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
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