http://www.americanehr.com/blog The Official Blog of America's Clinician-Powered Health IT Community Thu, 17 May 2012 02:55:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/05/questions-from-physicians-in-the-field/ http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/05/questions-from-physicians-in-the-field/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 14:40:48 +0000 William S. Underwood MPH http://www.americanehr.com/blog/?p=3923 During the 2012 ACP annual meeting in New Orleans, I had an opportunity to field and respond to member questions on health IT. A selection of most frequently asked questions and answers are provided for your reference below. EHR Selection I have tried to purchase an EHR system but none of the vendors are returning...]]> http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/05/questions-from-physicians-in-the-field/feed/ 0 http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/04/overview-medicare-2012-e-prescribing-incentive-erx-2013-penalty-program/ http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/04/overview-medicare-2012-e-prescribing-incentive-erx-2013-penalty-program/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:53:54 +0000 William S. Underwood MPH http://www.americanehr.com/blog/?p=3925 Many providers were caught off guard by the e-prescribing penalty that started earlier this year. Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do at this point to stop the penalty on 2012 claims but it is not to late to avoid next year’s penalty. For those who are unfamiliar with the program and what you need to...]]> http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/04/overview-medicare-2012-e-prescribing-incentive-erx-2013-penalty-program/feed/ 0 http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/04/software-as-a-service-saas-and-application-service-providers-asp-what-you-need-to-know/ http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/04/software-as-a-service-saas-and-application-service-providers-asp-what-you-need-to-know/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 04:44:01 +0000 William S. Underwood MPH http://www.americanehr.com/blog/?p=3798 In the past few years, the prevalence of cloud-based applications in healthcare has expanded rapidly. But, what is cloud computing and how does it apply to the medical practice and EHRs? For practical purposes, cloud computing describes a situation in which the software you are using and applicable data is accessed via the Internet instead...]]> http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/04/software-as-a-service-saas-and-application-service-providers-asp-what-you-need-to-know/feed/ 2 http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/04/the-department-of-health-and-human-services-proposes-to-delay-1cd-10-by-1-year/ http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/04/the-department-of-health-and-human-services-proposes-to-delay-1cd-10-by-1-year/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:29:34 +0000 William S. Underwood MPH http://www.americanehr.com/blog/?p=3791 http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/04/the-department-of-health-and-human-services-proposes-to-delay-1cd-10-by-1-year/feed/ 0 http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/02/ehrs-and-imaging-studies-text-or-image-question/ http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/02/ehrs-and-imaging-studies-text-or-image-question/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:57:08 +0000 William S. Underwood MPH http://www.americanehr.com/blog/?p=3009 As practices move towards the integration of more information in their EHR systems, a question that frequently comes up is how much information should be incorporated from imaging and radiology studies. This information is usually available in three primary formats: A narrative report received either as a faxed document or scanned into a commonly used...]]> http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/02/ehrs-and-imaging-studies-text-or-image-question/feed/ 1 http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/01/tips-and-tricks-to-interface-successfully-with-hospitals/ http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/01/tips-and-tricks-to-interface-successfully-with-hospitals/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:31:15 +0000 William S. Underwood MPH http://www.americanehr.com/blog/?p=2811 For most medical practices, a local hospital interface that allows patient information to be sent and received can be a great benefit when trying to proactively coordinate and manage patient care. In an effort to improve patient care and reduce health system costs, new care models such as Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and Patient Centered...]]> http://www.americanehr.com/blog/2012/01/tips-and-tricks-to-interface-successfully-with-hospitals/feed/ 2