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Be a Changemaker: Enter the Nightingale Notes Contest!

🎉 Exciting News! Join our extraordinary contest, starting on September 1st and running through December 31st! calling all passionate public health care staff who are making a difference in their communities. This is your chance to shine! Share your inspiring story about how Nightingale Notes has transformed lives and brought positive change. We're on the lookout for heartwarming anecdotes backed by real reports and data that showcase the impact of Nightingale Notes.

By Nicole Sowers|2023-08-21T12:07:14-05:00August 21st, 2023|Other Events|Comments Off

What Is A Workflow and How Can Workflows Benefit Public Health Departments and Staff?

Workflows are in use across a variety of industries but workflows benefit public health departments in particular. Public health department staff have many requirements and procedures to follow as well as copious amounts of data to collect and manage. In addition, those requirements can change and procedures may need to be updated. Workflows are a [...]

By Norah Savard|2021-07-30T12:44:43-05:00July 30th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

Omaha System International Conference

Champ Software will have a booth at the Omaha System International Conference again this year and we would love to connect with you! Nicole Sowers, Champ Software COO, will be speaking during the Friday morning session on "Adding Value to the Team," on chief health strategists and other trends in public health. About the Conference: [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2019-03-25T17:33:34-05:00March 7th, 2019|Tradeshow|0 Comments

Kitsap County Public Health District: Success in Measuring Outcomes

Kitsap Public Health District serves the population of Kitsap County, Washington (about 254,000 people, as of the 2013 census). Kitsap Public Health District has been a client of Champ Software since 2005. At a Champ Software Expert Webinar held in April, 2016, Suzanne Plemmons, MN, RN, PHCNS-BC, and then-Community Health Director (since retired), along with [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2017-11-13T10:37:29-06:00March 1st, 2017|Customer Success Story|0 Comments

When your EHR vendor networks with other vendors, you benefit!

A few days ago, I talked to a company that offers a physician’s portal meant to be used by the physician to consolidate all electronic documentation from all vendors. I thought to myself, “What a good idea!” Especially if we really expect physicians to use electronic documentation across the spectrum of caregivers in the world. The [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2018-06-21T04:46:23-05:00September 18th, 2014|Blog Expert|0 Comments

7 Steps to prepare for successful billing with your EHR

You have a new EHR and you've gotten the hang of charting. Now you are ready to set up your billing process. Here are 7 steps you want to follow to ensure your transition to billing with your EHR is successful: 1. Have an internal meeting to discuss what services need to be added These [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2017-08-10T14:08:35-05:00January 17th, 2014|Blog Expert|0 Comments

5 Commonly Asked Questions About EMR/EHR Claims Submissions

EMR/EHR claims submissions can raise a lot of questions, so I've answered five of the most common questions below. As an example, I've used Champ Software's EHR/EMR, Nightingale Notes. In Nightingale Notes, you can create an electronic claim, so if there are any missing pieces of data at the time of the claim generation, Nightingale [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2018-06-25T05:25:28-05:00January 16th, 2014|Blog Expert|0 Comments

The Basics of CCD

In this article, we'll cover the basics of CCD. A CCD is a Continuity of Care Document. Health entities use CCDs to send health information about patients to each other. Other terms related to CCDs that we'll cover include: HL7 and Mirth appliance. We'll talk about what these terms mean, how they're related to CCDs, [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2021-12-08T16:26:32-06:00January 13th, 2014|Blog Expert, CCD, Community Health, EHR, HIE, HL7, Mirth, Omaha System|0 Comments

Purchasing an EHR: What Will Be Your Change Management Approach?

Many of you out there have, or are on the cusp of purchasing, an Electronic Health Record (EHR) for your agency. How many of you have thought about what change management in EHR implementation approach you should be using while implementing your new EHR? For those of you out there "in-the-know", you might think, "overkill"? Absolutely [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2018-06-21T06:02:47-05:00January 12th, 2013|Blog Expert|0 Comments

Health Information Exchanges: What are They…And Why Should You Care? (Part 2)

This is the second part of a two part blog on Health Information Exchanges (HIE) – if you have not done so already, check out Health Information Exchanges: What are They...And Why Should You Care? (Part 1) to learn what HIEs are and their enormous potential benefits to clients, clinicians, administrators, educators, and researchers across all [...]

By Nicole Sowers|2017-08-10T12:49:14-05:00October 15th, 2012|Blog Expert|0 Comments