Roadmap For Implementation Of An EHR System At A Practice

From an Information Technology point of view, there are six stages in the implementation road map.

Stage 1:Assessment
Stage 2:Planning
Stage 3:Selection
Stage 4:Implementation
Stage 5:Evaluation
Stage 6:Improvement

Lets examine each stage and develop the frame work of a road map.

Stage 1:Assessment

A Project team represented by staff with the appropriate skills is formed and regular team meetings are conducted. These team meetings continue through out the the six stages.

The first stage Assessment helps prepare the practice for the implementation by completing a Practice Readiness Assessment, This includes The profile of the Practice in terms of IT, assessment of Office staff usually conducted as an assessment Survey. A Hardware requirement analysis is also carried out at this stage."

Stage 2:Planning

The practice data collected in the previous stage (Practice Readiness Assessment, Practice profile (IT)& Office staff skills survey)is carefully reviewed and based on this, the electronic health records implementation goals are defined and improvement opportunities are identified and targeted.

Stage 3:Selection

Based on the above defined Implementation plan, the EHR system's requirements is defined. This will cover the EHR system configuration and a selection process and details of the goals that are archived based on the selection. The EHR system is selected in this stage.

Stage 4:Implementation

An EHR system implementation plan is created and the time lines for the implentation is agreed upon with the vendor. The implementation plan includes details on Intallation and configuration of Hardware and EHR system software. Staff training program is initiated and System testing follows.The staff begin to use the EHR system. A journal of experience and processes is maintained.

Stage 5:Evaluation

A post implementation review is condcuted and the Journal of experience/ processes is updated. The perfomance measures created during the planning phase are validated and a improvement plan is prepared.

Stage 6:Improvement

During this phase the EHR is modified to resolve issues encountered during the evaluation phase. Improvements as defined in the improvement plan are carried out.

The Author Prakash T.C.is a Support Manager at http://www.BinarySpectrum.com

Disaster recovery services through a Hosted PBX System

A virtual or hosted PBX system is usually projected as a cost effective solution to the ever expanding communication needs of a company. This system provides all the facilities that one can find in a conventional system, at a far lower cost. Apart from the cost effectiveness and rich features, a hosted PBX system can be utilized for disaster recovery services.

During natural disasters, a company that has implemented a premise based PBX system can suffer dire consequences owing to the destruction. Recovery is only possible if the telephone connections are restored. In such a case a hosted PBX service comes in handy. A hosted PBX system utilizes both the public telephone network and the Internet for delivering its service. Hence, any disruption in the telephone network does not have any severe effect in the working of the PBX system. The calls being managed by the service provider can be diverted via the Internet. Since all the telephone numbers and extensions are managed by the service provider, the clients can avail of their services irrespective of their geographic location. A company which has been affected by a natural disaster can therefore recover quickly by establishing its communication point at the nearest site where any telephone system or Internet connection is available.

Apart from being able to recover quickly, another benefit of a hosted system is the facility of maintaining the same old numbers. In a hosted PBX system, the extension numbers are provided and maintained by the service provider. Hence, a company that restores its communication hub through a new point of contact can get the same old numbers. This consistency in maintaining numbers helps a company in giving better service to its customers. The company need not announce a new customer care number in case a communication hub is established.

This article has been published by AccessDirect, a leading service provider of Unified Messaging System , Voicemail, and virtual or hosted PBX phone systems. For more information visit www.messagingservice.com.

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Iron Thread is a Powerful System for Achieving Health and Longevity

Iron Thread is a complex of exercises developed by Shaolin Temple monks during centuries. Practicing Iron Thread exercises Shaolin Temple monks achieved amazing results in Kung Fu and became invincible fighters.

However, besides the fighting aspect, Iron Thread is a powerful health improvement method. With the help of isometric exercises and breathing techniques, Iron Thread fills all internal body organs with Qi energy and increases internal body reserve. As a result, organism rejuvenates and keeps its strength and power even to deep old age.

The basis of Iron Thread consists of 12 "Arms-bridges": Tan (hardness), Zhou (flexibility), Bi (compulsion), Chzhi (straightness), Fen (division), Din (fixation), Tsun (instant), Ti (raise), Lju (abandonment), Jun (movement), Chzhi (suppression), Din (correction).

Besides, you should use the contrary factors. Using Qi, the life-giving spirit power, you increase physical forces. Pay attention to the waist and kidney defense. Breathe loudly so that your breath got particular features like for instance joy, anger, grief and gaiety. This is quite that what differs this single combat style from others. I consider that the most complicated thing in Tiet Sin Qigong mastering is the respiration itself and regulation of Qi as well as sound utterance and internal power application. If the above-mentioned items are performed badly, you will get no use or can even harm yourself.

Practicing Iron Thread, it is necessary to remember always one important rule to avoid health damage. It is strongly prohibited to do these exercises with breathing stop. In normality, Q energy circulates together with blood through whole organism and supports regular function of all internal organs.

When you perform force exercise with maximum effort, a powerful surge of Qi occurs. With breathing stop, Qi energy also stops circulation and accumulates in certain vital organs, which causes their damage. That is why fatal cases often occure with weight-lifting sportsmen. Blood excess (and Qi excess too) rises to brain and causes cerebral hemorrhage. The heart and other organs can be damaged as well.

Therefore, it is essential to be very careful practicing Iron Thread exercises and not to do them as isometric, i.e. with breathing stop. In spite of the fact that the exercises are performed with isometric exertion, the hands go forward slowly and simultaneously with exhalation.

In the interval between exhalation, the short limited inhalation takes place. As a result of such breathing, Qi (and blood as well) circulates freely throughout the whole body without any side effects.

On the contrary, Iron Thread is very useful for those with weak health or suffered serious illness. Hung Gar Kung Fu history mentions about quite a number cases when weak health people started practise Iron Thread and not only recovered the health, but, in addition, became famous Kung Fu masters and lived until deep old age.

Alexander Popov dedicated about 20 years to Shaolin Hung Gar Kung Fu. He is the successor of Hung Gar Kung Fu tradition in the 8th masters' generation. Website: Shaolin Kung Fu and Qigong http://www.shaolin-kungfu-qigong.com

Cut Down On Business Paperwork With HR Workflow Management Software

At its simplest definition, workflow is the movement of documents and/or tasks through a work process, and for many people, the idea of Human Resources and workflow in business involves the improvement of processing paperwork. Workflow is the operational aspect of a work procedure: how tasks are structured, who performs them, how they are synchronised, how tasks are tracked; the tasks involved in determining workflow are numerous and can have a serious impact on a business' productivity. The most common HR processes include appraisals, new starters, maternity, absence, holiday booking and leavers.

Workflow involves various components and people and each facet must integrate with the others in order to process and complete a task. For example, an employee wants to book a holiday and fills in a paper form. Details of the holiday from will be delivered to the employee?s line manager, who will check to see if there is sufficient cover before authorizing the holiday. The paper form is then delivered to the HR department who then makes a note of details of the employee?s holiday and subtracts the time from the employees holiday balance. The employee then receives a form showing that the holiday has been authorized and details of their new holiday balance.

Workflow is critical to driving greater efficiency within HR. It is a process which delivers the right work to the right people at the right time, eradicating the need for highly labour intensive activities and considerably reducing the need for paper to be pushed around the office. In essence Workflow can help to reduce costs, improve productivity, provide faster processing times and of course is a major player in helping to sustain the world?s declining tree population. A HR process may require interaction from many departments. Therefore, HR processes are well suited for automation because typically these processes are paper based, manual and prone to error and delay.

With workflow management becoming more and more critical in driving greater efficiency within your business, the ever changing demands on HR and business to become more effective, productive and profitable has led to many software solution companies introducing HR software designed to manage HR workflow; allowing labour intensive activities to be automated. Operating in tandem with process tracking, businesses can ensure that progress can be monitored effectively. For example, ASR Computers recently launched their .NET HR Workflow module, which is written in .NET technology and compliments the company?s existing HR and Payroll software product range,..

ASR?s .NET HR Workflow module management tool which gives HR professionals the functionality to re-engineer their HR processes and assist with the efficient running of their HR department; allowing for the use of electronic forms instead of paper. Consequently, a range of benefits are achieved - including process visibility, which is a key factor for tracking progress and improvement.

Andrew Regan is an online, freelance journalist.