EHR

Cheat Sheet: Healthcare Acronyms Demystified

If you’re new to the healthcare industry and HIPAA compliance, or just need a reminder, all the acronyms can be a bit intimidating… here’s a cheat sheet of a few important acronyms and what they refer to. ACRONYMS: AHIMA – American Health Information Management Association AHRQ – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality CFR – … [Read more…]

Fewer than 5 percent of US doctors are currently using EHR

In Electronic Healthcare Record (EHR) news: Aug. 1, University of California, San Francisco health economics professor Robert Miller estimates the cost of implementing a nationwide EHR at $150 billion. Hospitals, Miller says, will need to invest $35 billion of that to purchase and expand systems and $55 billion to maintain and operate them over eight … [Read more…]