Health Information Exchange; Introduces EMR Light to Healthcare Community

January 6, 2011 – 12:47 pm

CentraState Healthcare System announced today an agreement with MobileMD, Inc., Warminster, Pa., to provide state-of-the-art health information exchange (HIE) services to its physicians and offices, nursing homes, imaging centers, laboratories, and other clinicians within its broad medical community. The agreement provides for MobileMD to deploy its 4D HIE(TM), which is comprised of MobileMD’s flagship products, read more »

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UC Davis study finds e-medical records have varying effects on productivity

December 17, 2010 – 2:11 pm

The introduction of electronic medical records in hospitals and clinics — dubbed the “silver bullet” of health care reform — appears to have varying effects on different types of primary care physicians, a UC Davis

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