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Contributing Writer · March 11, 2010
Personal information, health data and PHI
The relationship between personal information, medial data, and Protected Health Information (PHI) has been a subject of some confusion. Our hope here is to shed some light on this complex relationship, and add clarity.
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Contributing Writer · March 9, 2010
SaaS Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are stepping onto the main stage
At last week’s HIMSS trade show, one of the clear messages that emerged is that SaaS-based (software-as-a-service) Electronic Health Records(EHRs) are stepping onto the main stage as the most likely way that smaller and solo practices will be able to adopt EHRs in a meaningful...
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Contributing Writer · February 11, 2010
Clinical Decision Support – what does it mean?
Clinical decision support is a feature of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) that is felt to be central and crucial to contemporary, certified EHR technology.
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Contributing Writer · February 10, 2010
Centricity EHR Users, General Electric and the Financial Crisis
Recently, I argued that volatility in the EHR market affects all vendors in the sector, and that large size does not shield companies from market-disruptive trends like technological innovation (Web-based EHRs), new business models, and the remarkable new vision for HIT that has been articulated...
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Contributing Writer · February 5, 2010
Five Question Friday: EHRs in a Dermatology Practice
This week’s Guest: Tanya Kormeili, MD Board Certified Dermatologist Santa Monica, CA Dr Kormeili practices with another dermatology colleague. They have 3 employees and are a smaller practice. They use an EMR in their practice – e-ClinicalWorks – and had used paper in other office...
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