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September 8th, 2007 — Blog, NextGen, prescription faxing, workflow
Nobody wants to crash and burn their EMR.
It’s supposed to be pretty hard to do that, thanks to the built-in redundancy of most large scale systems. Your patient data isn’t going anywhere — in NextGen, for example, it’s backed up automatically on multiple servers. And while I’m more a fan of the nearly crashproof Unix-based operating system, 98% of the software industry finds Windows solid enough to design their EMR’s around. Short of a meteor strike or Armageddon, your EMR should function just fine, if used as designed.
What you do to it, however, is another matter entirely.
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September 1st, 2007 — Blog, E/M coding, EPM, autopopulate, boilerplates, prescription faxing, time management, workflow
There are 4 critical themes that underlie effective EMR use, regardless of your hardware, software, or practice setup.
Understand them well, and you will save heaps of time, protect yourself better medico-legally, and use your EMR to its fullest — to the benefit of yourself, your practice, and most importantly, your patients.
Ignore them, and…well, you’ll be reading this article again!
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