by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 22, 2010 | Definitions
radio TV video internet mobile telephony email websites listservs wireless satellite GIS PDAs mapping systems podcasts webinars smartphones telemedicine e-learning EMR/EHR disease surveillance...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 22, 2010 | Definitions
Unified communications (UC) is the integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging (chat), presence information, telephony (including IP telephony), video conferencing, call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 22, 2010 | Definitions
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is utilizing a temporary certification program to authorize organizations to test and certify Complete Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and/or EHR Modules, thereby making Certified EHR...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 22, 2010 | Definitions
NIST is the federal technology agency that works with industry to develop and apply technology, measurements, and standards. NIST recently (August 2010) released the approved testing procedures for evaluating EHRs and EHR modules to the standards, implementation specs...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 21, 2010 | Definitions
To bill “Incident To” in which the Mid-level Provider (MLP) provides the service, but the claim is filed under the physician’s Medicare number: The services must be part of the patient’s normal course of treatment. The physician MUST have personally...