Searching for Right EMR Solution

The electronic medical record, or EMR, is a standard electronic database solution used by medical practices and medical service providers. The EMR solution technology effectively manages medical histories, records, and notes; however, all EMR solutions are not created equal. Before adopting an EMR solution, medical practices and medical service providers must search for EMR solution that meets their specific needs. Two important needs common to most medical practices and medical service providers include medical transcription and SOAP note management.

Sifting through EMR Software

The best way to find what you’re looking for is to “begin with end in mind,” as Steven R. Covey says. Companies may have a small staff, or they may still be using a transcription machine. A practice may need more security, more automation, and better control of SOAP notes or other medical transcription information. In order to find what you need, you need to list them out. The list may look similar to this:

Medical Transcription and SOAP Note Management

Document Scanning Attachments

Customized Data Fields

Medicare or Medicaid Billing Software

Procedure Code (HCFA 1500 forms, CPT code books, ICD.9 codes)

Medical Billing Software

Medical Billing Specialist Support

This week Live 8 mega-event turned our attention to problem of poverty. We learned that a child dies from it every three seconds. While we wait for world to finally do something in order to save African kids, we should look closely at statistics and true extent of international poverty.

The distribution of Global Capital

Half world, nearly three billion people, lives on less than two dollars a day. 1.3 billion people live on $1/day. The Gross Domestic Product of 48 poorest nations, i.e. a quarter of world’s countries, is less than wealth of world’s three richest people combined. The 48 poorest countries account for less than 0.4 per cent of global exports.

The richest 50 million people in Europe and North America have same income as 2.7 billion poor People. The combined wealth of world’s 200 richest people hit $1 trillion in 1999; combined income of 582 million people living in 43 least developed countries is $146 billion.

The current LIVE 8 campaign is trying to eliminate debt catastrophe: developing world spends $13 on debt repayment for every $1 they have received in aid. The poorer country, more likely it is that debt repayments are extracted directly from people who neither contracted loans nor received any of money. As a result of debt catastrophe, millions of children have died each year because their government couldn’t reduce poverty levels.