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Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022

Healthcare IT Today

Healthcare isn’t getting away from paper any time soon , between fax machines and backups when the EHR system goes down. The EHR vendor is paying the settlement to the federal government to settle a complaint of false claims and kickback allegations. Read more… Printing Isn’t Going Anywhere, So Implement It Properly.

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How Do Patient Portals and Personal Health Records Differ?

Lloyd Price

TETHERED PERSONAL HEALTH RECORDS VERSUS PATIENT PORTALS A tethered PHR, as defined by the ONC, is an online interface tied to an EHR with which patients may view and sometimes interact with their health data. A patient may have one portal for their primary care physician, as well as two more for their optometrist and dermatologist.