by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 27, 2010 | Definitions
Image via Wikipedia Computing in the cloud may mean that your application in not housed on your server onsite or may mean that your database is not housed on your server onsite, or both. You or your staff may use software applications or data that is stored in the...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 25, 2010 | Definitions
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their group health plan for limited periods of time under certain circumstances...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 25, 2010 | Definitions
Q: How do I know if I need to enroll in the Medicare PECOS (Provider Enrollment and Chain/Ownership System) or if I am already enrolled in PECOS? A: You need to be enrolled in PECOS (pronounced “pay-cose”) if: You participate in Medicare or do not...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 25, 2010 | Definitions
A study currently under way, called the OpenNotes project, is looking at what happens when doctors’ notes become available for a patient to read, usually on electronic medical records. In a report on the early stages of the study, published Tuesday in the Annals...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 13, 2010 | Definitions
Image by Dan Zen via Flickr A QR (Quick Response) Code is a two-dimensional matrix/bar code created in 1994 by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave for inventory purposes. Users hold their phone up to the code displayed on a sign, in a book, on a computer screen, tv, or...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 5, 2010 | Definitions
Amara’s law ”” “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the long run.” (think EMR) Asimov’s three laws of robotics ”” Also called, more simply, the Three Laws of Robotics or just the...
