Achieving Maximum Productivity and Performance: A Balancing Act for Public Health Departments. Here are three things you should focus on. There are three legs of a stool that every business, practice or department must balance to achieve maximum productivity and performance. Those are Product, Process and People. Balancing and optimally using all three legs […]
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Improve quality and Improve Funding for FQHCs
As the cost of healthcare continues to rise, the federal government looks to push preventative care and improved quality among Federally Qualified Health Centers. This can often lead to available grant funding awarded to Centers that can show improvement in preventable diseases and health issues. Recently, four FQHCs in Northeast Mississippi were awarded more than […]
Read MoreThe 2 Sides of Safeguarding your EHR Data from Cybersecurity Threats
In today’s electronic healthcare world, it is important to make the patient feel safe about sharing their health details. If they feel their personal health information (PHI) could be at risk of hackers, they may be more likely to withhold information, which could result (worst case scenario) in life threatening consequences. To fully create a […]
Read MoreThe FDA issues Guidelines Covering EHR Data in Clinical Trials
As Electronic Health Records (EHRs) become more prolific, their use and value in ongoing and new clinical trials becomes more important and also a point of confusion and contention on data quality and privacy concerns in the industry. A new document released by the US Food and Drug Administration is intended as guidance for principle […]
Read MoreRevised EHR Incentive Program Could Get Behavioral Health and Public Health Agencies on the Same Team
According to HealthIT.gov, “an estimated 26% of Americans age 18 and older are living with a mental health disorder in any given year, and 46% will have a mental health disorder over the course of their lifetime. In addition, an estimated 8% of Americans are in need of drug or alcohol abuse treatment.” Mental health and drug […]
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