Feb 2005
Features
Purchasing an Affordable Electronic Health Record
Practicing Without Paper Charts: One Clinic's Experience
Electronic Health Records: A User-Satisfaction Survey
How to Select an Electronic Health Record System
Departments
Editor's Page
Electronic Health Records: Taking the Plunge
Robert L. Edsall
Getting Paid
New Year, New Medicare Benefits
Kent J. Moore
Improving Patient Care
Managing the Habitual No-Show Patient
Tito Izard
Balancing Act
Making the Most of Every Minute
Carla Jardim
Letters
• How Will Data Standards Affect EHRs?
• Full Financial Disclosure Would Help EHR Assessment
Coding & Documentation
• Care Plan Oversight for Medicare Patients • ICD-9 Code for Prescription Drug Management • Work RVUs for OB Ultrasound • Coding Cerumen Removal • Newborn-care Codes • Telephone Care • Coding Visits to Care Facilities • HCPCS Code for Depo-Testosterone • Deep Excision of a Lipoma
Monitor
• EHR Certification Process to Begin by Summer • Most Family Physicians Will Convert to Electronic Health Records, Says Survey • Malpractice Premiums Decline in at Least One State • Public Weighs in on Top Health Care Priorities
Ask FPM
• When to Notify Your Malpractice Insurer About a Claim • Document Refills Thoroughly • Agreements to Limit Liability
Practice Diary
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