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An integrated billing application to streamline clinician workflow.
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AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium [AMIA Annu Symp Proc] 2014 Nov 14; Vol. 2014, pp. 1141-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 14 (Print Publication: 2014). - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- Between 2008 and 2010, our academic medical center transitioned to electronic provider documentation using a commercial electronic health record system. For attending physicians, one of the most frustrating aspects of this experience was the system's failure to support their existing electronic billing workflow. Because of poor system integration, it was difficult to verify the supporting documentation for each bill and impractical to track whether billable notes had corresponding charges. We developed and deployed in 2011 an integrated billing application called "iCharge" that streamlines clinicians' documentation and billing workflow, and simultaneously populates the inpatient problem list using billing diagnosis codes. Each month, over 550 physicians use iCharge to submit approximately 23,000 professional service charges for over 4,200 patients. On average, about 2.5 new problems are added to each patient's problem list. This paper describes the challenges and benefits of workflow integration across disparate applications and presents an example of innovative software development within a commercial EHR framework.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1942-597X
- Volume :
- 2014
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 25954425