White paper on how to access, use and integrate the National Provider Index. Use the contact form below to request this publication.
5.4 Million provider healthcare database maintained by US health and human services
read more
Medical records retrieval blogs
Are EMR/EHR systems helping patient care?
More than six in 10 primary care physicians say EHRs (electronic health records) have led to improved patient care, generally and in their own practices, and that they’re at least somewhat satisfied with the digital documentation systems they use, according to a new...
Is your medical identity safe?
The threat of medical identity theft is on the rise as the health-care industry grapples with a growing rash of data breaches. The ease and accessibility of medical data is fueling the increase in ID theft. Paige Hanson, the Identity Education Lead at Symantec’s...
Are medical providers overcharging for copying medical records?
US Government Accountability Office researched1 on fees for copying medical records encountered by patients and third-party retrieval companies. The 14 May 2018 study found that healthcare providers are charging fees that patients consider excessive. This is...
What does it cost to hire a health information technician?
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that Medical records and health information technician made a median wage of $39,180 in 2017. They reported that these technicians earned this wage as they: Review patients’ records for timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and...
Protect your patients from invalid EHR entries
Protect Your Patients from Invalid EHR Entries Download our free guide on Best Practices to Prevent Common EHR Errors
Is your medical records retrieval service harming your patients?
A pew charitable trusts study found that the automatic record matching systems cause frequent errors with 20% of hospital chief information officers reporting patient harm caused by these incorrect records. These incorrect matches are caused by human data entry...
Real time EMR data entry
We live in an era of advanced medical care. Patient care has been touched upon by technology and the result has been a dramatic improvement in the levels of services. However, EMR data entry continues to remain a challenge for the medical experts. From causing a long...
How do electronic health records help increase revenue?
1. Traditional paper records are more susceptible to errors often resulting in lower billing. EHR software can increase revenues by facilitating accurate capturing of charges for all services rendered by health care organizations thereby avoiding lost revenues....
Data security for medical records management
In USA alone, it is estimated that there are more than a billion visits to doctors’ offices, clinics and hospitals annually, resulting in multiples of medical records being created and shared, essentially requires a lots of medical records management. Why is security...
