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EMR and Paper Medical Records: Electronic medical record systems have changed the way people enter different types of medical data in the system. People now straightaway store all their medical data on their computer through electronic medical record systems software. There is now no need to enter data on paper, as everything can be stored...; Tags: E-health, HEALTHCARE, PRODUCTIVITY, medical data, electronic health record, medical record, printing, computer, software; White papers
University of Minnesota Physicians (UMPhysicians): Academic Medical Group Enhances Patient Care and Records Management: University of Minnesota Physicians is a multi-specialty teaching hospital with about 550 full-time faculty physicians; it receives more than 330,000 patient visits annually. Clinic management wanted to replace a paper-based medical records system with an electronic solution to reduce operating costs and improve service for patients. After an extensive evaluation...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Microsoft Corp., University of Minnesota, physician, patient, records management, electronic health record, medical record, software; Case studies
Medical Records Director: The Medical Records Director job description template includes the following job summary: Responsible for directing, planning, coordinating, and administering the medical records program of the hospital. Responsible for supervising and managing department operations and managing the function of utilization review as required by public law and any other agencies. Work...; Tags: medical record, hospital, director, job, agency, board; Tools & templates 2007-09-09
Quality Assurance Coordinator: The Quality Assurance Coordinator job description template includes the following job summary: To perform the functions of a hospitalwide Quality Assurance Coordinator under the direction of the Director of Medical Records, in accordance with JCAH and hospital administration and medical staff goals and the approved Quality Assurance/Utilization Review (QA/UR) plan....; Tags: QA, medical record, director, job, monitor; Tools & templates 2007-09-09
Observing Health and Safety at Work: Regardless of size, all businesses have a legal responsibility to protect the health and safety of their employees and visitors to their workplaces and offices, and a range of federal and state laws exist to ensure that responsibility is met. This article explains the main steps you must take for...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Recruitment & Selection, BNET Editorial, workplace, OSHA, health care, job title, chemicals, public health, medical record, HIPAA, job, Human Resources, worker, compliance, storage, Web site, Web; Articles 2007-06-26

Reasons for and Consequences of Missed Appointments in General Practice in the UK: Questionnaire Survey and Prospective Review of Medical Records: Missed appointments are a common occurrence in primary care in the UK, yet little is known about the reasons for them, or the consequences of missing an appointment. This paper aims to determine the reasons for missed appointments and whether patients who miss an appointment subsequently consult their General Practitioner...; Tags: BioMed Central, U.K., medical record, patient; White papers 2005-11-07
Medical Record Linkage in Health Information Systems by Approximate String Matching and Clustering: Multiplication of data sources within heterogeneous healthcare information systems always results in redundant information, split among multiple databases. The objective in this paper is to detect exact and approximate duplicates within identity records, in order to attain a better quality of information and to permit cross-linkage among stand-alone and clustered...; Tags: Storage, BioMed Central, medical record, clustering, data source, database, decision-making, health care; White papers 2005-10-11
Prenatal Drug Use and the Production of Infant Health: The paper estimates the effect of illicit drug use during pregnancy on low birth weight. It uses data from a national longitudinal study of urban parents that includes post-partum interviews with mothers, hospital medical record data on the mother and newborn, extensive demographic information on both parents, and information about...; Tags: National Bureau of Economic Research, medical record, health care; White papers 2005-06-01
Use of and Attitudes to a Hospital Information System by Medical Secretaries, Nurses and Physicians Deprived of the Paper-Based Medical Record: A Case Report: Most hospitals keep and update their paper-based medical records after introducing an electronic medical record or a Hospital Information System HIS. This case report describes a HIS in a hospital where the paper-based medical records are scanned and eliminated. To evaluate the HIS comprehensively, the perspectives of medical secretaries and...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, BioMed Central, medical record, physician, nurse, secretary, hospital, electronic health record, benefit; White papers 2004-10-16
Hospital Quality Incentive Demonstration :Project Recommended Data Collection Process: The measurement of evidence based care is very dependent on clinical data detailed in the medical record. Historically, abstracting data from a medical record has been resource intensive. As the national move towards providing information for consumers to make decisions grows, the need for data is only likely to increase...; Tags: medical record, hospital; White papers 2003-10-17
Consistency in Performance Evaluation Reports and Medical Records: In the health care market, managed care has become the latest innovation for the delivery of services. For efficient implementation, the managed care organization relies on accurate information. So clinicians are often asked to report on patients before referrals are approved, treatments authorized, or insurance claims processed. This report assesses...; Tags: Vertical industries, Performance management, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Boston University, clinician, performance evaluation, medical record, health care, insurance, patient, performance; White papers 2003-03-08
Compliance With Privacy Requirements Protecting Personal Medical Records Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ("HIPAA"): The Privacy Rule. The implementation of Final HIPAA Privacy Rules (the "Privacy Rule") will seriously impact the manner in which Covered Entities (which include "Health Care Providers," "Group Health Plans" and "Health Care Clearinghouses") handle the privacy of plan participants' and patients' medical records. Generally, Covered Entities may not use...; Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, privacy rule, medical record, health care, HIPAA, protected health information, health insurance, compliance, patient; White papers 2002-06-03
Regulatory Attention to Use of Physician Queries in Medical Records Coding: The HHS Office of Inspector General (“HHSOIG”) and Department of Justice (“DOJ”) continue to pursue civil, and sometimes criminal, investigations of hospitals for alleged improper DRG coding. These investigations often raise issues regarding the coding policies and procedures of the hospital under investigation. One common coding practice that has attracted...; Tags: HEALTHCARE, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, medical record, physician, hospital, Medicaid, content management system, Medicare, patient; White papers 2002-04-01
Public Standards and Patients Control: How to Keep Electronic Medical Records Accessible But Private: A patient's medical records are generally fragmented across multiple treatment sites, posing an obstacle to clinical care, research, and public health efforts. Electronic medical records and the internet provide a technical infrastructure on which to build longitudinal medical records that can be integrated across sites of care. Choices about the...; Tags: E-health, HEALTHCARE, medical record, electronic health record, patient, public health, Internet; White papers 2001-02-03

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MediConnect Integrates FedEx to Speed Medical Record Retrieval with Increased Status Tracking: SALT LAKE CITY -- In order to continue increasing the speed and efficiency of medical record retrieval, MediConnect Global, Inc. (www.mediconnect.net) today announced it has integrated a FedEx[R] Web integrated solution in its patented medical record retrieval process--new functionality that will not only allow instant ordering of FedEx pickup or...; Articles 2008-06-25
New Sevocity Website Makes it Easy for Physicians to Learn about EHRs: EHR Vendor to Offer Easy to Use Tools to See Pricing, Demos and Software Information SAN ANTONIO -- Sevocity, a division of Conceptual MindWorks, Inc. CMI, today announced the launch of its updated website, www.sevocity.com. Sevocity develops, maintains and supports Electronic Health Record solutions (also called Electronic Medical...; Articles 2008-06-25
Medical Students Open Up To Epocrates: Third Annual Survey Reveal Students' Views on School, Healthcare and Technology SAN MATEO, Calif. -- For the third consecutive year, future physicians speak out on the quality of medical training and failing healthcare system. Technology is also top of mind for today's medical students, who are seven times...; Articles 2008-06-25
Bridging Disciplines, Innovating Solutions: Polymer Expert Recognized for Inventions in Materials and Life Sciences: Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone Awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- For Dr. Joseph M. DeSimone, the interface between seemingly disparate fields and concepts offers the best opportunity for invention and innovation. A well-recognized chemist and polymer expert, DeSimone has uniquely applied his skills to the development of...; Articles 2008-06-25
Draeger Medical Announces Implementation of its Electronic Medical Record System at Walter Reed's New Acute Pain Medicine Center: Innovian[TM] Anesthesia Offers Documentation Support for Walter Reed's Acute Pain Management and Recovery Process TELFORD, Pa. -- Draeger Medical Inc. announced today the implementation of its Innovian Anesthesia information system at Walter Reed Army Medical Center's WRAMC new Acute Pain Medicine Center, which opened its doors to patients...; Articles 2008-06-24