Upon performing reviews of colleagues’ documentation practices, one consistent deficiency I find is the documentation that accompanies in-office imaging, namely X-ray and ultrasound studies. Each payer may have their own guidelines, but most follow the guidelines promulgated by Medicare in the Medicare Benefit Policy Manual, Chapter 15, Section 80.
These guidelines include the requirement of a written order in the medical record for the imaging study. This order must include … read more
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, March 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Two new smart-phone based imaging products, SilhouetteLite+ and SilhouetteLite, recently launched by ARANZ Medical Limited have been adopted by Promore Pharma AB (Solna, Sweden) for a multi-site clinical trial, and by New Zealand’s Capital and Coast District Health Board for their community-based nurses.
Easy-to-use, SilhouetteLite+ and SilhouetteLite apps are highly portable, yet deliver robust accuracy and image consistency. The measurement and documentation data collected is securely synchronized in ARANZ Medical’s proprietary, cloud database, SilhouetteCentral, for ease of analysis and reporting.
Promore Pharma purchased 20 SilhouetteLite+ units for their two-year venous leg ulcer study. Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Margit Mahlapuu, stated, “The SilhouetteLite+ app and documentation system is easy for us to use across multiple locations. With it, we can ensure that the data we collect at each site is not only consistent and secure, but also easily accessed for analysis and reporting.”
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