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EHR Interoperability: Painting a More Accurate Data Picture

EHR Interoperability: Painting a More Accurate Data Picture

Interoperability rules and regulations indicate how providers need to send information, but receiving actionable information is equally vital to patient care. In this blog we are talking about what new technologies are available to bridge the paper divide and ensure that clinicians have access to actionable information irrespective of their technical capabilities.

Beyond Extraction and Classification

Beyond Extraction and Classification

There's a reason for automated workflows. Document classification is a lot faster and more accurate than having your staff manually enter and scan documents. Read this blog to find out how you can improve your workflows.

MACRA Rule Changes for 2018 Data

MACRA Rule Changes for 2018 Data

In the beginning of November, the CMS (The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) finalized their MACRA rules for reporting on data in 2018. The changes to these rules are affecting healthcare organizations across the nation as they are scrambling to get prepared. With less than 60 days til the first of 2018, healthcare clinics and practices are ensuring they have what they need for accurate reporting measurements.

The centralized faxing/scanning conundrum

The centralized faxing/scanning conundrum

The centralized vs. de-centralized faxing conundrum seems to be a topic with every healthcare organization we encounter.

In theory, centralizing your incoming documents seems like a grand idea. You have a core group of people who do things consistently, know the documents and are managed by a single department.

Help Your Clinicians Find What They Need in the EMR

Help Your Clinicians Find What They Need in the EMR

I’m not an “EMR historian”, but my general understanding is that the EMR has and continues to evolve. When it first came to be, the EMR was an electronic replacement of the paper record.

What’s So New About CHR?

What’s So New About CHR?

The leading voices in healthcare are talking about the next big thing on the horizon. That would be CHR (Comprehensive Health Record). But what about the unfinished business that still exists for healthcare records? How do you incorporate the data from incoming external documents that bog down clinics and hospitals? This data comes from faxes, paper, and scanning workflows.

Making Your ‘EHR' More ‘E’

Making Your ‘EHR' More ‘E’

For many years, healthcare organizations all over the country have been transitioning from paper charts to electronic health records. From large hospitals to small clinics, almost everyone has adopted an EHR system to manage the care of their patient population. The shift to an electronic record comes with a number of benefits: increased speed of diagnosis, easier collaboration among care teams, better trending of vitals and test results. One big misconception of this transition is that paper charts and documents are a thing of the past and are no longer a concern.

Extract and the Chinese Parable

Extract and the Chinese Parable

There is a Chinese parable about the farmer who had a horse. One day, the horse ran off. That was bad. A couple days later, the horse came back and brought with it three wild horses. That was good.

Top 5 Telemedicine Solutions Bringing Patients and Doctors Closer

Top 5 Telemedicine Solutions Bringing Patients and Doctors Closer

Patients feel that they aren’t getting quality care from their physicians. They are being incorrectly diagnosed because they simply aren’t getting more than 15-minutes with their physicians. Their questions aren’t being answered, but instead being directed towards nurses. Patients are feeling more and more like Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, on a journey to the Emerald City to find the Wizard and ask the for help.

The Benefits of a Fax/Scan Handling Solution-Part 1

The Benefits of a Fax/Scan Handling Solution-Part 1

Healthcare continues to be overwhelmed with incoming faxes and scanned documents. It burdens administrative staff and clinicians alike.

Simplifying Your MIPS Reporting Management

Simplifying Your MIPS Reporting Management

Under MACRA, the MIPS program went into effect at the beginning of this year.  Many practices and institutions are deciding which measures they will report on and setting up the infrastructure to provide those reports.

Climbing the Paper Mountain

Climbing the Paper Mountain

Do you ever find yourself asking "how could we still be processing so much paper and faxes in the year 2017?" Sometimes, it can feel like there are mountains of paper that need to be climbed and processed with no summit in sight. There are EMR's, Care Everywhere, FHIR, HIE's, reference lab interfaces, and hundreds of other ways to exchange information electronically. But here we are…still seeing hundreds or even thousands of actual faxes per day in clinics and HIM departments.

An Intro to Machine Learning

An Intro to Machine Learning

I can guarantee that anybody reading this blog uses machine learning dozens of times each day without even realizing it. When you perform a web, search using Google or Bing, for instance, the search engine works so well because their software has figured out how to predict searches and rank pages for you.

Using Technology that Helps Improve Your Quality of Care

Using Technology that Helps Improve Your Quality of Care

Focusing on the quality of healthcare you/your organization provides is extremely important. There has been a lot of buzz around the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) this year. “What is MIPS? How do we maximize our incentives? Who can help us?” are just a few of the common questions we have run into. Dedicating 100% of your attention to patient-centered needs is possible with the right technology.