What If EMRs Were Classified as Medical Devices?

What If EMRs Were Classified as Medical Devices?

According to the Food and Drug Administration, a medical device is "an instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, contrivance, implant, in vitro reagent, or other similar or related article, including a component part, or accessory which is:  

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Drchrono Adds Intelligent Medical Billing App

Drchrono Adds Intelligent Medical Billing App

Drchrono recently launched its first medical billing and business intelligent app created specifically for the iPad. The purpose of the instrument is to allow medical practices to view claims and billing statuses from their mobile devices. Drchrono is best known for its mobile-based EHR, but it also offers apps for the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch to connect patients to their physicians. The billing app will be connected to the drchrono platform, including its practice management and patient record tools.

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Greenway Health is Connecting Care Seamlessly via CommonWell

Greenway Health is Connecting Care Seamlessly via CommonWell

Greenway Health is one of the seven founding members of CommonWell, a non-profit trade association dedicated to establishing a standard process for exchanging patient information across healthcare organizations both efficiently and securely. 

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How is Leading SickCare Different?

How is Leading SickCare Different?

Many executives and digipreneurs think that because they have had a track record of success in non-sickcare ventures that the skills are applicable to sickcare. They are sadly mistaken as many learn too late. They run head on into the non-interoperability monster.

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Healthcare Needs Common Interoperability Standards, Period

Healthcare Needs Common Interoperability Standards, Period

Karen DeSalvo, National Coordinator for Health IT, claims that a common set of standards would have improved the current state of interoperability. DeSalvo believes that in hindsight standardization would have allowed for more seamless sharing of basic health information. Nonetheless, she recognizes and applauds the successes that HITECH has achieved.

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