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Scott McEvoy has 18 years of experience, including as IT manager, director, and senior director of worldwide information systems. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional, Microsoft Small Business Specialist, and Certified Professional in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CPHIMS).
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Chapter 1 Healthcare Ecosystem: Past, Present, and Future 1
Healthcare Primer 2
Computer Use in Healthcare 9
Healthcare IT Lingo 14
Government Regulations 16
Workflows in Medical Practice 26
Keeping Current 32
Chapter 2 Building Relationships and Continuing Education 37
MGMA 38
HIMSS 39
HITRUST 39
MS-HUG 40
Cisco Connected Health 41
CompTIA Health IT Community 42
Local Communities 44
Regional Extension Centers 45
Blogs Worth Reading 47
Chapter 3 Healthcare Lingo 53
Medical Terminology 54
Color Codes 56
Healthcare Terminology 57
Chapter 4 HIPAA Regulations 71
HIPAA Overview 72
HIPAA Elements 73
Title II: Administrative Simplification and Fraud Prevention 75
Electronic Data Interchange 105
Chapter 5 HITECH Regulations 125
HITECH Background 126
Business Associates 127
Breach Notification 129
Penalties 132
Accounting of Disclosures 133
Minimum Necessary 134
Marketing and Sale of PHI 135
How HITECH Affects Different CE Scenarios 135
National Health Information Network 136
Personal Health Records 138
Chapter 6 ARRA Funding 141
ARRA Background 142
EHR Adoption 143
Funding for Eligible Professionals 144
Funding and Eligibility for Hospitals 146
Medicaid Incentives 147
Meaningful Use: Stage 1 148
Proposed Meaningful Use Objectives: Stage 2 and Stage 3 156
Chapter 7 PCI and Other Regulations 167
PCI-DSS 168
Massachusetts 201 CMR 17.0 179
California State Law SB 1386 184
Sarbanes–Oxley 186
Chapter 8 Operational Workflow: Front Office 195
Medical Practice as a Business 196
Basic Workflow 197
Patient Impact 203
Keys to Successful Processes 205
Chapter 9 Operational Workflow: Back Office 209
Revenue Management Cycle 210
Contracts 211
Medical Coding and Billing 211
HIPAA and EDI 213
Claims Process 214
Charge Creation 215
Collections Process 219
Third-Party Billing 222
Chapter 10 Operational Workflow: Nursing 227
Nursing Process 228
Operational Workflow 230
Evidence-Based Practice 234
Nursing Technology Implementation 236
Nursing Technology Innovations 239
Chapter 11 Operational Workflow: Clinician 247
Challenges 248
Needs of the Clinician 252
Point-of-Care Devices 255
Implementing the Right Technology 257
Remote Access 259
Continuing Education 261
Regional Extension Center 261
Chapter 12 Clinical Applications 265
Maternal and Infant Care Systems 266
Radiology Information Systems 267
Picture Archiving and Communications System 268
Encounter Forms 271
Prescription Labels 272
Patient Eligibility 273
Third-Party Databases for Drugs 273
Third-Party Databases for Toxicology 274
Laboratory Systems 275
Disease Registries 276
Emergency Department Systems 277
Cardiology Systems 278
Clinical Decision Support Systems 278
Pharmacy Systems 279
Chapter 13 Administrative Applications 285
Practice Management System 286
Accounting Applications 289
Payroll Systems 290
Single Sign-On 291
Email 293
Hosted vs. Local Solutions 298
Servers 299
Productivity Applications 300
Payer Portals 301
Phone Systems 302
Chapter 14 Tying It All Together with Technology 307
Sizing a Practice 308
Network 310
Servers 314
Workstations 319
Regulatory Compliance 322
Deploying the EHR 324
Working with Physicians and Clinicians 326
Maintaining Sanity in Life 327
What’s in Our Toolkit? 330
Deployment Tasks Based on Practice Size 335
Chapter 15 Selecting the Right EHR Vendor 345
High-Level Overview 346
Controlling the EHR Blues 347
Challenges of Deploying an EHR System 348
EHR Benefits 349
Pricing Models 355
Narrowing the Selection 357
Computing Model 365
Should You Partner with an EHR Vendor? 368
Standard Terms and Contract Language 372
Summing It Up 374
Terms to Know 374
Review Questions 375
Appendix Answers to Review Questions 377
Glossary 391
Index 403
