Azalea Health Innovations Friends Newsletter – November 2009

IN THIS ISSUE

* Welcome
* SMITH Northview Hospital New Website
* 2009 EMR Survey by the AAFP just released
* Billing for H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccinations
* Greater Valdosta United Way Roof Sit Friday November 27th
* Upcoming Events

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Welcome

Greetings to all of our Azalea Health Innovations friends. We hope you enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday and this month’s AHI Friends Newsletter.

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SMITH Northview Hospital New Website

We are proud to announce launch of the new SMITH Northview Hospital website:
http://www.SmithHospital.com/

The new website has many new features and much more content that helps patients learn more about the facility and the hospital’s available services. If you have a friend or family member that is a patient at SMITH Northview Hospital, please go to their website and send them a FREE E-Card. The new website was developed and is powered by Azalea Health Innovations.

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2009 EMR Survey by the AAFP Just Released

Overview: The 2009 American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Survey of Over 2,000 Physicians using EMRs.

* Praxis ranked #1 out of the top 22 EMRs in the following categories: Training and Support; Practice Higher Quality Medicine; Disease Management; Health Maintenance

* In all categories Praxis EMR scored in the top half or better and 3rd overall! Note: In E-Prescribing Praxis did score 13th out of the 22 EMRs surveyed only because E-Prescribing was just released with Praxis V5 and not part of the survey (one exception). Praxis 4 still has a very good E-Prescribing component. No telling how good Praxis 5 would have scored!

* In what the AAFP considers the top 4 response spectrum’s that seem particularly likely to be important to anyone selecting a system, Praxis EMR scored 1st, 1st, 2nd and 4th! They are: “Our Vendor provides excellent training and support,” Praxis scored 1st. “This EHR/EMR enables me to practice higher quality medicine than I could with paper charts,” Praxis 1st. “This EHR/EMR is worth the expense” Praxis scored 2nd. “I am highly satisfied with this EHR/EMR” Praxis scored 4th.

Link to AAFP and Survey:
http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/publications/journals/fpm.html

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Billing for H1N1 (Swine Flu) Vaccinations

As more and more Swine Flu vaccinations become available to medical providers, it is important to know the appropriate codes to get properly reimbursed. Here are the billing codes for the H1N1 swine flu vaccination:

Medicare
G9142 INFLUENZA A (H1N1) VACCINE, ANY ROUTE OF ADMINISTRATION
G9141 INFLUENZA A (H1N1) IMMUNIZATION ADMINISTRATION (INCLUDES THE PHYSICIAN COUNSELING THE PATIENT/FAMILY)

DX: V04.81 (just like the regular flu vaccine)

Medicaid/Private Insurance
90470 H1N1 IMMUNIZATION ADMINISTRATION (INTRAMUSCULAR, INTRANASAL), INCLUDING COUNSELING WHEN PERFORMED
90663 INFLUENZA VIRUS VACCINE, PANDEMIC FORMULATION, H1N1

DX: V04.81

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Greater Valdosta United Way Roof Sit Friday November 27th

Azalea Health Innovations are proud supporters of the Greater Valdosta United Way. Come join us this Friday November the 27th at the Valdosta Mall as the United Way Way will be hosting its annual Roof Sit to collect donations for this year’s campaign.

Click the following link for more information on how to contribute to this years campaign:
https://volunteer.united-e-way.org/cng-uwa/donate/?sdn=12440F

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Upcoming Events

HomeTown Health will be presenting the Georgia Rural Health Information Technology (HIT) Conference on December 10th beginning at 9 am at the Anderson/Goodwill Conference Center in Macon. HomeTown Health is an organization of more than 50 rural and small hospitals in Georgia.

Keynote Speaker – Ned Ellington with the Office of National Coordinator (ONC)

Baha Zeidan, CEO of Azalea Health Innovations will be speaking to the conference on Secure EHR Lab Results available to Patients, Physicians & Hospitals to meet EHR Meaningful Use Milestones for HIT Funding.

See our FaceBook Page for more information:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207063207215&index=1

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Thank you!

Azalea Health Innovations, Inc.
100 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA 31601

Toll Free: 877-777-7686
Local: 229-269-4620
Toll Free Fax: 866-683-8679
Web: http://www.AzaleaHealth.com
Email: info@azaleahealth.com

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Azalea Health Innovations Friends Newsletter – October 2009

IN THIS ISSUE

* Welcome
* New Features in Praxis EMR 5.0
* Tax Incentives for Purchasing EMR and Computer Equipment Before End of Year
* Azalea Health Innovations and EndoThelix Agreement
* Upcoming Events

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Welcome

Greetings to all of our Azalea Health Innovations friends. We hope you enjoy this month’s Newsletter.

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New Features in Praxis EMR 5.0

-Datum
A major improvement to our software is the introduction of DATUM, which will allow you to embed discrete data within free text.

DATUM allows you to use your own words when documenting your work, while enabling you, and the rest of the world, to obtain discrete data required for analysis, flowcharting, query and interoperability.

-The New Praxis Dataminer
This new feature will allow anyone with minimal training in SQL Language programming to query your Praxis database. Furthermore, developed queries can be shared with other clinics that use Praxis.

-PraxCoder(tm)
This feature allows for automatic “Level of Service” advice and documentation.

-Laboratory References
The system will track any orders, including labs, and link the results with the original order.

-E-Prescribing
This feature allows your prescriptions to be transmitted to the pharmacy of your choice electronically. It interfaces with Surescript™, which currently holds the monopoly on the American market in e-prescribing.

-New Vaccination Module
Praxis 5 includes a module for vaccines that meets all requirements, including the new requirements for interoperability, Pediatrics, and Family Practice.

-External Hyperlinking
Praxis 5 allows you to hyperlink any document existing outside of Praxis for instant access and future review.

Call or email us at Azalea Health Innovations to schedule a Praxis EMR demo.

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Tax Incentives for Purchasing EMR and Computer Equipment Before End of Year

The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 included special provisions for Section 179, and greatly increased the limits on how much businesses can deduct. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 extended those provisions until this year’s end. Section 179 allows small and medium size businesses to deduct the full amount of equipment purchases including computers and software in the first year up to $250,000 for tax year 2009.

Beginning in 2011, physicians are eligible to receive up to $44,000 per provider spread over 5 years in Medicare reimbursements for the adoption of a qualified EMR system. The government will have established “meaningful use” criteria by the end of 2009. Healthcare providers will need to meet this criteria to qualify for reimbursements. Now is the time to act for physician practices in EMR adoption to allow time for proper training of clinical and administrative staff before 2011 when meaningful use criteria and reimbursements will go in to effect.

Through our partner financing vendors, Azalea Health Innovations can offer deferred $1 buyout capital leasing options so lease payments will not begin until reimbursements start in 2011. For more information on implementing Electronic Medical Records, Practice Management Systems or Practice Revenue Management please contact Azalea Health’s Sales and Marketing Department at (877) 777-7686 ext 14 or email at info@azaleahealth.com.

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Azalea Health Innovations and EndoThelix Agreement

Azalea Health Innovations recently signed a contract with Endothelix, Inc. to deliver the laboratory results for the innovative product VENDYS®. VENDYS® is a non-invasive, inexpensive, and easy-to-use vascular function test machine. Azalea LabHub™ an easy to customize, easy to use, web-based laboratory ordering and resulting system will be the platform for communicating between the VENDYS® machine, the Laboratory, and the providers. We look forward to our partnership with EndoThelix, Inc.

To learn moreabout EndoThelix technology please go to:
http://www.endothelix.com/technology.html

To learn more about Azalea LabHub™, please visit:
http://www.azaleahealth.com/azalea_labhub

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Upcoming Events

-HomeTown Health 10th Annual Fall Meeting at Callaway Gardens November 11th – 13th

Azalea Health Innovations recently partnered with HomeTown Health, an organization of rural and small to medium sized hospitals, located throughout the state of Georgia. AHI looks forward to assisting HTH reach its goals and objectives with the over 50 hospital members. Azalea LabHub™ was recently chosen by HTH as the Laboratory ordering and resulting system of choice for its member hospitals.

For more information about HomeTown Health including its objectives and goals please visit:
http://www.hometownhealthonline.com/Home/tabid/3072/Default.aspx

Additional information on Azalea LabHub™ or any of our other services can be found by visiting:
http://www.azaleahealth.com/

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Thank you!

Azalea Health Innovations, Inc.
100 North Patterson Street
Valdosta, GA 31601
Toll Free: 877-777-7686
Local: 229-269-4620
Toll Free Fax: 866-683-8679

Web: http://www.AzaleaHealth.com/
Email: info@azaleahealth.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Azalea-Health-Innovations/145238319941?ref=ts
Twitter: http://twitter.com/azaleahealth

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Azalea Health Innovations recently partnered with HomeTown Health, an organization of rural and small to medium sized hospitals, located throughout the state of Georgia. AHI looks forward to assisting HTH reach its goals and objectives with the over 50 hospital members. Azalea LabHub™ was recently chosen by HTH as the Laboratory ordering and resulting system of choice for its member hospitals.

For more information about HomeTown Health including its objectives and goals please visit:
http://www.hometownhealthonline.com/Home/tabid/3072/Default.aspx

Additional information on Azalea LabHub™ or any of our other services can be found by visiting: http://www.azaleahealth.com/