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published November 25, 2014

GoLive Day: The True Test of Embracability

Today is GoLive for Sevocity EHR in a medium size multi-speciality, multi-clinic, medical organization. What Fun!  No really, this is a blast… Here it is Monday morning.  The clinic is …

published November 25, 2014

Moving from Easy to Embrace-able

Most of us know what it means to find a new product that is easy to use.  We have a need, we see a product/service, we buy it, we don’t …

published November 25, 2014

Alphabet Soup – What do EMR, EHR, PHR, RHIO, HIE, etc. Stand for and What are They?

We’re hearing more and more aconyms when reading about Health Information Technology (HIT – there’s another one!) – what are they and what do they do? (updated Aug 2011) People …

published November 25, 2014

Connecting EHRs to HIEs

In addition to the Medicare and Medicaid funding provided by the ARRA/Stimulus bill, funding was made available for the development of Health Information Exchanges (HIEs).  How will EHRs connect? The …

published November 25, 2014

What Can Happen with Your EHR Data?

Researchers find a way to link de-identified data to individuals.  Is your EHR data safe? A recent New York Times article describes how researchers were able to track de-identified Netflix …

published November 25, 2014

Cloud Computing and EHR/EMR

The rage is “Cloud Computing” and its spreading to Health IT, including EHR.  What is it really and what does it mean to the EHR/EMR purchaser and customer? What is …

published November 25, 2014

What are the Types of EHR Technology?

What is Client Server?  What is Hosting?  Is all ASP (Application Service Provider) or Internet-based the same? Client-Sever – The server that runs the EMR software is physically located in …

published November 25, 2014

Software Vendor Faces HIPAA Fines for Data Extortion

Don’t let your software vendor hold your patient data hostage! While our blog title today may border on hyperbole many clinics have felt trapped by their software vendor when it …

published November 25, 2014

DISASTER – Averted!

Your clinic is under water… no literally, underwater, as in bubbles, mud, destroyed!  Where are your off-site backups? Sometime back I was sitting in a community health center (CHC) somewhere …

published November 25, 2014

Easy for Whom?

It should be obvious!  We should always strive to make it easy for those we serve.  Such a simple concept… yet, it defies our very nature. We spend our life …