One of the important things I learned by visiting Healthwise is that sometimes less is more please . I used to think that if you had lots and lots of content , this proved you were better. Because medicine is such a vast field, and because patients want information , it’s important to be comprehensive...
Thanks to Rao Telidevara and TiEcon team for having me as a healthcare panelist at the TiEcon Dallas 2012 event. Tip for all – Check your city for TiEcon events. [...] Read More...
GOOD NEWS! – As of September 6, 2011, CMS will give physicians a second chance to use an expanded list of exemptions to avoid a pay decrease of 1% in [...] Read More...
HealthTec Software is aware many of you have received notices from payers and different associations to make sure your practice is prepared for “5010.” “5010” specifically relates to the new [...] Read More...
If you walk the floors the nation’s leading hospitals, chances are you’ll see a number of physicians hunched over computers, busily pecking away. Look closer, and you’ll see that many are probably using an application called UpToDate, a for-profit platform that provides physicians timely (up-to-date...
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(San Antonio, TX) – Texas-based HealthTec Software, Inc. (www.healthtec-software.com), a leading provider of Software Technology for medical and dental group practices, has received ONC-ATCB Certification as a COMPLETE EHR for [...] Read More...
There's no question that it's important to be well informed if you are ill. Knowledge is power ( which is why you go to your doctor - he knows more about medicine than you do !) While not having enough information can result in poor care, today unearthing too much information has become a much...
“ACO” (Accountable Care Organizations) Healthcare is famous for its three letter acronyms. Over the past 40 years we have been given the HMO, PPO, MSO, and the MCO to just [...] Read More...
Out of the Big Attention Getters in our industry these days – Electronic Health Records, ICD-10 and the 5010 format – the one with the deadline coming up quickest is [...] Read More...
If you have been a reader here long enough at the Quack then you have probably read one of my articles about the use of bar codes on drugs and medical devices. We have somewhat of a step in this direction, but lots of lack luster still missing. You can read the short paragraph below and see...
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This is hilarious as I have said for the past 2 years we need role models and today I had some fun on twitter asking which PHR members of the ONC use? Anybody up for discussion there? If they are so good, then why doesn't anybody in positions of government in authority talk about theirs...
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I have a couple of tools here that are worth a mention. The Medical Quack has been around over 3 years now and there’s tons of information hanging around here in the archives. The first is the “Tag” Search. This will search by Tags some of the latest posts. It works a little...
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