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Making the Most of It!. Harness the EMR to Improve Quality. James R. Morrow, M.D. North Fulton Family Medicine Cumming, Georgia. Data Mining. Identify patients needing preventive care Report by age, sex, matched to CPT codes/referrals in chart
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Making the Most of It! Harness the EMR to Improve Quality James R. Morrow, M.D. North Fulton Family Medicine Cumming, Georgia
Identify patients needing preventive care Report by age, sex, matched to CPT codes/referrals in chart Prepare mail-merged letters without that canned look and feel Preventive Services
Notify patients of discontinued medications Baycol Vioxx Bextra The “next” one Medication Alerts
What you think you're doing vs. reality HgbA1c Mammogram Pap smear Colonoscopy Stress testing Quality Measures
Identify patient populations All the necessary data is there to help you do clinical trials Makes your practice much more desirable to the pharmaceutical companies Clinical Research
Double-check insurers' quality data Defend against claims of sub-par care Defend against claims of overcoding or undercoding Payor Allegations
To this… North Fulton Family Medicine, P.C. 1100 Northside Forsyth Drive, Suite 240 Cumming, GA 30041 Thomas E. Bat, M.D. James R. Morrow Jr., M.D. Terence L. Moraczewski, M.D. David Hall, M.D. Michelle R. Jenkins, M.D. Mark A. McElhannon, M.D. Saju I. Mathew, M.D. MarVetta Scott, M.D. NAME: Jim Rowley AGE: 35 years ADDRESS: 123 Any Street, Cumming, GA DATE: 4/12/2005 PHONE: 205-123-4565 DOB:05/25/1969 Rx: LIPITOR, 10MG (PO Tab) #30 Tab 1 Tab, PO, qd REFILL: x2 TIME(S) ______________________________ James R Morrow, M.D. SIGNATURE ELECTRONICALLY GENERATED/PASSWORD ENCODED
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