360 http://www.gehealthcare.com/emr en-us GE Healthcare Robert O'Neil emr@ge.com clean The Advancing Practice Performance podcast provides monthly insight into pertinent topics affecting the physician practice market. This podcast generally discusses content that physicians, healthcare administrators, and healthcare IT individuals find valuable for success in their profession. The podcast mostly features audio based content but periodically provides video content as well. Copyright 2008 General Electric Company. All Rights Reserved. You may download and play one copy of this file for your own personal use. All other disclosure, copying, distribution and use of the contents of this media file is prohibited unless specifically authorized by the General Electric Company. Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EST Mon, 14 May 2007 13:00:00 EST healthcare, healthcare IT, healthcare technology, EMR, Electronic Medical Record, pay for performance, Physicians, Medical, Medicine, Medicare, Health Kari and Rob have been touring facilities across the country to see how physicians are using technology to improve their efficiency and their bottom line. On this tour you will see how the Bay Area Heart Center, an 11 physician cardiology group in St. Petersburg Florida, is using Healthcare IT to change the way they practice medicine. http://ripple.radiotail.com/1134/app08_siteVisit.mp4 Healthcare Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EST 13:23 healthcare, government, pay for performance, p4p, GE, EMR, Electronic Medical Record, Physicians, Medical, Medicine, medicare, cardiology, EKG, EMR, Health As we head into 2008 what are those items that should be on every physician and administrators short list for 2008? In this episode we are joined by Elizabeth Woodcock, an author and professional speaker specializing in medical practice management. She looks ahead at the top 5 issues affecting physician practices including: Medicare Fee Schedules, Pay for Performance, Consolidation, Consumer Directed Healthcare, and new CPT codes. http://ripple.radiotail.com/1134/app07_shortList.mp3 Healthcare Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:00:00 EST 22:22 healthcare, government, pay for performance, p4p, GE, EMR, Electronic Medical Record, Physicians, Medical, Medicine, medicare, consumer health, consumer driven health Recently the organic growth of pay for performance programs has begun to take hold. Is the time ripe for a shift to new payment programs? Are payors able to provide incentives for improvements in quality? Are physicians in a position to take advantage of these programs by proving real measurements of success? What technology is required to take advantage of these programs and is anyone actually increasing revenues? Join us as we talk to Dr. Rob Lamberts from Evans Medical Group, Dr. Suzanne Delbanco from the Leap frog Group, and Dr. Mark Segal from GE Healthcare to learn how to Cash in on Pay For Performance. http://ripple.radiotail.com/1134/app06_p4p.mp3 Healthcare Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:00:00 EST 31:22 healthcare, government, pay for performance, p4p, GE, EMR, Electronic Medical Record, Physicians, Medical, Medicine Join us for a roundtable discussion on how to transform health and healthcare with information technology as is presented in the book Paper Kills. We meet with some of the most influential leaders shaping healthcare today to discuss the book and learn what today's physicians can do to prepare for tomorrows healthcare vision. The book can be purchased directly from the Center for Health Transformation on their website, healthtransformation.net http://ripple.radiotail.com/1134/app05_paperKills.mp3 Healthcare Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:00:00 EST 41:56 healthcare, government, gingrich, GE, EMR, Electronic Medical Record, Physicians, Medical, Medicine A discussion on the role Government is playing in determining the current and future state of healthcare reform and how it might affect practicing physicians. Hugh Zettel Director of Government and industry relation from GE Healthcare is our guest for this topic. http://ripple.radiotail.com/1134/app_pod_04_government.mp3 Healthcare Mon, 1 Oct 2007 13:00:00 EST 26:46 healthcare, government, GE, EMR, Electronic Medical Record, Physicians, Medical, Medicine How should practices leverage the Internet to communicate directly with patients? Why is this an important next step for your practice? Join us as we discuss this topic with Dr. Christopher Crow, a physician with the award-winning Family Medical Specialists practice in Plano, Texas. http://ripple.radiotail.com/1134/appPod_03_communication.mp3 Healthcare Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:00:00 EST 23:15 healthcare, government, patients, GE, EMR, Electronic Medical Record, Physicians, Medical, Medicine Every where you turn you are hearing the time is right to implement an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) but how do you create the business case for acquiring one. Join us as we discuss this topic with Dr. Tom Landholt, a family physician who has been using an EMR since 1995. http://ripple.radiotail.com/1134/appPod_02_EMRCASE.mp3 Healthcare Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:00:00 EST 21:10 healthcare, government, GE, EMR, Electronic Medical Record, Physicians, Medical, Medicine On December 20, 2006 the President signed the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (TRHCA). Part of this act included the establishment of a Medicare physician quality reporting system operated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS has titled the statutory program the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI). Join us as we talk with Mark Segal, PhD the Senior Director for Global Product Strategy for GE Healthcares Integrated IT Solutions. to learn more about this new initiative including; •How it will impact the future of Quality Outcomes reporting and pay for performance •How it will provide an opportunity to benefit from the financial incentives •Who is eligible to participate •How to ensure accurate performance data is reported> http://ripple.radiotail.com/1134/appPod_01_PQRI.mp3 Healthcare Mon, 14 May 2007 13:00:00 EST 17:40 healthcare, government, PQRI, GE, EMR, Electronic Medical Record, Physicians, Medical, Medicine