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The International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare
The International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare
2015-01-10 - 2015-01-14    
All Day
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Registration is Open! Please join us on January 10-14, 2015 for our fifteenth annual IMSH at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Over [...]
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Finding Time for HIPAA Amid Deafening Administrative Noise
Finding Time for HIPAA Amid Deafening Administrative Noise
2015-01-14    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Online
January 14, 2015, Web Conference 12pm CST | 1pm EST | 11am MT | 10am PST | 9am AKST | 8am HAST Main points covered: [...]
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Meaningful Use Attestation, Audits and Appeals - A Legal Perspective
Meaningful Use Attestation, Audits and Appeals - A Legal Perspective
2015-01-15    
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Online
Join Jim Tate, HITECH Answers  and attorney Matt R. Fisher for our first webinar event in the New Year.   Target audience for this webinar: [...]
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iHT2 Health IT Summit
iHT2 Health IT Summit
2015-01-20 - 2015-01-21    
All Day
Omni San Diego Hotel
iHT2 [eye-h-tee-squared]: 1. an awe-inspiring summit featuring some of the world.s best and brightest. 2. great food for thought that will leave you begging for more. 3. [...]
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Chronic Care Management: How to Get Paid
Chronic Care Management: How to Get Paid
2015-01-22    
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Online
Under a new chronic care management program authorized by CMS and taking effect in 2015, you can bill for care that you are probably already [...]
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Proper Management of Medicare/Medicaid Overpayments to Limit Risk of False Claims
Proper Management of Medicare/Medicaid Overpayments to Limit Risk of False Claims
2015-01-28    
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Online
January 28, 2015 Web Conference 12pm CST | 1pm EST | 11am MT | 10am PST | 9AM AKST | 8AM HAST Topics Covered: Identify [...]
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Events on 2015-01-10
The International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare
The International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare
10 Jan 15
New Orleans
Events on 2015-01-14
Finding Time for HIPAA Amid Deafening Administrative Noise
Finding Time for HIPAA Amid Deafening Administrative Noise
14 Jan 15
Online
Events on 2015-01-15
Meaningful Use Attestation, Audits and Appeals - A Legal Perspective
Meaningful Use Attestation, Audits and Appeals - A Legal Perspective
15 Jan 15
Online
Events on 2015-01-20
iHT2 Health IT Summit
iHT2 Health IT Summit
20 Jan 15
San Diego
Events on 2015-01-22
Chronic Care Management: How to Get Paid
Chronic Care Management: How to Get Paid
22 Jan 15
Online
Events on 2015-01-28
Proper Management of Medicare/Medicaid Overpayments to Limit Risk of False Claims
Proper Management of Medicare/Medicaid Overpayments to Limit Risk of False Claims
28 Jan 15
Online
Glossary

EHR Glossary:

April 5, 2014
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  • Ambulatory care: is any medical care delivered on an outpatient basis.
  • CCHIT: Acronym for Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology.
  • Computerized Patient Record (CPR): Also known as an EMR or EHR. A patient’s past, present, and future clinical data stored in a server.
  • Computerized Physician Order Entry (CPOE): A system for physicians to electronically order labs, imaging and prescriptions.
  • Fee Schedule: A set maximum fee that an insurance company will pay a healthcare provider.
  • HIPAA: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, is a set of federal regulations which establishes national standards for health care information.
  • ICD-9: Internationally recognizable 3 to 5-digit code representing a medical diagnosis. Currently being replaced by the ICD-10 code.
  • National Provider Identifier (NPI): A unique number to define healthcare providers.
  • EHR- Electronic Health Records focus on the total health of the patient-going beyond standard clinical data collected in the provider’s office and inclusive of a broader view on a patient’s care. EHRs are designed to reach out beyond the health organization that originally collects and compiles the information.
  • HIT- Health Information Technology is the area of IT involving the design, development, creation, use and maintenance of information systems for the healthcare industry.
  • PACS- Picture Archive Communication System is used by radiology and diagnostic imaging organizations to electronically manage information and images.
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