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By:
Stephen O'Connor
September 14th, 2012
Adopting Electronic Health Records Electronic health records (EHR) refer to data about a person or a population's health status stored in a digital format for convenient access and amendment. One prominent example of electronic health records are medical histories, while radiology information systems comprise a slightly more obscure example. The adoption of electronic health records helps improve the quality of care for patients and can lower costs for the medical practice using those systems.
By:
Stephen O'Connor
September 3rd, 2012
Coding Requirements Healthcare providers and organizations of all sizes are developing strategies for the changes required by CMS to switch ICD-10 coding, while at the same time working through the issues associated with the HIPPA requirement for all billing to be submitted using ANSI 5010 forms.