Medical Practice on the Cloud
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There is momentum building for electronic health records. There are now opportunities to improve the efficiency of the medical office while reducing costs and providing better care to patients. Providers may soon be encouraged, through incentives or otherwise, to participate in one or more Health IT initiatives. Furthermore, there is widespread consensus that information technologies of various kinds will play a central role going forward. However, we believe that information technology by itself is not the answer. Instead, it can be a key enabler of emerging solutions when coupled with redefined processes and alternative thinking. Check out a FREE EHR Checklist.
 Clearly, competitive pressures and a changing healthcare culture are certain to create a radically different healthcare industry than exists today. We believe that "cloud solutions" have an important role to play but are not a panacea. However, they often represent a viable alternative to many locally hosted applications, at price points that are compelling. We help our clients navigate these murky, uncharted waters by helping them select and implement the right pieces of the puzzle, best suited to their needs. This market is quickly evolving and there are no viable one size fits all options. The categories below illustrate various pieces of the cloud puzzle. Our objective is to help providers improve quality, drive revenue and reduce costs. We offer the following cloud centric services: strategy development, implementation and education. Once we jointly agree on an approach we develop a fixed fee implementation proposal designed to meet your specific needs. The HIPAA Survival Guide, 1st Edition Do the right thing & Implement the necessary safeguards Released today, March 16, 2009, for public comments and feedback is the 1st Edition of the HIPAA Survival Guide for Practitioners. To download the guide, click on the link below. This publication is a guide for Practitioners that helps them understand the implications of migration to electronic records and the enhanced privacy and security rules that accompany ARRA and the HITECH Act. The Survival Guide (SG) attempts a “forest from the trees” overview of the HIPAA Privacy and Security rules, and also includes a general overview of the HITECH Act as it pertains to these rules. Carlos and Deborah Leyva chose to write about these rules from a practical perspective because the Obama administration's push for electronic health records (EHRs) will shine a new light on HIPAA compliance. This effort began as a tool for our own use and we subsequently decided that the community at large might benefit as well. This guide is not intended to be legal advice, nor is it a fully comprehensive legalistic interpretation of the new regulations. Rather, it is information that providers should know as they move forward with EHR adoption. Click here to access The HIPAA Survival Guide 1st Edition |
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