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MedInformatix Summit 2014
MedInformatix Summit 2014
2014-07-22 - 2014-07-25    
All Day
Harrah’s New Orleans
MedInformatix is excited to present this year’s meeting! 07/22 Tuesday Focus: Product Development Highlights:Latest Updates in Product Development, Interactive Roundtables, and More. 07/23 Wednesday Focus: Healthcare Trends [...]
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MMGMA 2014 Summer Conference
MMGMA 2014 Summer Conference
2014-07-23 - 2014-07-25    
All Day
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center
Mark your calendar for Wednesday - Friday, July 23-25, and join your colleagues and business partners in Duluth for our MMGMA Summer Conference: Delivering Superior [...]
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This is it: The Last Chance for EHR Stimulus Funds! Webinar
This is it: The Last Chance for EHR Stimulus Funds! Webinar
2014-07-31    
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Online
Contact: Robert Moberg ChiroTouch 9265 Sky Park Court Suite 200 San Diego, CA 92123 Phone: 619-528-0040 ChiroTouch to Host This is it: The Last Chance [...]
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RCM Best Practices
RCM Best Practices
2014-07-31    
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Online
In today’s cost-conscious healthcare environment every dollar counts. Yet, inefficient billing processes are costing practices up to 15% of their revenue annually. The areas of [...]
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Events on 2014-07-22
MedInformatix Summit 2014
MedInformatix Summit 2014
22 Jul 14
New Orleans
Events on 2014-07-23
MMGMA 2014 Summer Conference
MMGMA 2014 Summer Conference
23 Jul 14
Duluth
Events on 2014-07-31
This is it: The Last Chance for EHR Stimulus Funds! Webinar
This is it: The Last Chance for EHR Stimulus Funds! Webinar
31 Jul 14
Online
RCM Best Practices
RCM Best Practices
31 Jul 14
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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