by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 6, 2009 | Electronic Medical Records, Learn This: Technology Answers
VistA, (Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture) which was originally developed in the 1970’s by the Veterans Administration, is an open-source (meaning that the code is available for others to collaborate upon and improve) clinical...
by Mary Pat Whaley | May 12, 2009 | Definitions
Voice recognition (VR), sometimes called speech recognition (SR), is a technology that translates the spoken word into the written/electronic word. In healthcare it is most commonly used for physician notes in the medical record. The physician dictates the...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Apr 12, 2009 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Medicare & Reimbursement
ARRA: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also called “The Stimulus Package” or “The Stimulus Bill.” Of the $850B in the bill, $51B is pegged for the health care industry and $19B of that will be used to incent medical practices...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 25, 2009 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines, Learn This: Technology Answers
An excellent article on EHRs and CCHIT was pointed out to me recently and I thought I’d pass it along to my readers. To answer the question “What is CCHIT?”, the site SoftwareAdvice says this: CCHIT is a private, non-profit organization formed to...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 23, 2009 | A Career in Practice Management, Electronic Medical Records, Learn This: Technology Answers
I wrote this article for the Physician Office Managers Association of America (POMAA) March/April 2009 Newletter. If you don’t know POMAA, check out their website. Each of us have areas of expertise based on our experience, our education and what we find...
