2014 is on the horizon. With that, it’s not only a time to reflect on the past year, but also continue to move forward and plan ahead. Interoperability has been the topic of many conversations within the healthcare industry lately. Looking into the new year,  it’s important that healthcare…

Posted on behalf of Edward Ricks, CIO, Beaufort Memorial Hospital

I’ve got to say Beaufort Memorial Hospital (BMH) has always been pretty progressive in terms of an Information Technology perspective. Over the past few years, we’ve realized one…

Posted on behalf of Tim Fail, Wayne Memorial Hospital

In my 11 years at Wayne Memorial Hospital I’ve learned a thing or two. One piece of advice I would offer to any Healthcare IT executive would be to take advantage of all that scripting tools can offer.

If…

It has been six months since my hospital went live with Soarian Clinicals, some forms have changed, and a few additions have been made. I work as an Independent Consultant with an urban academic hospital in Washington, DC.  This hospital went live with Siemens Soarian January 2013. …

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Interoperability has been a focus of the Healthcare industry lately. For hospitals and organizations, having the ability to integrate all of their systems is essential. The ability to deliver specific information about a patient from the bedside to…

As you know, it is extremely important to get physicians involved all through the life- circles of the EMR implementation. However sometimes too much involvement, especially close to the Go-live, can be problematic.

During one of the PAG meetings, the CPOE team proudly presented the final general order-set to the group. The CPOE team…

As most of you already know, the new CMS 2-night stay on Admission rule is in effect today that will directly affect your Medicare payments.  We wanted to know how you were dealing with this new requirement from both a reporting and workflow perspective.  I'm sure a number of hospitals may be…

Hospitals today, just like any other business, often find themselves forced to meet tighter deadlines, comply with industry regulations and reporting demands with fewer personnel and resources.  The main goal of any healthcare provider whether it be…

As I’m sure many nurses and hospital personnel can attest, downtime can be a complete headache. With focuses on increased electronic data stored in the EMR, downtime situations have the ability to turn devastating quickly.…

The most recent HIPAA Final Rule which was released on March 26th, 2013 pays particular attention to the Security of (electronic patient health information) ePHI as well as specific requirements around Contingency Planning. If you’re like most healthcare customers, you’re currently facing multiple challenges with assuring…

The relationships between the vendor, outside consultant and the client’s staff are the most critical part of project success. Yet cultivating these relationships are never part of the IT strategic plan.

Often, I worked as an independent consultant in an environment where the…

I work as an Independent Consultant with an urban academic hospital in Washington, DC.  This hospital went live with Siemens Soarian January 2013, except for the CPOE.  They planned to go-live with CPOE by end of June 2013.

At this institution, the Residents place the orders and…

Over the past few years organizations have been well informed of the latest HIPAA rules. The HIPAA rules have included specifics around how to control privacy, security and overall patient safety related to electronic use of data. The newest rule, titled the Final Rule in the Administrative Protections section…

Electronic records and deficiencies-who would have thought it many years ago! Have you ever heard the term can’t teach an old dog new tricks? Well, I am sure we all have a few doctors that we love, but have been a doctor for so long that they will not come off of their old ways. Trying to get them to sign a record on the computer is…

If your Invision Patient Management system interfaces with other systems and exchanges Patient data, then you may find this helpful. I’ve worked with two types of interfaces and can share a few things I’ve learned about them.

When discussing setting up this type of exchange of data, you need to have a very good understanding of the patient flow in order to document the data flow. Otherwise, you may end up with unexpected…

Some things are out of our control. Of course no one wants to anticipate system or network failure. However, it’s a reality that we need to continuously and cautiously plan for. Last year Hurricane Sandy crippled the northeastern seaboard. Leaving many hospitals to deal with major flooding, electrical outages and failing…

Everyone wants one system to do everything.  Registration, clinical care, clinical documentation, billing, accounting and reporting.  When an organization decides that they like another system for one of these functions, it is necessary to integrate it with your  Invision Financial system.…