Q: Where would pharmacy staff create a new RXM access group?
A: Pharmacy staff can create a new RXM access group by copying a current access group and edit via the RXM ACCESS GROUP Dicationary
If pharmacy staff wanted to edit a RXM group (i.e. Nursing) to default lookup by “generic,” where would that edit be made?
The [...]

Q: Physicians are afraid of EMR (Electronic Medical Record) project failure, so why should their practice go through the headache of integrating EMR now?
A: Murphy’s law states that if anything can go wrong, it will, and EMR integration is no stranger to this rule. However, project failure is certainly avoidable if the practice takes the [...]

Q: Nursing Charges: Many of our nursing charges, such as PICC line, transfusion or Telemetry are currently on paper. Is it possible to handle these items electronically within MEDITECH?
A: One of the easiest ways to automate this type of charging is to build it into the Nursing Interventions as part of a CDS. [...]

Q: How can I get information from my IT system?
A: Most healthcare organizations are under utilizing their primary IT system because they are not getting the reports they need to do their job. Because systems come with a basic set of (”canned”) reports, they try to use them, yet find them inadequate and incomplete. [...]

Q: Most physicians don’t understand the technology world, so how do physicians who view technology as something that is foreign to them even begin to understand which EMR/HIT vendor to choose?
A: It is important to choose an EMR/HIT vendor that caters to the needs of their practice, as different vendors offer slightly different things. It’s [...]

Q: How can my organization’s IT System assist in managing our denials?
A: By obtaining periodic computer generated reports showing your monthly denial rate and your monthly denial recovery rate. If your denials exceed 18% or your denial recovery rate is less than 80%, more effort should be spent on preventing and working denials.
Bruce Jacbos
Director, Financial [...]

Q: Since physicians don’t like change and are not often interested in changing the way they practice, why should they purchase electronic medical records (EMR) for their group practice?
A: Physicians interested in EMR for their practice should not view this as an all or nothing shift in the way they will practice medicine. MDs should [...]

Q: How do I get the physicians at our hospital interested in understanding and adopting our new investment in technology, rather than just showing up to our catered informational lunch meeting for the food?
A: A multi-pronged approach for getting physicians to adopt healthcare information technology (HIT) is necessary, and requires the guidance of a physician [...]

There have been oftentimes when I have been asked, “When our hospital information system vendor sold us our system, we were convinced the system would provide management with the type of financial information that would allow for quality decision-making on cash flow, revenue, accounts receivable analysis, etc. Now, after implementation, we can’t get quality, meaningful [...]

I have often heard, “If my organization does not have a Contract Management and Payment review process. How much Revenue do you think I might be losing?”
The bottom line is this, some estimates are 10-12% but as a general rule of thumb it is 3-6%, which in your organization may equate to Millions of Dollars. [...]