Author Archive: AmandaG
Alert Fatigue and Overdependence: Two Sides of the Same EHR Coin
Impact of EHR Alerts Amanda Guerrero Twitter: @meanusenetwork Electronic health record software promises enhancements in clinical and organizational outcomes. Yet, anyone who has implemented an EHR knows that improvements in care coordination, patient safety and financial performance are not always immediate. In fact, they can take extensive time and effort to achieve. In some cases, EHRs [...]
More Patients Using Mobile Devices to Access Health Information
75 Million Adults Now Use Mobile Phones for Health Information Amanda Guerrero Twitter: @meanusenetwork Searching for health information online is the third most common activity for Internet users in the United States – and a growing number of those searches are being conducted on handheld devices rather than laptops and desktop computers. This is due [...]
Meaningful Use Exemption for Older Physicians
Should Retirement-Age Physicians Be Exempt from the Meaningful Use Program? Amanda Guerrero Twitter: @meanusenetwork An April Health Affairs study has confirmed what many healthcare IT consultants already know: older physicians are less likely to use EHR software than their younger counterparts – though not by much. According to the study, which ran through 2011, only [...]
October 1, 2014, the health care industry will adopt the ICD-10 code set. While you should prepare for this transition, your medical billing, practice management and EHR vendor should be working hard right now with you to adapt your system. 
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