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Whether you host electronic medical records within your company, use an outside data hosting or storage company, or partner with a company to provide scanning services for protected health information, it is important to be aware of the requirements for … Continue reading →

If your health organization is one of the numerous covered entities that must comply with the HITECH Act as well as HIPAA regulations, it makes good sense to consider outsourcing the scanning of paper patient records to convert them into … Continue reading →

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, more commonly known as HIPAA, is a group of regulations intended to assure that patients’ private health information is properly protected, while allowing for the secure transfer of that information among … Continue reading →

The terms Electronic Health Records (EHR) and Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are frequently used as if they both mean the same thing. But while they are similar in nature, they are actually quite different with respect to usage. Electronic Medical … Continue reading →

The US Supreme Court has ruled and has left the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known simply as the Affordable Care Act, largely intact. That means that health care facilities will be required to comply with several provisions … Continue reading →

Selecting a qualified professional electronic medical records management company is more complex than simply picking the first company found online. Questions need to be asked to assure that specific requirements are met. Here are some questions to ask and tips … Continue reading →

The term “Meaningful Use” is a name applied to the portion of the HITECH Act that describes the methodology that must be used in order to achieve the levels of efficiency and cost savings that should be realized through the … Continue reading →

The term Electronic Health Records (EHR) is frequently used interchangeably with Electronic Medical Records (EMR). While both names apply to the same concept, which is the conversion of all of a patient’s health records and history into a unified digital … Continue reading →

An Electronic Medical Record (EMR), which is also called an Electronic Health Record (EHR), is a computerized history of a patient’s doctor visits and health history. Electronic Medical Records can consist of data entered directly into a physician’s computer system, … Continue reading →