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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Part of the Nightingale Notes EHR software is CCD software which helps convert electronic CCD is a Continuity (Care Document) patient data into an easy to read PDF. A CCD is a Continuity of Care Document. So what does that mean for non-techies? Here's what you need to know. Communication Anytime we want to communicate [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Unless you are just entering the health care field or have been on a VERY long vacation, you are undoubtedly aware of the widespread acceptance and utilization of electronic health records (EHRs) across a wide variety of health care practice settings. EHRs offer numerous advantages over paper health records, including: Improved access to client/patient information [...]
When my mother Jeanne was very young her family had a wonderful family pet. A collie named Pete. Pete protected my mom and her brothers. He would hold little Jeanne’s wrist in his mouth as she crossed the street to visit her little friend. Pete walked little Jeanne all the way to the front door [...]
Imagine, it's the day of training... It's late in the afternoon, the room is warm, and you're mentally working on your grocery list. Your energy level is plummeting. Learning how to use your agency's new EHR is the LAST thing you want to be doing. If you're getting ready to plan a training and [...]
