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Implementing EHRs – Continuing Quality Improvement

Telehealth – the use of electronic information and telecommunications technologies to support a broad variety clinical and non-clinic services – is not limited to specific care settings...
Licensing can be a problem for telehealth programs. Most states require physicians to be licensed to practice in the originating site's state, and some states require providers using telehealth...
There are several clinical telehealth services you can offer, including: Live, interactive video consultation: uses videoconferencing technology to facilitate a patient visit with both physician...
The Telehealth Resource Centers (TRCs) are funded by the federal Office for the Advancement of Telehealth to “serve as a focal point for advancing the effective use of telehealth and support...
The Basics Clinical decision support (CDS) provides clinicians, staff, patients or other individuals with knowledge and person-specific information, intelligently filtered or presented at...
The Basics Clinical Quality Measures, also known as CQMs, are a mechanism for assessing observations, treatment, processes, experience, and/or outcomes of patient care. In other words, CQMs...
Why Your Vendor Relationship Matters Your electronic health record (EHR) vendor can be an important partner in quality improvement. Quality improvement requires you understand the full...
The Basics Rapid-cycle improvement is a "quality improvement method that identifies, implements and measures changes made to improve a process or a system."1 Rapid-cycle improvement implies...
The Basics Evaluating your electronic health record (EHR) implementation is a critical EHR implementation step. Conducting a post-implementation evaluation will enable your practice to continue...
Benefits of Electronic Health Records Medicine is an information-rich enterprise. By making it easier for providers and patients to use and share information, electronic health records (EHRs...
The Basics The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality defines a disease/immunization registry as "a tool for tracking the clinical care and outcomes of a defined patient population."1...
The Basics The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) funds the Beacon Community Cooperative Agreement Program. The Beacon Communities are seventeen...
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