Bill Would Offer More Ways To Avoid Medicare EMR Cut
Federal lawmakers have introduced a bill which would grow the list of exemptions physicians could seek to the Medicare penalties faced by those not meaningfully using an EMR.
The bill, which was filed in the House by Rep. Diane Black (R, Tenn) would add new hardship exemptions to an existing list which would help solo practice physicians and doctors who are approaching retirement, according to American Medical News.
As readers probably know, most doctors who don’t have a meaningfully-used EMR in place by July 2014 — roughly a year from now — face cuts to to Medicare reimbursement starting in 2015. The ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 25, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Katherine Rourke Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR Healthcare HealthCare IT HITECH Meaningful Use Diane Black EHR Exemptions EHR Hardship Exemptions EHR Penalties EHR Penalty Exceptions Medicare Reimbursement Cuts Solo Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 100: Getting Old
This week, FFFF is getting old – with its hundredth edition. The jokes are starting to sag, the factual reliability gave way long ago, but there is still a glimmer in its ancient roving eye. And this week the funtabulously frivolous focus is on… old things.
Question 1.
What is the world’s oldest surviving medical text?
Reveal the funtabulous answer!
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Even in 1900BC, legal disclaimers were amazingly convoluted.
The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus.
The Kahun Papyri were discovered near El-Lahun, Egypt in 1889 By ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 5, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Jo Deverill Tags: Arcanum Veritas Education Featured Frivolous Friday Five Health Medical Humor FFFF old Source Type: blogs
Funtabulously Frivolous Friday Five 100: Getting Old
This week, FFFF is getting old – with its hundredth edition. The jokes are starting to sag, the factual reliability gave way long ago, but there is still a glimmer in its ancient roving eye. And this week the funtabulously frivolous focus is on… old things.
Question 1.
What is the world’s oldest surviving medical text?
Reveal the funtabulous answer!
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Even in 1900BC, legal disclaimers were amazingly convoluted.
The Kahun Gynaecological Papyrus.
The Kahun Papyri were discovered near El-Lahun, Egypt in 1889 B...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - June 5, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Doctors Authors: Jo Deverill Tags: Arcanum Veritas Education Featured Frivolous Friday Five Health Medical Humor FFFF old Source Type: blogs
A Step Back in Time
By Nathan Ramsey, MD
I traveled to Ghana, West Africa, during the fall of 2010 with the sidHARTe program (www.sidharte.org) sponsored by the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. I spent six weeks at a district hospital participating in an educational program, the goal of which was to develop a curriculum and to focus on training midlevel providers in the basics of emergency medicine. Emergency medicine is a developing specialty in Ghana. Most emergency care is provided in ill-equipped casualty units in district hospitals. The units are rarely staffed by physicians and the first-line provider...
Source: Going Global - May 16, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
A Step Back in Time
By Nathan Ramsey, MD
I traveled to Ghana, West Africa, during the fall of 2010 with the sidHARTe program (www.sidharte.org) sponsored by the Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. I spent six weeks at a district hospital participating in an educational program, the goal of which was to develop a curriculum and to focus on training midlevel providers in the basics of emergency medicine. Emergency medicine is a developing specialty in Ghana. Most emergency care is provided in ill-equipped casualty units in district hospitals. The units are rarely staffed by physicians and the first-line provid...
Source: Going Global - May 16, 2013 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Hard Cases: The Traps of Treating Pain - NYTimes.com
I hadn't seen Larry in a dozen years when he reappeared in my office a few months ago, grinning. We were both grinning. I always liked Larry, even though he was a bit of a hustler, a little erratic in his appointments, a persistent dabbler in a variety of illegal substances. But he was always careful to avoid the hard stuff; he said he had a bad problem as a teenager and was going to stay out of trouble.It was to stay out of trouble that he left town all those years ago, and now he was back, grayer and thinner but still smiling. Then he pulled out a list of the medications he needed, and we both stopped smiling.According t...
Source: Psychology of Pain - May 15, 2013 Category: Psychiatrists and Psychologists Source Type: blogs
Cool New Class: Speakeasy Sweat, Inspired By -- You Guessed It -- The Great Gatsby
Practice your two-step and ball changes and get ready to kick up your heels, folks. (Really!) Just in time for the launch of one of the most anticipated movies of 2013, The Great Gatsby, New York Sports Club, Boston Sports Club and Washington Sports Club are rolling out a Gatsby-inspired dance cardio class. Think of it as Zumba for flappers: The moves build on each other, so even if you're a novice you'll be shimmying in no time and seamlessly linking the Charleston to swing steps. No need for a partner as all the choreography is solo, but we wouldn't mind if Leo DiCaprio or Tobey MacGuire showed up. (Source: The ND Blog:...
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - May 10, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Fitness Source Type: blogs
Get Pepper Potts' Natural Texture (Because Gwyneth Paltrow Looks Amazing in Iron Man 3)
Have you guys seen Iron Man 3 yet? I heard it was as awesome as the other two and am dying to go. Plus, it made more in its opening weekend than any other solo superhero, not to mention practically any movie ever. Personally, though, I was stoked to hear that Gwyneth Paltrow totally embraces her inner badass as Pepper Potts and, from what I've seen, looks gorgeous in the process. (I mean, hello! Look at her.) Here's how to get her beachy-cum-badass texture. (Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S.)
Source: The ND Blog: Notes from the Nutritionista by Monica Reinagel, L.D.N., C.N.S. - May 6, 2013 Category: Nutritionists and Food Scientists Tags: Beauty Gwyneth Paltrow beauty products beauty tips celebrity beauty entertainment hairstyle movies Source Type: blogs
A reference on hassles and burnout
My friend, Mark Linzer, studies burnout and hassles. He sent me this reference for you interest from the journal – Stress and Health:
Rapid changes in the US health care system may predispose to physician stress. This can impair patient interactions, diminish productivity, and lead to turnover in physician practices. A model with ‘therapeutic implications’ for prevention of stress would be beneficial. The US Physician Worklife Study is a stratified random survey of 5704 primary care and subspeciality physicians (2326 respondents, adjusted response rate 52 per cent). We assessed the contribution of the demand–c...
Source: DB's Medical Rants - May 4, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: rcentor Tags: Medical Rants Source Type: blogs
The Surgery - I Could Never Have Expected This
Mark is freakishly OCD about being on time or early everywhere we go, so when we left to go to the hospital for my surgery, the traffic was bad, it was lightly snowing (yes, I know, on April 19!!), and it appeared we were going to be a bit late. I kept trying to calm him down, telling him they give people huge windows of two to three hours before their surgery even begins to get there. Everyone has their buttons, though. His is traffic, another one of his is finding a parking spot in a parking lot. NOT a good pet peeve living in Chicago. Now *that* I totally dread. I can go from being so...
Source: bipolar.and.me - April 21, 2013 Category: Mental Illness Source Type: blogs
InfoSign Media Launches Cloud Version of ServDentist SOLO Patient Education Software
April 2, 2013, Montreal, Quebec: InfoSign Media, the leading provider of networked digital television content for dental offices, has announced a new cloud version patient educational solution for dental treatment rooms. ServDentist Solo is an interactive and on-demand educational tool designed for treatment rooms and available through an Internet connection. With ServDentist Solo, dentists now have access to more than 110 information clips from any desktop, laptop, or tablet comp...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - April 13, 2013 Category: Dentists Source Type: blogs
