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Data Rich, Information Poor

  |  Issue: December 2011  |  

By coordinating and combining data found in clinical, operational, and financial systems, you can begin to take a broad view of the state of your practice. This will help you analyze performance, recognize trends, and make better business and clinical-care decisions. Transforming data into information can also provide the insight needed to identify and strategically target areas for improvement in revenue cycle, practice workflow, and clinical-care delivery.

For more information on making the most out of data collected in your record systems, contact the ACR health informatics staff at [email protected].

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