Archive for the 'Workflow' Category

Sep 9th, 2009 by Ben Free Flu Shot Package Updated for H1N1

Last year, TempDev released our Free Flu Shot Clinic package. To help practices prepare for the coming flu season, the package has been updated to include the codes for the H1N1 vaccine.
The new package still requires only two clicks to document the vaccine, but these two clicks can now be configured to document both the [...]

May 11th, 2009 by Laura Would You Go Back to Paper?

A few days ago we received this email:
In the past few years our federally funded research floor had to be taken off of an electronic record system. We returned to paper charting. We had to develop a new system of charting using forms that we made up as we went along. We have no way [...]

Apr 4th, 2009 by Ben HIMSS / MSHUG: Verbal CPOE

For the first afternoon session, there was not a session that really piqued my interest. But one of the speakers was from the UCLA Medical Center and the smartest people in the world go to school at UCLA (it’s my alma mater), so I decided to go.
Dr. Val Nenov demonstrated his verbal order entry system [...]

Mar 22nd, 2009 by Laura Who Should Conform: You or the EMR?

So you’ve chosen your EMR and now you’re heading down the implementation road and you come to a fork in the road: one way is to go with the EMR vendor provided workflow and the other is to forge your own path. I am lucky that I have been witness to physician organizations traveling down [...]

Jan 25th, 2009 by Ben Get Your Docs Live Fast: Auto-Abstraction

Abstraction, the process of pre-populating EMR charts, is a huge win to ease physicians into the electronic chart. By adding historical information to the chart prior to the physicians patients, the physicians just need to review the old information and can then begin documenting a new encounter.
Traditionally, abstraction is a labor-intensive and costly undertaking. To [...]

Jan 11th, 2009 by Laura Twitter: A New Approach to EMR/EHR Implementation?

So tonight as I was celebrating my husband’s birthday at Dave and Buster’s, I was using Twitter to see who was winning the Golden Globes on their Twitter Page. Twitter as Wikipedia defines it is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (otherwise known [...]

Jan 3rd, 2009 by Ben Announcing Medicare eRx Bonus Package!

TempDev is excited to announce a new package for the automatic billing of the Medicare eRx bonus codes has been completed and is available for purchase. The new package combined with your eRx functionality will allow you to obtain the additional Medicare 2% bonus without any additional clicks or effort.
The new package :
- uses custom [...]

Dec 24th, 2008 by Ben One Strategy for 7.7: Upgrade Aggressively

Now that KBM 7.7 has been released, groups are facing a tough decision if and when they want to take on the resource intensive process of upgrading their customized KBMs.
One of the groups we’re working with has a very aggressive roll out plan. They’re planning to roll out every specialty (and they have them all) [...]

Nov 7th, 2008 by Laura Announcing NextGen Flu Clinic

A couple of months ago, Ben and I met at Starbucks to think about ideas of how to make our client’s lives easier. The result? A free flu shot clinic template! Contact us to obtain your copy.
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Oct 24th, 2008 by Laura Tip #5 on Implementing an EMR: Analyze Your Workflow

Analyze your workflow before you implement an EMR because whereever there are weaknesses, they will be magnified once you implement an EMR. So what I would recommend is to interview your employees and sketch our the major your processes in your office. Once you do this, look for ways to improve and optimize the process. [...]