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Contributing Writer · August 16, 2011
Do we really need universal patient identifiers?
A person’s health picture is a fragmented, broken mirror, when you look across our archaic paper-based landscape. According to a survey we did last year, patients recall seeing over 19 different physicians in their lifetime, underscoring the reality that each place where health data is...
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Contributing Writer · August 11, 2011
Do Clinical Quality Measures matter?
Do Clinical Quality Measures make a difference? Is health care actually improved by all this effort at capturing various reporting metrics, and reporting it? That is a question raised by practitioners and commenter’s regularly.
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Contributing Writer · August 11, 2011
Speak up at Practice Fusion Connect 2011!
We’re gearing up for our second annual user conference: Practice Fusion Connect 2011: Join the Revolution! Over 1,000 medical professionals and healthcare thought-leaders will join forces in San Francisco to have a voice in the healthcare revolution. It’s a great opportunity to have meaningful conversations...
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Contributing Writer · August 5, 2011
Meaningful Use data: Core criteria requirements
Three required core Meaningful Use criteria require you to enter what is called structured data. Structured data is another way of referring to data that is entered into a specific field as opposed to free text in a chart note. Entering a diagnosis in the...
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Contributing Writer · August 4, 2011
What is being patient centric? Patient-centricity as a healthcare value
The transformation of health care delivery, envisioned by the underlying tenets of Meaningful Use, is one that has the elements of (1) coordination of care between all the different places where patients get care, and (2) patient-centricity, or a participatory approach to healthcare delivery. For...
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