Physician-Patient Encounters – The Physician Perspective

  Physician-Patient Encounters – The Physician Perspective   Michael Stearns, MD, CPC HIT Consultant High Level Physician Goals Develop a rapport with the patient Establish credibility with the patient Establish the reliability of the patient Gather information From the history From the examination...

Patient Safety and Electronic Health Records

Patient Safety and Electronic Health Records —  What Could Go Wrong? The Institute of Medicine, in a landmark article published in 1999 titled “To Err is Human,” estimated that nearly 100,000 people each year are killed by preventable medical errors.   Electronic health records (EHRs) have the...

EHR Events HIMSS Certificate of Excellence

 The Electronic Health Record Association gave two Certificate of Excellence awards to Dr. Michael Q. Stearns, at the 2012 Health Information Management Systems Society Annual Meeting. The awards were for leadership and assistance provided for initiatives related to Patient Safety and Meaningful Use. EHR...