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Ambulatory Medical Coding Ambulatory care involves a myriad of medical treatments and unique considerations. Outpatient care may be provided through many avenues including, but not limited to, diagnosis, injury, treatment, rehabilitation services, acute medical care, and surgical processes. Ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) are dedicated outpatient surgical settings, and as such, are reimbursed according to specific regulations and industry standards that fall under Medicare, Medicaid, and…

In today's society we have the use for technology is different aspects of our lives. We use technology in our personal life, as well as for our careers. Most industries use technology as a way to run their business in a professional and proficient manner. Today I researched on what impact technology has for Medical Coding and Billing. Medical billing process has changed a lot over the years. Before, billing was a laborious procedure and bills had to be submitted through email. Whereas,…

“Widespread meaningful use of fully functional electronic health records (EHRs) combined with a robust infrastructure for broad-base health information exchange can improve the quality, safety, and efficiency of healthcare for all Americans” (Blumenthal, 2010). The EHR is an effective communication system that is designed…

Electronic Medication Administration Records Affect on Patient Safety In today’s society it is excepted to receive exemplary quality care when admitted to a healthcare facility. This means that the patient is to receive safe and effective care from the nurse and interdisciplinary health care team, with the goal of obtaining positive patient outcomes. These goals can be partially obtained with the use of the advancements in information technology. Information technology has the potential to…

You slowly trample into a classroom, and you are tired, too tired to be there, too tired to look there, too tired to listen there and too tired to work there. You get cold, and then your eyelids drop, shut together, all done, checked out and hit the hay. You get your name called, you wake up and then your life's over, detention time for you, there goes that hot date you had with the boy of your dreams tonight. You ask the teacher why she says because you fell asleep. You think, “why exactly did…

The electronic health record system is intended to go beyond the data collected in a provider’s office and will entail a more comprehensive patient history. The EHRs will allow the patient's health records to move with them to other specialists, hospitals and health care providers. The system will enhance free choice of clinicians hence foster coordination with private and public community-based programs for children, infants, adolescents, and adults. It will also include a scope of services…

process that define the smaller steps in a process. Value case is a type of model which allows the stakeholders to identify the financial value of using a health information system. This evaluation process focuses on the lower level steps but that drive significant improvement within the healthcare organization processes as well improve the quality of health for patients. In this paper patient referrals in relation to meaningful use stage 1 and 2 will be analyzed using use case and value case. …

Students, teachers, and parents are still arguing that kids have too much homework. Kids are arguing that it’s a waste of time. Parents are arguing that it takes away the time they could be spending with family. Teachers are arguing that it’s more work on them because they have to grade multiple sheets of homework they give out. Kids should have less homework because it takes away valuable time that could be spent with family and too much homework can cause a lot of stress and students barely…

certified electronic health records (EHR). With EHR put into act we are now able to view real time information of patients medical history, past and current medications, immunization dates, any diagnoses or allergies, as well as testing and lab reports. It contains all complete and accurate information to give providers access to evidence based tools when making decisions of a patients care. Some EHRs now allow patients to access web portals to view their own health records and even email their…

Health information exchange (HIE) is the technique which allows healthcare providers including doctors, nurse, pharmacy and patients to appropriately access and securely share a patient's vital medical information by improving the speed, quality, safety and healthcare cost of the patient (HealthIT, 2014). There are various HIE models that are used throughout the country which are categorized based on how patient information are stored on them and their capacity to securely access on them by…