When a hospital replaces an old system with new, it may be at risk with how data from the legacy system is managed. According to state mandates, protected health information (PHI) must be retained for seven to 25 years depending on data type. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/at-risk-the-impact-of-system-replacement-on-hospital-data-retention-policy/#more-1530" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading At Risk? The Impact of System Replacement on Hospital Data Retention Policy">(more…)</span></a>
<a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/">Harmony Healthcare IT</a>, a firm that safeguards patient data, ensures cash flow and increases staff productivity for healthcare organizations nationwide; offers a series of monthly webinars for ambulatory care settings. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/upcoming-health-it-webinar-events/#more-1526" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Upcoming Health IT Webinar Events">(more…)</span></a>
A recently published <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150509032613/http://www.idc.com:80/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS24443913" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">report</a> from IDC Health Insights cites that nearly 60% of the 212 PCP and specialist providers surveyed are very dissatisfied, dissatisfied, or neutral about their ambulatory EHRs. The primary reason for the dissatisfaction across the over 25 different EHR products used was loss of productivity. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/ehr-satisfaction-down-ehr-replacements-up-archiving-on-deck/#more-1504" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading EHR Satisfaction Down, EHR Replacements Up, Archiving on Deck…">(more…)</span></a>
“Healthcare Legacy Data Management, an Overview of Data Archiving and System Decommissioning with Rick Adams” is the title of a new executive interview series published by Harmony Healthcare IT. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/healthcare-legacy-data-management-interview-series-part-2/#more-1491" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Healthcare Legacy Data Management Interview Series, Part 2">(more…)</span></a>
Legacy data management and health data archiving are some of the topics covered in a recent interview by Harmony Healthcare IT’s Managing Partner, Rick Adams. In this wide ranging interview, Rick answers questions on how health data archiving has evolved over the years as well as where it is headed. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/healthcare-legacy-data-management-interview-series/#more-1489" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Healthcare Legacy Data Management Interview Series">(more…)</span></a>
Medical practices migrating off of The Medical Manager® software may be at risk. That old system contains individually-identifiable protected health information (PHI) that, according to state and federal mandates, must be secured and archived for at least 7-10 years. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/helping-former-users-of-medical-manager-properly-archive-data/#more-1480" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Helping ‘Former’ Users of Medical Manager Properly Archive Data">(more…)</span></a>
All data has a lifecycle. Protected healthcare information also comes with some rigid retention requirements. That means that when your medical practice moves from one practice management system to another, legacy health records must be retained in their full integrity. <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/health-record-retention-from-legacy-practice-management-systems/#more-1395" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Health Record Retention from Legacy Practice Management Systems">(more…)</span></a>
For ambulatory care system administrators who have migrated off of a legacy practice management system — you may be at risk! <a href="https://www.harmonyhit.com/archiving-medical-records-in-the-ambulatory-care-office/#more-1383" class="more-link"><span aria-label="Continue reading Archiving Medical Records in the Ambulatory Care Office">(more…)</span></a>