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Purchasing an Affordable Electronic Health Record

Louis Spikol

An economy model may provide all the functionality your practice needs.

Practicing Without Paper Charts: One Clinic's Experience

Robert Rowley

Their revenues are up. Their quality of care is high. And their doctors are getting home in time for dinner.

Electronic Health Records: A User-Satisfaction Survey

Kenneth G. Adler, Robert L. Edsall

If you already use an electronic health record system, here's your chance to help your colleagues who haven't yet made the leap.

How to Select an Electronic Health Record System

Kenneth G. Adler

These 12 steps will help make the selection process easier and lead you to the EHR that's right for your practice.

EDITOR'S PAGE

Electronic Health Records: Taking the Plunge

Robert L. Edsall

Choosing the right electronic health record system for your practice may not be easy, but this issue makes it easier.

LETTERS

E-H-R spells trouble

John Bakos

More EHR woes

Lyndsey Rasmussen

How will data standards affect EHRs?

Full financial disclosure would help EHR assessment

GETTING PAID

New Year, New Medicare Benefits

Kent J. Moore

Here's how to bill for the Welcome to Medicare physical and other new benefits.

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

CODING & DOCUMENTATION

Kent J. Moore

Care plan oversight for Medicare patients | ICD-9 code for prescription drug management | Work RVUs for ob ultrasound | Coding cerumen removal | Newborn-care codes | Telephone care | Coding visits to care facilities | HCPCS code for Depo-Testosterone | Deep excision of a lipoma

MONITOR

MONITOR

EHR certification process to begin by summer | Most family physicians will convert to electronic health records, says survey | Malpractice premiums decline in at least one state | Public weighs in on top health care priorities | ABFM extends SAM deadline | The downside of...

IMPROVING PATIENT CARE

Managing the Habitual No-Show Patient

Tito Izard

One office cut down on missed appointments by putting its problem patients on probation.

PRACTICE DIARY

PRACTICE DIARY

Sanford J. Brown

Headache | Ticketed!

ASK FPM

ASK FPM

Michael Burke, Jeffrey Miller, Ben Post

When to notify your malpractice insurer about a claim | Document refills thoroughly | Agreements to limit liability

BALANCING ACT

Making the Most of Every Minute

Carla Jardim

Even in a busy office, it pays to slow down and make every second count.



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