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With this newsletter, Net Health hopes to share innovative ways to use the WoundExpert software, and information about new features.
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WoundExpert, the HITECH Act, and Meaningful Use
by Christopher Kohler, Director of Health Information Systems
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On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). The HITECH Act provides legislation to improve healthcare in the United States through the development of Information Technology, and outlines a schedule of incentive payments to physicians and hospital providers who are successful in becoming meaningful users of certified electronic health record (EHR) technology.
Specifically, the five goals of this legislation are to:
- Improve quality, safety, and efficiency, and reduce health disparities
- Engage patients and their families
- Improve care
- Ensure privacy and security protections for personal health information (PHI)
- Improve public health
Because this legislation is so important and can be challenging, we continuously monitor regulations, attend conferences, and actively participate in all manners around the HITECH Act and the meaningful use criteria. Last spring, when meaningful use was first defined, Net Health evaluated the criteria against WoundExpert to identify any gaps. As a result, Net Health developed a plan to enable our clients to meet the meaningful use goals by 2011.
In January 2009, we released a new Orders Interface to enhance our Computerized Provider Order Entry (CPOE) feature. This is the first of our WoundExpert projects in support of meaningful use, and Net Health will continue to feature technological updates each quarter throughout 2010.
The interim final rule defining meaningful use and its phased approach was released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on December 30, 2009. This rule is expected to be in law by mid-spring. Please feel free to contact Christopher Kohler, Director of Health Information Systems, if you have any related questions or comments.
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WoundExpert 2010 Client Conference
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Net Health is pleased to announce our 4th annual WoundExpert Client Conference will be held Monday, April 19, 2010, at the Gaylord Palms Hotel & Convention Center, in conjunction with the SAWC Spring & WHS Conference in Orlando, FL.
This concise presentation will provide information your facility needs to know as the HITECH Act final rule becomes law. Please click here for more information.
R.S.V.P. by contacting Becky Clever and include your name and facility in your email. Alternatively, you may call Client Services, 800.411.6281, option 2, and reference “Client Conference.”
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Did You Know
by Debby Dale, Director of Client Services
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Did you know… that WoundExpert has the capability to add barcodes to your forms, and that you can configure the locations of those barcodes on the printable documents?
Did you know… Did you know that you can configure a subset of your visit documentation forms? It is called the medical record copy. Even if your medical records department does not have this, you can use it in combination with your All Visits Report to see an entire patient history of one or more forms (similar to all of the Progress Notes).
Did you know… that you can configure the items in Physician Orders to match the orders written by your physicians?
Did you know… that you can edit the Discharge Instructions to be written in any language suitable for your client base?
For further questions, please email Feedback and be sure to include your name and email address in your response. For sales inquiries, please email Sales or call 800.611.6281, option 3, for additional information. Thank you.
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Net Health News |
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Heather Miller, Client Advocate, recently joined the Net Health Client Services team. She will assist our clients with answering questions and providing guidance in the best use of the system. Prior to joining Net Health, Heather worked in Operations and Customer Support for an Information Technology company in central Illinois. She has a Bachelor of Science from the University of Pittsburgh.
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Stephen Scott, Accounting Clerk, is the new addition to our Accounting department. He comes to us from Duquesne University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and a major in Accounting. Stephen gathered his accounting experience as an Auditor with Stanley Goldman, and as a Staff Accountant for New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation.
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Kim Wingard, Project Manager and Marketing Communications Specialist, joined the Net Health Marketing team in January 2010. She brings a background in Information Technology consulting, project management, and technical writing - previously working for such firms as Booz Allen Hamilton - and graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Public Relations and Public Policy.
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