Marketing and Business

In this society, technologies have impact the world greatly. Marketing and business are the two examples significant fields that depend on technologies to function. However, health care systems have evolved since the creation of new technologies. With the technologies, physicians and nurses have more time to take care of their patients and keeping track on their health better. As for this, health care managers have the responsibilities of making sure all the information is accurate, the quality of the information should be clear, be able to secure all the records and have an access to the patients' information at any time on the computers. For these changes nurses, doctors, and health care managers can interact with other so that they can work together as a team to support the patients through their hard times. Therefore, technologies improved the chances for health care providers to help patients' health more stabilize.

According to the HiMSS, one of the award winner's case studies James F Holsinger, M.D. 2011 Davies Ambulatory Winner uses EHR system implantation to facilitate his office more suitable for patients' needs and want. Holsinger's office include 1,400 active patients, serving rural community about 20,000 people, with more than 60% of active patients are over the age of 50 in Keobuk, IA. His office accepts Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Health Care, Principal, Humana, Medicare and Medicaid. Most of his " payer mix for patient volume is comprised of; 56% who have commercial insurance, 23% from Medicare, 11% for Industrial/Disability, 6% for the private payers, uninsured or the indigent and 4% from Medicaid (HiMSS Davies Award Executive Summaries: James F Holsinger, M.D. 2011 Davies Ambulatory Winner)." Doctor Holsinger implemented eMDS as to use for his EHR for insurance, Labcore, insurance eligibility, drug formulary, and Surescripts for e-prescribing.

Doctor Holsinger started the EHR implementation so he can help his patients feeling safe while they are there and the can receive his reimbursement quickly. As for his first start using the EHR implementation, he had to plan out all the details so that his employees to get use to the new systems. Doctor Holsinger had to make sure that all his employees are ready to use the new EHR vendor for patients so they can be comfortable when putting the patients in the systems. Also, his goal was to receive insurance reimbursement within 45 days of submission and $50,000 will be the maximum for the spending when comparing with the original price of EHR investment. He tested the EHR vendor six months before accepting his first patient in January 2003. The planning is important for Doctor Holsinger because he has the chances to know that his EHR vendor will bring him the benefit of having the systems and will not wasting his time. Some EHR vendors can go wrong due to the changes in the systems that can't be able to change as quickly

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