On the front cover of the July 2009 edition of HealthData management “Hoosier How-To: An in-depth look at how Fort Wane, Indiana has made major headway in hopital and physician connectivity.” <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/fort-wayne-above-national-averages-for-ehr-adoption/#more-1146" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Fort Wayne Above National Averages for EHR Adoption">(more…)</span></a>
You can make a difference! As a provider and future user of electronic health record (EHR) technology, you have an opportunity to comment on what you think “meaningful use” of an EHR should mean. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/comment-opportunities-on-meaningful-use-for-ehr/#more-1142" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Comment Opportunities on “Meaningful Use” for EHR">(more…)</span></a>
<span class="style6">As users of The Medical Manager (r) practice management system evaluate electronic medical records (EMR), they may consider replacing it with a fully integrated EMR and billing system.</span> <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/medical-manager-hl7-interface-to-emr/#more-1136" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Medical Manager HL7 Interface to EMR">(more…)</span></a>
Just saw a link to this very clever video on a healthcare IT blog that I read daily called <a title="HISTalk Blog" href="http://histalk2.com/2009/05/14/news-51509/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">HISTalk</a> (which I highly recommend as THE industry news feed for health IT). <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/hitech-an-interoperetta-in-three-acts/#more-1134" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading HITECH: An Interoperetta in Three Acts">(more…)</span></a>
Times are tough. Insurance carriers are reducing reimbursements. Patients are struggling to make their co-pays on time — or at all. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/revenue-cycle-management-seminar-in-chicago-april-7th/#more-1113" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Revenue Cycle Management Seminar in Chicago April 7th">(more…)</span></a>
In sharp contrast to advice from Stephen Lieber, president and CEO of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), that <a title="HHIT Blog on emr rollout for stimulus" href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/blog/2009/02/19/stimulus-demands-quick-rollout-of-emr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">now is the time to begin planning the roll out of electronic health records</a>; <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/mgma-ceo-advises-to-take-it-slow-on-stimulus/#more-1103" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading MGMA CEO Advises to Take It Slow on Stimulus">(more…)</span></a>
If your practice is looking to gain maximum financial incentives under the federal economic stimulus package then now is the time to begin planning the roll out of electronic health records. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/stimulus-demands-quick-rollout-of-emr/#more-1089" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Stimulus Demands Quick Rollout of EMR">(more…)</span></a>
At Harmony Healthcare IT, in addition to our many service offerings to technically support healthcare organizations, we have come to support a good number of medical practices that use The Medical Manager(r) software for practice management. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/support-for-the-medical-manager-software/#more-1072" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Support for The Medical Manager Software">(more…)</span></a>
The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (MIPPA) authorized the Medicare E-prescribing Incentive Program beginning in 2009 to promote adoption and use of e-prescribing systems. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/reference-document-for-medicare-e-prescribing-incentive/#more-1067" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Reference Document for Medicare E-Prescribing Incentive">(more…)</span></a>