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Making It Work - Electronic Medical Record for Long Term Care Organizations

The growing use of electronic medical records is critical to the long term perservation of patient data in health organizations across the world. There is no sole group that that can hold an entire record of a patient. It is ideal that every detail of a patient's medical record can be accessed within the organization. However, there are two main issues that face the long term viability of electronic medical record systems. First, health care organizations do not normally give patients direct access to their medical records and engage in file sharing with their rivals. Second, patients want to ensure that their health records are adequately secured from unwanted intruders such as insurance companies, local pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers. Health organizations need to constantly work on the accuracy of a patient's medical record. Constant updates on the health condition should be made in order for doctors to have a clear idea on a patient's health pattern a

Medical Billing Course

Various statistical reports show that medical billing is among those touted as the fastest growing occupations in the field of medical practice. For these reason, many enterprising individuals want to get into the bandwagon and start up medical billing companies of their own or start looking for jobs that involves medical billing. Now, here in lies the problem. Most people's perception of medical billing is "easy money." This is probably brought on by the proliferation of classified and Internet ads that scream "Medical billing! Earn Hundreds of Dollars overnight!" While we all want to believe these ads to be true, the fact of the matter is they're not. Medical billing won't make you rich overnight. Neither will other kinds of career, unless you're extremely lucky and you win the lottery all the time. However, that's not saying that medical billing is not a lucrative career to get into. The truth is it is but it requires hard work, dedi