Today’s EHR market offers numerous options and tremendous variety in electronic health records software that it can be cumbersome to decide which vendor to choose. Uncertainty can be due to any number of reasons, so this must be a big part of the discussion among your staff, prior to buying a new EHR. First, the […]
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Without data, managing the health of the communities would be near impossible for local health departments. It also is, of course, an obvious fact that electronic health records are a key source of health data and can provide some greatly needed elements for analysis of population health. By combining EHR data with a visualization […]
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In the June 2017 “Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry” published by the Department of Health and Human Services Health Care Industry Cybersecurity Task Force, it was noted that many healthcare agencies are still running patient records databases on legacy systems. And not only are these systems subject to more successful hacking, […]
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Patagonia Health has partnered with Phrase Express, a third party vendor, who provides a unique way of fast-tracking the clinical documentation process. Now doctors, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants can save all their favorite phrases directly in the EHR. Typically, providers reuse the same phrases (to describe patient problems and diagnosis). This software saves the […]
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According to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule all covered entities are required to conduct a security risk assessment of their agency. This is to insure all protected Health Information remains, well, protected. Health departments can now lean on their EHR vendor, Patagonia Health for help. Through an agreement with […]
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