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What is Information Blocking?
HHS-OIG announced their final decision on information blocking penalties. Any individual or entity that has committed information blocking will be subject up to a $1 million dollar penalty per violation. So what is information blocking? Per the HealthIt.gov website,...
Streamline Your EHR with Automation Tools
Criterions has various features and automation tools in the EHR that can improve efficiency, reduce costs, and assist with understaffing issues at any medical practice. They also help to enhance health outcomes and increase provider and patient satisfaction. If you’re...
Webinar: 2023 Texting Enhancements
In this webinar series, The Criterions Team showed the benefits of automatic texting appointment reminders and how that can save your staff time managing schedules and ultimately, increasing your practice's or business's revenue. With Criterions Texting Appointment...
Exchanging Patient Information
Industry Standard for Exchanging Patient Information Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (CCDA), is a standard format for exchanging clinical patient information between healthcare providers and organizations electronically. The CCDA standard was developed by...
Giving Patients Instant Access to Medical Records
The ability for patients to access their medical records on their smart devices at anytime has become the norm after the 21st Century Cures Act was passed in 2016. For years, there was a concern of patients being able to view their results prior to the ordering...
Webinar: Streamlining Clinical Workflow
We showed our customers tools in the EHR that will improve the functionality and streamline multiple processes with the use of automation to help your practice offer patients the best possible healthcare experience. This includes creating "order sets" to make an...
Why your Office Should be Using Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Multi-Factor Authentication is a process that is used to verify a user’s identity by using a second method of authentication in addition to the username and password. After a user logs in using their regular credentials, the system will send a one-time password to the...
Criterions EHR Interoperability
What is interoperability? Interoperability for EHRs is an important aspect of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery. Interoperability refers to the ability of different EHR systems to exchange and use patient health information (PHI) with...
Criterions Patient Portal
What is a Patient Portal and How Does It Help Medical Practices? A patient portal is a secure online website that gives patients convenient 24-hour access to personal health information from anywhere with an Internet connection. Using a secure username and password,...
Important Key Reporting
Why Understanding Key Reports Are So Important Running reports regularly gives you a complete view into the revenue cycle of your practice. You can use reporting to improve processes, spot trends, and identify issues that may hinder revenue collection. It's important...
Webinar: Criterions Patient Portal Benefits
In this webinar series, we dove deep into the Criterions patient portal and how it not only benefits your patients, but can also help lessen the workload for your office staff. If you have questions of how to enable the Patient Portal and receive your unique portal...
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 worked his way up as Lieutenant at the New York Fire Department, dedicating his...
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...