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Medical Practice Trends Podcast 7: HIPAA, HITECH, and Protecting Your Patients’ Information

June 8, 2010 By Peter Polack Leave a Comment


EMR Update 7 – HIPAA, HITECH, and Protecting Your Patients’ Information
This Issue:

  • What is data-at-rest vs data-in-motion?
  • What do the new HITECH Act provisions mean to your medical practice?
  • What are potential penalties for violating the HIPAA regulations?
  • What proactive measures can you take to protect yourself and your practice?

Podcast: Download (Duration: 9:07 — 3.7MB)

Medical Practice Trends Podcast 6: ePrescribing, PQRI, and ARRA Incentives

January 12, 2010 By Peter Polack Leave a Comment

EMR Update 6 – eRx and PQRI: Are Your Leaving Money on the Table?

This Issue:

  • How can your practice qualify for ‘Stimulus Bill’ financial incentives?
  • ePrescribing(eRx) & PQRI – what bonuses can you expect for each?
  • How do you make a claim?
  • Find out about PQRI Toolset, a tool that can help you claim bonus payments

(Note: MPT has a financial interest in Protodrone LLC, creator of PQRI Toolset)

Podcast: Download (Duration: 10:42 — 4.3MB)

Medical Practice Trends Podcast 5: Washington Update: Relationships between MDs and Pharma Scrutinized

February 15, 2009 By Peter Polack Leave a Comment

Washington Update - Latest Healthcare & Regulatory Law from Alan Reider of Arnold & Porter LLP

This Issue:

  • The Federal Physician Payment Sunshine Act
  • Feds and States cracking down on improper relationships between physicians and drug companies
  • What medical practices should be aware of
  • Can accepting a pen from a rep get you in legal hot water?

Podcast: Download (Duration: 9:42 — 1.7MB)

Medical Practice Trends Podcast 4: EMR Simulation & Evaluating Staff Training

November 3, 2008 By Peter Polack Leave a Comment

EMR Update 4 – follow along as Ocala Eye implements its EMR system

This Issue:

  • The importance of running an EMR simulation
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of your staff training

Podcast: Download (Duration: 8:15 — 1.4MB)

Medical Practice Trends Podcast 3: EMR Hardware & Wireless Networks

October 5, 2008 By Peter Polack Leave a Comment

EMR Update 3 – follow along as Ocala Eye implements its EMR system

This Issue:

  • Hardware for EMR systems – balancing efficiency with cost
  • The proper way to set up a wireless network in your office

Podcast: Download (Duration: 13:05 — 2.2MB)

Medical Practice Trends Podcast 2: Staff Training and Scanning Old Records

September 1, 2008 By Peter Polack Leave a Comment

EMR Update – follow along as Ocala Eye implements its EMR system

This Issue:

  • Train the Trainers
  • Utilize the “Gee Whiz” Factor
  • The Who, What, Where, and How of Scanning Old Paper Records

Podcast: Download (Duration: 13:07 — 2.3MB)

Medical Practice Trends Podcast 1: EMR Implementation Structure and Rollout

July 27, 2008 By Peter Polack Leave a Comment

EMR Update – follow along as Ocala Eye implements its EMR system

This Issue:

  • What to do with all of those paper forms
  • Don’t reinvent the wheel – stay up-to-date with your EMR software’s updates
  • The structure of your training process and implementation rollout

Ask Bob – where we try to stump our seasoned practice administrator – what if a star employee shows up wearing a tongue ring?

Preview of our Expert Teleseminar Series – Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning

Podcast: Download (Duration: 11:20 — 2.0MB)

Welcome to the Medical Practice Trends Podcast

July 2, 2007 By Peter Polack Leave a Comment

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