EHR Compliance Issues to Keep an Eye Out For

Wed, Jun 9, 2010

HIT Help Desk

Linuxerist & Burton Samograd

EHRs can make your life easier, if your staff training is comprehensive.

Your electronic health record (EHR) system may be helpful in filling in documents on your behalf — but make sure it isn’t filling in more than it should.

As most practices are aware, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 offers annual bonuses to practices that show “meaningful use” of EHRs over a five year period starting in 2011. In 2015, practices that aren’t meaningful users will face penalties.

As your practice gets its feet wet in adopting EHRs, keep these quick tips in mind to ensure that you aren’t overstepping the EHR boundaries.

1. Make sure your EHR templates don’t do all of your work for you. When you originally set up your EHR, your practice probably enabled the use of templates,…

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