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Case Study: NY Firefighter Heart & Lung
How Criterions helps the New York Firefighter Heart & Lung Institute care for 9/11 First Responders Background Robert Brown started his career as a New York Firefighter in 1996 and is still an active Lieutenant at the New York Fire Department to present day,...
What is Practice Management Software
What is Practice Management Software? Practice management involves the decisions, actions and resources that ensure the day-to-day operations of your medical practice. Managing a healthcare practice can be arduous and time-consuming. In a single day, physicians and...
Why you should become FHIR API compliant
What is FHIR API? As part of the 21st Century Cures Act, signed by Congress in 2016, a data standard called the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource was created and supported by HL7 International. The intricacy of healthcare data was taken into consideration when...
Why eFax Modules are Essential
Criterions eFax HIPPA Compliant Module There’s a high chance you are still sending faxes daily, which means you must have reasonable safeguards to ensure they are Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) eFax compliant and that all Protected Health...
Simplify Patient Visits with Order Sets
“The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” — Hans HofmannThe aim of any good Electronic Health Record (EHR) software is to allow providers to properly document patient care with accuracy and efficiency. If providers...
Webinar: Criterions eFax Module & Lab Interface
Your practice must ensure that all Protected Health Information being sent and received is safe according to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Criterions eFax Module & Lab Integration enhances compliance with privacy and security rules –...
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,...
ePrescribing Cancel and Change Requests, Rx Fill Notifications
As we move forward in the interconnected healthcare space, phone calls between pharmacies and physicians are becoming a thing of the past. The tools you have today in your Criterions EHR system are sometimes overlooked but can be impactful to your practice workflow...
The Importance of Customizable EHR Systems
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it's that we must be flexible and adaptable in order to deal with unforeseen situations. Since the healthcare industry in our country was severly affected, it was crucial for healthcare providers to have EHR software that could...
Webinar: Criterions Patient Portal Review & Patient In-Take Add-Ons
In this webinar, our Associate Product Manager, James Keener, walked our customers through the full capabilities of the Criterions Patient Portal, what your patients can complete before and after their appointments, sending consent forms and questionnaires directly...
Why Training Is Key To A Successful Electronic Health Record (EHR) or Practice Management (PM) System
No matter what stage of the EHR lifecycle your practice is in, on-going training is necessary in maintaining efficiency with your software system. It offers opportunities for you and your team members to become more familiar with the program and the company supporting...
Infographic: Integrated Text Appointment Reminders
Don't have Text Appointment Reminders or Text to Check-In yet? Contact Sales below to get started with Criterions Texting Modules!
Webinar: Criterions Text Appointment Reminders & Text Check-In
In this webinar, James Keener, our Associate Product Manager presents on Criterions Text Appointment Reminders and Text to Check-In available now! Watch to learn more about the new features including enabling texting for all your patients, configuring each message,...
MIPS Requirements for 2021
2021 is coming to an end, but before the year is over, there are a few MIPS requirements that must be addressed. Please determine the correct course of action for your practice as soon as possible, as these requirements are time sensitive. As always, Criterions is...
Top 5 Patient Engagement Tools from 2021
As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, the way providers communicate and engage with patients is changing too. Patients are becoming more interested in taking control of their health, which includes being able to access their health information from virtually...
Top 5 Claim Rejections (and How to Avoid Them!)
At Criterions, we want to help your practice optimize the claim lifecycle. That is why we have partnered with TriZetto Provider Solutions to help your practice improve your clean claim percentage and reduce processing delays. By analyzing claims submitted by...