Longitudinal Medical Record e-Newsletter

Volume 1. Number 3

IN THIS ISSUE

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 

• LMR Fall 2009 release scheduled for November 13, 2009
• LMR e-Prescribing module successfully completes SureScripts® certification process
• All laptop computers must be encrypted by December 31, 2009
• Did you know? You can document an entire flu shot clinic with just a few clicks with LMR Batch Entry

 

LMR Fall 2009 release scheduled for November 13, 2009 Top of Page

The LMR development team is in the final testing phase for the Fall 2009 software release.

 

The release will be deployed Friday evening, November 13th.

 

Some New Features:

 

• LMR Homepage - user defined view of outstanding tasks from select LMR Desktop modules (clinical messages, results manager)
• LMR Allergies - allergy entry screen has been modified to encourage the selection of coded entries
• LMR Visit Summary - enhancements - addition of custom paragraphs, print educational material, ability to suppress information from printing...and more

 

LMR Home Page Reference Guide  click here
For a snapshot of what's new in the LMR Fall 2009 release  click here

 

LMR e-Prescribing module successfully completes SureScripts® certification process Top of Page

The LMR is pleased to announce that the LMR prescribing module has successfully completed the SureScripts® (formerly Rx-Hub) e-Prescribing certification process.

 

SureScripts® is the infrastructure to which technology vendors, pharmacies, payers, and pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) connect in order to exchange medication information electronically according to industry standards.

 

These additions to the LMR prescribing module reinforce the growing importance of e-prescribing as a way to improve the safety, accuracy and efficiency of the prescribing process and will provide LMR users with more information at the point of care to determine the most clinically appropriate and cost effective medication for their patient.

 

With the completion of this work the LMR meets one of the most important criteria for federal e-prescribing incentives.

 

The LMR is poised to roll out the new e-Rx functionality on November 13th, features include:

 

• Eligibility request - Does the patient have pharmacy benefits?
• Formulary request - Is the drug I want to prescribe covered for this patient?

 

Click here to learn more about the medication module changes associated with SureScripts® integration

Click here to access a reference document that outlines the new SureScripts® functionality

 

All laptop computers must be encrypted by December 31, 2009 Top of Page

Under Federal and Commonwealth law, Partners is required to encrypt all portable devices maintaining electronic protected health information (EPHI) and/or personal information (PI). All Partners and non-Partners laptop computers that connect to the Partners network must be encrypted through the installation of encryption software.

 

What is encryption? encryption is a mechanism that ensures that EPHI or PI on lost or stolen portable devices cannot be accessed by unauthorized individuals.

 

All devices must be encrypted by December 31, 2009.  
Please click here for more information.

 

Did you know? You can document an entire flu shot clinic with just a few clicks with LMR Batch Entry Top of Page

You can use the LMR Batch Entry module to quickly enter the influenza vaccine as well as many other health maintenance and immunization entries for multiple patients.

The Batch Entry function can be found within the LMR Desktop menu

• Batch Entry allows for coded entry and patient specific comments
• Patients can be selected individually or from the current schedule
• You can also elect to have a note created for each individual entry

 

Note: Batch Entry entries also include - mammograms, PAP smears, cholesterol, rapid strep, immune globulin, tetanus, pneumovax and many more!

 

 

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