February 25, 2012
By:Kenneth N. Rashbaum, JD
Computer viruses can grind your practice to a halt and open up the possibility of lawsuits. Learn how to keep your system virus-free.
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May 12, 2011
By:Ron Rajecki
Collaboration and information-sharing between you and your fellow health professionals have the greatest near-term potential for facilitating large-scale health sector innovation, according to findings from a global health leader survey on national health sector innovation.
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May 12, 2011
By:Ron Rajecki
Need help adopting electronic health records and achieving meaningful use? You can look to the 3,000 people who will be the first graduates of the Community College Consortia to Educate Health Information Technology Professionals by the end of the summer. More than 2,200 of these graduates are expected to complete their training in April.
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May 12, 2011
By:Ron Rajecki
When you're on Facebook or Twitter or using other social media, remember to be honest, respect privacy, and uphold the reputation of the medical profession.
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April 21, 2011
By:Ron Rajecki
Where does your group stand in transitioning to the new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Version 5010 electronic standards? If you?re like the majority of respondents to a recent Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) survey, it?s facing significant challenges in this effort.
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April 21, 2011
By:Ron Rajecki
Is your practice using social media? Twenty percent of your patients may be doing so, and social media may be a way that you can reach them?and others.
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April 21, 2011
By:Ron Rajecki
Are you or any of your patients among the 5 million people who, according to a new white paper from accounting firm Kaufman, Rossin & Co., have been affected in the 166 incidents of data breaches since September 2009?
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April 21, 2011
By:Ron Rajecki
Your patients belonging to a racial or ethnic minority, and those with the lowest annual incomes, may be less likely than others to adopt personal health records (PHRs), according to the results of research, titled ?The digital divide in adoption and use of a [PHR],? published in the March 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
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April 7, 2011
By:Ron Rajecki
If your patient population is similar to the pool of those responding to a recent survey, you?ll want to consider adding a secure online communication tool to your practice to allow patients to obtain lab results, request appointments, pay medical bills, and communicate with your offices?if you haven?t done so already.
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