EMR Developers Shocked to Learn How Their Software is Actually Used
Several developers of widely-used electronic medical record (EMR) software were invited out of their cubicles last week for a much-hyped tour of the real-world health care system.
A volunteer team of medical office managers showed...
Report: 55% of Time Spent in Front of EHRs, Other 45% Spent Cursing at...
BOSTON, MA - In a report that is both shocking yet not shocking at all, a Harvard University report states that health care professionals spent 55% of their work day in front of an...
EHR team regrets letting clinicians vote on project name as BONER upgrade goes live
Multiple Electronic Health Systems consultants expressed regret Monday over a poorly conceived plan to allow clinicians to vote on their system's project name as BONER upgrade goes live.
"I believe the idea came from one...
Cost-Cutting Savvy: IT Replacing Computer Mice with Real Mice
LOS ANGELES, CA - Health care systems are always implementing innovative new ways to defray costs, and it turns out Los Angeles Medical Center (LAMC) has come up with the best idea yet, today...
ICD-10 Primer, Lesson 7: The Fortune Cookie “In Bed” Modifier
We all know that the ICD-10 committee has a sense of humor, because 68,000 codes?! HAHAHAHA!!!!! That’s HILARIOUS! Well, turns out they have another joke up their sleeve.
To spice things up, the ICD-10 committee...
Prior Authorization Now Requires Prior Authorization
WASHINGTON, DC - Prior authorization - the time-sink, inefficient, and soul-sucking process used by health insurance agencies to determine and eventually deny coverage for a wide range of medications, services, or procedures in order...
Supply of ICD-10 Codes for COVID-19 “Dangerously Low”
ATLANTA, GA - Just when the situation couldn't get any more dire for health care professionals on the front line, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) reports the supply of...
God Requires Prior Authorization Before Divine Intervention
HEAVEN ABOVE - Unfortunately for patient Lucas Von hopes for a cure have been put on hold as the ultimate provider of us all, God, Our Lord and Savior, requires prior authorization for divine...
ZDoggMD: ‘Electronic Health Record State of Mind’
ZDoggMD produces another dope video about our favorite topic, electronic health records (EHRs) sang to New York. Mad props to Devin Moore for hitting those high Alicia Keys notes!! And check out http://zdoggmd.com for lyrics,...
EMR Seeks Upgrade in Physician Users
In a breathtaking technological leap, the EMR Purgatory recently shut down all screens at City Hospital in order to send the message: ‘Please upgrade users.’ IT staff were stunned, at first by the apparent...
