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Quality Assurance Role in a Scrum Environment
In a traditional waterfall development cycle, developers will be separated from the rest of the company in a sense and begin coding for several months. Once they become “code complete,” this will then be handed off onto the Quality Assurance (QA) department. Normally by this point there is already an expected release date set, meaning the QA team has to work hard to be finished with all of their testing by the end of the agreed upon date. As you can imagine, this puts a lot of pressure on QA. Up until now, the developers have been...
read moreBandwidth Speed Increase!
We are proud to announce that we have upgraded our main and backup lines from 10MB Download/Upload to 60MB Download/Upload at our central office. What does this mean? Better performance for all SOAPware users. Not only will this directly affect all SHS customers, but also anyone that uses SMARText, Faxing, or E-Prescribing should see an increase. Along with the increase of Bandwidth, we have also begun moving SHS sites to a brand new Data Center that we have chosen. All new SHS sites have for the past 2 months been put on new servers and...
read moreWhat’s Wrong With This Picture?
A physician and a patient are sitting in an exam room. The physician has an EHR, and the patient appreciates that their doctor employs technology for the betterment of their health. But as the visit gets underway, the patient begins to wonder: why is the doctor paying more attention to the computer than to me? There is no lack of concern from the physician community that this conundrum (and the future requirements for Meaningful Use) will erode the foundation of the patient-doctor relationship in primary care. And the concerns are...
read moreThe Importance of Empathy in Software Design
Recently several of us on the SOAPware development team watched a series of presentations on software user interface design. The series was done by Robbie Ingebretsen as a part of Microsoft’s MIX 09 conference. It served as a great reminder of how important (and difficult) it is to design software that is intuitive to users and allows them to work as effortlessly as possible. Though Robbie shared several helpful points regarding good design, one that was particularly striking is the idea that empathy is key to making good software. A simple...
read moreSOAPware forms digital image capture partnership with Ambir Technology
New joint venture brings Ambir hardware, software to SOAPware customers ELMHURST, ILL., January 23, 2012 – Ambir Technology, a leader in digital image capture solutions, today announced an hardware and software partnership with SOAPware, Inc., a market leader in electronic medical record (EMR) software. The two are confident the union of their product lines brings comprehensive digital document management solutions to customers in the healthcare industry. “Our customers are looking for an easy, secure way to scan into our EMR...
read moreImplementation: It’s All About the Team
Effective teamwork is essential in the provision of high quality healthcare. The division of labor among clinicians, nursing, and clinical support staff determines the effectiveness of interdisciplinary teamwork which, in turn, has a direct impact on enhancing clinical outcomes in the provision of healthcare. Similarly, successful EMR implementation requires a team approach to organizational change. EMR implementation is not merely about buying and rolling out the technology. It’s not about giving people new toys, and it’s not about...
read moreClean Code
My wife and I have very different methods of keeping the house clean. She will walk into a room, and within a few seconds, it will look like the aftermath of a hurricane. Clothes strewn all over the room, makeup powder lining the counter, discarded shoes that didn’t meet muster for the “outfit of the day”. It’s like watching the Tasmanian Devil move through an area leaving a path of destruction behind. When it comes time to clean up, my wife does the whole process with just as much fervor but in reverse. She becomes this...
read moreMenu Set Measure: Clinical Lab Results
Since many customers are working on meeting the Meaningful Criteria, there have been a lot inquiries about how to meet the criteria for the Menu Set Measure Clinical Lab Results. The questions have been centered around exact verbiage and whether or not labs that are scanned into the patient chart will qualify for Meaningful Use. The measure reads: “More than 40 percent of all clinical lab test results ordered by the EP during the EHR reporting period whose results are either in a positive/negative or numerical format are...
read moreData Recovery and HIPAA
Unfortunately, the most common types of disasters are not localized to a single healthcare institution and this means data is still susceptible to loss or damage in spite of one’s utmost planning. For once, the government actually understands your plight. Allowances are made for lost data, however, you will need to be aware of the HIPPA laws concerning data recovery in order to maintain compliance. When acquiring damage restoration services, contracts will need to include the following: 1.Method of recovery 2. Extent of information...
read moreDisaster Planning 101
In the last blog by K. Stripling, our readers learned how to back up their SOAPware data and why this is a crucial task. Maintaining data security and integrity is imperative in order to satisfy legislative criteria and to ensure the efficient operation of one’s practice in the case of unforeseen events. HIPPA mandates all healthcare facilities to establish data backup, disaster recovery, and emergency mode operation plans (Section 164.308 ,(7)(ii)(A-E)). Currently there is no comprehensive regulation to require how these plans are...
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