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AAAAI Practice Management Resources
EMR/Health IT Websites of Interest
We practice today at the beginning of the electronic record era. Only about 20 percent of allergy practices have implemented an ambulatory EHR in any form. The timing of when to adopt an EHR is not the same for every practice, and the choice of which EHR likewise is not universal. Successful implementation requires months of careful planning and analysis of the practice. It is likely to require several more months to reach an efficient level of usage of the EHR. The process of adoption should be an evolution, not a revolution. Below is a listing of links to aid in your research.
- Commercial and Independent Sites
- http://www.emrupdate.com/ - Website for unbiased independent EMR discussion and resources. Our members provide discussion, debate & robust analysis of electronic medical records products & strategies. Our discussions provide Doctors, industry-leaders, EMR company executives & EHR consultants with a platform to inform, educate, exchange & energize our EMR community.
- http://www.medsp.com/ehro/index.php - An EHR Interest Group providing vendor impartial, independent product information intended to empower the transition in the EHR market from its early adopter phase to a more professional market in which vetted and validated information is readily available to those making EHR and other physician office medical information system decisions.
- http://www.emrconsultant.com - Utilizes patent-pending technology to find the closest fit between a physician's requirements and the known capabilities of the many EMR programs (>200). Physicians have a choice to fill-out a short or long version questionnaire. Once completed, a computer algorithm matches the physician's profile of answers to each EMR manufacturer's profile of answers. Industry experts analyze these results and narrow the selection down to 3-5 EMR applications that offer the best solution in terms of the physicians' needs, price point and specialty.
- http://www.physicianspractice.com/index/fuseaction/resourceGuide.main/categoryID/9.htm - Physicians Practice, America's Leading Practice Management Journal, special section on technology. They have numerous resources regarding EMRs and Health IT.
- http://www.cchit.org The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT®), a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization with the public mission of accelerating the adoption of health IT. Their purpose is to create an efficient, credible, sustainable mechanism for the certification of healthcare information technology products.
- http://www.providersedge.com Sponsored by The Provider's Edge, LLC. A site that provides you with the most recent and comprehensive information you need for a successful Electronic Health Records (EHR) journey, that empowers you to deliver superior quality patient care and achieve maximum business profitability.
- http://www.ntminformatics.com Neck, Time & Money Informatics, Inc. was founded in January of 2005 as a consulting company with two important goals: decreasing the risk associated with the selection and implementation of electronic health records systems and improving access to sophisticated clinical databases required by researchers in health care environments. Jerome H. Carter MD, FACP, principal/lead consultant of NTM Informatics, Inc., is a board-certified internist and has been active in the field of medical informatics since completing a fellowship in 1987.
- Federal Sites
- http://hitechanswers.net/ HITECH Answers' mission is to provide information on the impact of the Health Care Stimulus Package, the HITECH Act of 2009 and Health Information Technology to health care providers and others needing guidance and advice from 3rd-party resources.
- http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/ Health Information Technology Information under the Department of Health and Human Services.
- http://www.nationalehealth.org The National eHealth Collaborative is a public-private partnership driving the grassroots development of a secure, interoperable, nationwide health information system. It was established through a grant from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT to build on the accomplishments of the American Health Information Community (AHIC), a federal advisory committee to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) until 2008, and is led by some of the nation's most respected thought leaders in healthcare and health IT.
- http://healthit.ahrq.gov As part of the health IT initiative, AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) created the AHRQ National Resource Center for Health Information Technology to help the health care community make the leap into the Information Age. In addition to providing technical assistance, the National Resource Center shares new knowledge and findings that have the potential to transform everyday clinical practice. AHRQ's National Resource Center is committed to advancing our national goal of modernizing health care.
- https://service.govdelivery.com/service/subscribe.html
This link allows you to subscribe to Healthcare IT News which is a collaboration between HIMSS and an online publisher that manages subscriptions to updates from government agencies from HHS to EPA to NIH to CDC. You will be presented a menu if you subscribe of other on line publications from a broad range.,
- Professional Sites
- http://www.osma.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm A collaborative project of the Ohio State Medical Association and The Coker Group. A program designed to help member practices during the multi-step EHR adoption process. The EHR Standards of Excellence Program (EHR SOE), a collaboration of the OSMA and the Coker Group, recognizes EHR vendors that voluntarily agree to provide OSMA member practices an approved list of terms and conditions, in their contracts, that will help guarantee that physician rights are protected during this process.
- http://www.acponline.org/running_practice/technology/ The American College of Physicians is the nation's largest medical specialty society with 119,000 members, including medical students. The Practice Management Center (PMC) provides free assistance to members covering the full spectrum of business issues associated with running and working in a medical practice. This is the section on health technology.
- http://www.aapcocit.org/emr/index.php The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Council on Clinical Information Technology provides a service where you can research various EMR products that are currently being used, explore where these products are being implemented and for what type of practices, and read the experiences of others who are using these EMR products.
- http://www.centerforhit.org/online/chit/home.html The American Academy of Family Physicians represents more than 94,000 family physicians, family medicine residents, and medical students nationwide. This link is to their Center for Health IT.
- http://www.massmed.org/AM/Template.cfm The Massachusetts Medical Society is the statewide professional association for physicians and medical students. This is their site on health information technology.
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly – links to blogs and articles of interest on EMR.
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