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Lab Interface
What is a Lab Interface? When a practice uses an EHR (like Criterions Software), a lab interface is the piece of software that allows one system to talk to another system. One of the most integral elements of a clinical practice is the use of laboratory encounters for...
Effective Patient Interaction
Effective patient interaction technologies can enhance the patient experience During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare organizations across the country realized they needed to change their already stressed patient intake processes in order to lower the more immediate...
AI in Healthcare IT
In today's healthcare IT world, predictive models—which learn from past data and generate forecasts or suggestions—are typically mentioned when people talk about artificial intelligence (AI). Machine learning (ML) methods, like those used by the Criterions EHR system,...
How Does FHIR Improve Patient Care?
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, or FHIR, is an interoperability rule that will enable on-demand information exchange of clinical records among providers and data systems. FHIR was created by the Health Level Seven International healthcare standards...
What You Need to Know About Telemedicine and HIPAA
On March 6, 2020, the CDC released guidance for Healthcare Providers to prepare for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). One of the steps listed was to leverage telemedicine technologies. In February, the Office of Civil Rights released a reminder about HIPAA...
Electronic Claims for Tricare as of January 1st, 2018
Electronic Claims for Tricare as of January 1st, 2018 Tricare has awarded the new Tricare East region contract to Humana Government Business Inc. to take effect for claims with dates of service 1/1/2018 forward. FAQ: Q: Will Providers be required to Enroll to bill for...