Information Technology for the Practicing Physician

Following both a patient and an employee through a physician visit, this is a "how-to" manual for implementing practice management solutions. The first section provides information and examples prior to the patient visit, and includes examples of physicians who utilize email and Web sites to attract patients, electronic scheduling systems to decrease wait time, and registration systems which can verify insurance information. The second section focuses on electronic medical records, electronic referral systems, billing and collection systems, and follow-up patient education and discharge information, thus portraying the "future physician office visit." The third section centres on the physician practice manager's daily operations and how technology can achieve efficacy.

Utilizing Technology to Arrange a Physician Visit.- Physician Practice Management: Into the Technology Age.- Workflow in the Primary Care Physician's Office: A Study of Five Practices.- Workflow Concepts: The Challenges of Managing Healthcare Business Processes.- Workflow and Usability.- Interviewing Patients with the Aid of a Computer.- Internet-Based Registration.- Utilizing Technology to Enhance a Physician Visit.- Clinical Documentation That Improves Patient Care (or Tips for Avoiding Potholes in the Road to the Electronic Medical Record).- Selecting and Installing an EMR: HPHC's Successful Implementation.- The Ambulatory EMR.- EMR Reduces Costs and Protects Revenues.- Patient Acceptance of Computerized Progress Note Documentation.- Key Characteristics of an Electronic Prescription Writer.- Clinical Software for Strengthening the Physician-Patient Relationship.- Computer-Based Patient Education: The X-PlainTM Experience.- E-Consultation and Education: Medicine Now.- The Health Network.- Utilizing Technology to Enhance Physician Practice Operations.- Billing for What Your Practice Deserves.- Duke University Medical Center.- St. Bernard's Finance System.- Credentialing Physicians.- Using Web Technology to Manage Care, Enhance Patient Experiences, and Improve Outcomes.- Implementation of IDX LASTWORD at Mercy Healthcare Sacramento.- Technology Across the Continuum of Care.- Implementing an Automated Clinical Messaging System.- EMRx Implementation at MedClinic of Sacramento.- PhyCor of Corsicana.- A Rapidly Evolving Definition of Telemedicine.- to Telemedicine.- Medical Applications and Benefits.- State of Security Features for Medical Information.- Establishing Information Security Policies.