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Considering EMR products for your Practice is a biggest challenge. There are many EMR vendors in market. The challenge is figuring out what to look for when evaluating for a potential product and vendor which fits in for your practice. All medical professionals know that their practices differ from one to another in a verity of ways one cannot assume that workflow of one office is like another. At times you might hear that your fellow doctor or physicians are using anonymous vendor’s product and they are satisfied with the results and you just by hearing that started considering the same vendor, its human psyche but that could be the biggest mistake you’ll make in selecting an appropriate vendor for yourself. |
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Although the HITECH act promises cash benefits for physicians, practices and hospitals transforming their paper based medical record system to EMR, Electronic Medical Records, the EMR adoption rate hasn’t really kicked off as it should have. It’s true that more people are now interested in transition towards paperless practice citing financial benefits, with hopes to get the promised Stimulus funding from Government. However, more appropriate reasons to switch to Electronic Medical Record Software have gone in hiding, under the carpet of Economic Stimulus Funding and Meaningful Use Recommendations. |
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Sequel Systems, Inc., a dynamic, service-oriented healthcare technology company, today announced the launch and general availability of SequelMed Patient Portal™, a new, Web-based tool that improves and speeds up communication between physicians and patients, giving patients instant access to their personal health information, and allowing physicians and other healthcare providers more time to focus on delivering the best possible care. SequelMed Patient Portal is the latest addition to Sequel Systems’ suite of healthcare solutions, which includes an electronic health record (EHR), practice and document management software, and e-prescribing technology. More than 12,000 physicians in all 50 states and representing all major specialties currently use the company’s solutions. |
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Irfan Iqbal, Director of Medical Informatics, Sequel Systems, says the U.S. government’s plan to provide grant money to hospitals in making the transition from paper-based to electronic health records (EHRs) would give the hospitals the resources it needs to enter the digital age and create much-needed jobs. |
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In a live web cast hosted by the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Aug 7th, Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology answered critics of the administration’s healthcare reform efforts and underscored the role of health information technology in accomplishing it stating that the adoption of health information technology will serve as a catalyst for achieving the goals of healthcare reform legislation. |
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