Turn Your Treo into a BlackBerry

Many people ask me if they should purchase a BlackBerry in order to receive their e-mail automatically, or to be able to check it whenever and wherever they want. Fortunately, this is pretty easy to set up on a Treo using a free e-mail forwarding service throught fastmail.fm That way, you can continue to use all the great medical programs (which you won't be able to do on a BlackBerry). To read about doing this, click here

AMA President Describes Details of e-Prescribing Bonus

AMA President, Nancy H. Nielsen details how you can increase your Medicare payments by as much as 5% in the coming year by combining e-prescribing with PQRI and the recent small increase in the recently passed "Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act." Click here to read more.

E-Prescribing Conference

CMS is sponsoring a free conference on October 6-7, 2008 to inform physicians about the new e-prescribing incentives being offered by Medicare.

Topics will include:

• Equip health care professionals with the knowledge and tools to integrate e-prescribing into their business and business model;
• Generate discussion about using e-prescribing and other e-health initiatives to increase patient compliance and overall improved health outcomes;
• Educate health care professionals about the structure and the Agency's plans for implementation of the incentive payment system in regard to e-prescribing and PQRI;
• Identify and promote opportunities to overcome barriers to adopt this new technology; and,
• Address constituent concerns about privacy, security and risk management in regard to the implementation of this new provision.