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Friday 30 September 2011

Huge Benefits of Healthcare BPO Services

 
 
The cost of managing the healthcare facility is rising consistently. Practitioners and hospitals are finding it very difficult to manage. The major overhead expenses are towards the back end processing activities. Most of the staff is busy managing the back end functions including appointment scheduling, maintaining electronic medical records, claims processing and so on. Here comes the role of healthcare bpo services that aims to streamline the overall back end processes of a medical setup and practice.
Healthcare bpo services ensure finding a reliable, experienced business partner who performs essential back-office services at reduced cost but not reduced accuracy, speed or security. It is a process wherein a professional organization takes over the processing of back end functions on behalf of the customer. The outsourcing helps the organization to concentrate on the main stream business and to get the processing done with lesser cost expenses.

The Increasing Need For Healthcare IT Services



There is tremendous pressure on the healthcare industry owing to both patient services as well as back end processing. The industry is so complex that major portion of time resources are spent on back end processing by doctors and their clinic staff. The same is true about hospitals, they cater to the large no. of patients as well as the huge amount of back end processing. Thanks to IT support companies that are offering healthcare IT services to streamline the overall back end process of clinics and hospitals.

These IT support companies are giving their services to medical practitioners and many other medical facilities. Services like 24*7*365 monitoring and repair, software management and up-gradation, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Electronic Health Record (EHR) support services, virus, spyware security and protection, onsite and remote help desk support services etc are being provided by them. There are many variations in these healthcare IT services as per the requirements of practice (or hospital).

Wednesday 14 September 2011

Overview of EHR Incentive Programs



EHR is the new age tool for the healthcare industry. Its transforming the healthcare industry by delivering unmatched advantages to physicians, hospitals as well as patients. EHR is collective in nature - it is a collection of patient medical records across different physician clinics and hospitals. EHR as compared to EMR provides doctors with better scope of diagnos and patient health management. However, implementation of EHR involves cost and hence the US government has announced EHR incentive programs. The Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Programs will provide incentive payments to eligible professionals, eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) as they adopt, implement, upgrade or demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology. 

The Medicare EHR Incentive Program will provide eligible professionals can receive up to $44,000 over five years under the Medicare EHR Incentive Program. There's an additional incentive for eligible professionals who provide services in a Health Professional Shortage Area (HSPA). The Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program will provide eligible professionals can receive up to $63,750 over the six years that they choose to participate in the program.

EHR - The Need of The Hour



Patient medical records play a crucial role in the overall process of treatment. Medical history of patients serves as the basis of diagnosis, line of treatment and patient management. The healthcare industry have gone a long way from manual process of patient medical record keeping to electronic medical records. The records are created in a digital format that facilities both doctors as well as patients. However, great benefit can be derived if these electronic medical records are stored centrally and linked to EHR (Electronic Health Records Software).

To many EMR and EHR are the same, however, in real practice there is a big different between the two. Electronic medical records are created by individual doctors for their use, however, EHR is the collective record of patient medical history across different clinics and hospitals. Collective records provide better scope for diagnosis and treatment. It wouldn't be wrong to say that EHR is the need of the hour.