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    Respir Care. 2004 Nov;49(11):1339-48.

    Respiratory care billing using a personal digital assistant.

    Howard WR.

    Department of Respiratory Care, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA. whoward@tufts-nemc.org

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    In 2003 I reported how my respiratory care department at Tufts-New England Medical Center developed an inexpensive, in-house, computerized clinical-information-management system, in which the respiratory therapists carry handheld computers during their rounds, entering clinical information into the handhelds as they work and later downloading that information to a database in a desktop computer. Now we have added a billing module to our customized software. This article describes the design, use, and attributes of this billing system, including improved charge-capture, which increased department revenue substantially. Our system has several other important advantages over traditional billing systems.

    PMID: 15507169 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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