July/Aug 2010

Features

Thinking on Paper: Documenting Decision Making

Robert L. Edsall; Kent J. Moore

Strategies for Reducing Costs in Your Medical Community: The Grand Junction Experience

Roger C. Shenkel; David West

EHR Satisfaction: User Characteristics Matter

Kenneth G. Adler; Joel Shields; Robert L. Edsall

Is Your Medicare Payer Playing by the Rules?

Cindy Hughes

Departments

From The Editor

Does Your Practice Deserve an Award?
Robert L. Edsall

Opinion

Three Bright Ideas for Improving Electronic Health Record Usability
Jeff Belden

The Last Word

Stay Out of the "Teachers' Lounge"
Teresa Kulie

Practice Pearls

• Invite Patients to Listen While You Dictate the Note • Help Patients Differentiate Good and Bad Cholesterol • Revive the Physician-Patient Relationship • Create a "Web Dashboard" • Communicate Well With Patients When Using an EHR

Coding & Documentation

• Preventive Care Visit + Procedure? • 23-hour Observation Stay • Defining New Patients in a Group Practice

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