Practice Management Custom Reporting with Analytics
As financial and clinical reporting requirements grow more intense, many of our clients are seeking custom report and query options. Harmony Healthcare IT offers a stand alone relational database that can be mapped to your current practice management or EMR system to get more data out of it.
The analytics solution offers a customizable content library so that you don’t [...]
Medical Record Retention and Legacy Data Management
As we work with more medical practices and health systems to manage their legacy data from a previous practice management system, we’re getting asked how long medical records need to be retained.
Laws on this topic vary from state to state. You can check with your attorney on your state’s medical record retention requirements or check [...]
Medical Practices Go Green to Save
Looking for ways to help your practice reduce paper consumption and carbon emissions? The American Medical Association has published an article that offers strategies for practices who wish to improve the environment while also improving their bottom line. Some examples — from small to large — include
Installing energy-efficient light bulbs
Turning off computers when not in [...]
Physicians use Twitter to Promote their Practice and Communicate with Colleagues
In an article from American Medical News, it is reported that physicians using Twitter as a social media tool are finding success in promoting their practice and communicating with colleagues.
Twitter is a Web site that also can be accessed on a mobile device. People can create an account to share their thoughts, 140 characters at [...]
Legislation Could Help Small and Solo Physician Practices Buy EMRs
If you’re in a small or solo physician practice that’s looking to buy an electronic medical record (EMR) system, help could soon be on the way in the form of a Small Business Administration (SBA) loan. Rep. Kathy Dahlkemper, D-Pa., chair of a House Small Business subcommittee on health care, offered a bill [...]
Fort Wayne Above National Averages for EHR Adoption
On the front cover of the July 2009 edition of HealthData management “Hoosier How-To: An in-depth look at how Fort Wane, Indiana has made major headway in hopital and physician connectivity.” Scoring a multi-page article in the publication’s EHR Achievement Series, Fort Wayne shines as a community embracing clinical information technology with a passion.
As an [...]