Contents tagged with health information technology
Provide patients clinical summaries to help meet meaningful use
Provide patients clinical summaries to help meet meaningful use
One of the most difficult meaningful use measures that practices must meet is the one requiring them to give patients a clinical … more
So easy a child can do it
By Troy Fiesinger, M.D.
TAFP President, 2012-2013When we walked into the dentist’s office, my kids ran straight up to the computer to check in for their appointments. This was my first time to take them to the dentist, as my wife usually drives them. My son and daughter quickly entered their names on the touch screen, grabbed books, and took their seats. Freed from manually registering patients, the front-desk clerk monitored patient flow and welcomed everyone to the clinic with freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies.
Later that day, I went to my doctor’s office where I signed my name on a clipboard and patiently waited in the lobby as patients have done for decades. His office has the same electronic medical record as mine, but his clipboard system has not changed in decades. My clinic has an electronic medical record with a web portal and secure patient e-mail, but our patients still queue at the front desk to give their information to a clerk. At the gas station, I swipe my credit card and fill my gas tank without talking to another human being. At the airport, I walk up to the kiosk, insert a credit card, and print the boarding pass for the flight I checked in to the night before. We expect businesses to adopt the latest customer service technology and embrace their use while we keep our clinics in the technological dark ages, suspiciously questioning each new innovation. We complain about the inefficiencies of our EMRs but are slow to adopt innovations to improve the efficiency and ease of our patients’ visits to our offices. Are we so focused on our frustrations that we forget our patients?
moreHHSC seeks new advisory committee members
HHSC seeks new advisory committee members
posted 4.11.13
The Health and Human Services Commission is seeking new members for its Health Information Exchange Advisory Committee and will be … more
Feb. 28 is Medicare EHR attestation deadline
Feb. 28 is Medicare EHR attestation deadline
posted 02.14.13
Physicians participating in the Medicare electronic health record incentive program have until Feb. 28 to complete their meaningful … more
Health information exchanges take off in Texas
Health information exchanges take off in Texas
posted 04.12.12
One component of meaningful use of health information technology, the process through which physicians can earn incentive bonuses … more
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HIT Toolkit for Family PhysiciansTAFP has made available a library of tools and resources to help family physicians earn health information technology incentive payments available … more
Texas Family Physician - Vol. 62 No. 4, Fall 2012
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President’s Letter
Member News
Perspective
Trading volume for valueRemember when health care reform was all about slowly … more
TAFP launches HIT Toolkit for Family Physicians
TAFP launches HIT toolkit for family physicians
TAFP has made available a library of tools and resources to help family physicians access health information technology incentive payments available … more
HITECH: Everything you need to know about the federal stimulus for HIT
HITECH: Everything you need to know about the federal stimulus for HIT
By Kate McCann
When President Barack Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009, he gave the … more
The Primary Solution: Mending Texas’ Fractured Health Care System
The Primary Solution: Mending Texas’ Fractured Health Care System
By Jonathan Nelson, Kate McCann, Tom Banning, Carrie Kroll and Michelle Romero
As we prepare for the 2009 legislative … more