Windows 10 New Default Settings May Open HIPAA Backdoors. Or not.
Windows 10 New Default Settings May Open HIPAA Backdoors. Or not. Like 67 million others in the first week of release, I have upgraded to Windows 10. It was a painless transition which held no drama -...
View ArticleTelehealth Market Value to Reach $34.27 Billion by 2020
Telehealth Market Value to Reach $34.27 Billion by 2020 According to a market research report from Mordor Intelligence, the future holds great things for all things telehealth. The academically titled...
View ArticleThe Forever Family Walk
The Forever Family Walk Sigmund Software EHR grew out of the dedicated work of a team of behavioral health practitioners that found they needed a dedicated tool to use in their daily work to help...
View ArticleMedicare: Study Indicates OOP Costs Exceed Deductibles for Many
Medicare: Study Indicates OOP Costs Exceed Deductibles for Many Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine (University of Pennsylvania) discovered that for over 25% of Medicare beneficiaries with...
View ArticleExpired Patents Will Soon Save Billions
Expired Patents Will Soon Save Billions Pharmaceuticals are expensive. Very expensive. Some of that cost is due to patents on drugs and medications, which force drug manufacturers to pay high licensing...
View ArticleThe Final Run Up To ICD-10
The Final Run Up To ICD-10 The clock is ticking ever louder as we race toward October 1st and the official launch of ICD-10. Less than one week remains. Many are prepared. More are not. Some have no...
View ArticleCongress Sends Letter to OMB and HHS, Urging Stage 3 Delay
Congress Sends Letter to OMB and HHS, Urging Stage 3 Delay With ICD-10 due to hit the streets on October 1st, the already reeling healthcare industry was rocked again when on September 28, 116 members...
View ArticleReliance on GEM for ICD-10. Good or bad?
Reliance on GEM for ICD-10. Good or bad? Good or bad, ICD-10 launched on October 1st 2015. Many are scrambling to make sense of the change and adapt to the huge increase in the numbers of diagnostic...
View ArticleLet's Go To Disney!
Let's Go To Disney! Take the family and enjoy a better work/life balance at the Caribe Royale Hotel, Orlando. Right next door to Disney World. Take the opportunity to get away from your typical...
View ArticleSecure Mobile Health in 4..3..2..1..
Secure Mobile Health in 4..3..2..1.. Mobile health apps which measure all aspects of the wearers' daily activity from distance walked to blood sugar levels are seeing a huge growth rate this year....
View ArticleSigmund Software Obtains 2014 Edition Certification
Sigmund Software 2014 Edition Certification Anniversary Approaches On 29 December 2014, Sigmund Software became officially ONC 2014 Edition Complete Ambulatory certified. As our first anniversary...
View ArticleThe Future of Profitable Healthcare Is Marketing
The Future of Profitable Healthcare Is Marketing The rate of change in medical technology is astounding. Practitioners and providers alike have more tools available to them now than ever before and...
View ArticleGratitude Contest
The Gratitude Contest is Now Closed. And the Winner Is... Our recent contest drew much interest and many expressions of gratitude were shared. We wish to thank everyone that participated for taking the...
View ArticleHappy Holidays, 2015!
Season's Greetings and Happy Holidays to all! As 2015 comes to an end, we want to wish everyone a happy holiday season and hope that you will each have a healthy and a prosperous New Year. Best wishes,...
View ArticleHouse Bill Takes Aim At Obamacare
House Bill Takes Aim At Obamacare The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), AKA ACA, or more commonly Obamacare, came under fire again yesterday when the House of Representatives passed...
View ArticleRegarding The Question Of Meaningful Use
Regarding The Question Of Meaningful Use It is no longer breaking news that during the recent J. P. Morgan conference in San Francisco, the acting administrator of CMS, Andy Slavitt, announced that...
View ArticleMeaningful Use. Still Here.
Meaningful Use. Still Here. In the wake of the J.P. Morgan conference and CMS' pro tem administrator Andy Slavitt's bombshell announcement that "In 2016, MU as it has existed - with MACRA - will now be...
View ArticleGetting Clean, With A Little Help From our Friends
Getting Clean, With A Little Help From our Friends January 29 marks the release of a David Bowie tribute issue of Rolling Stone magazine. Following Bowie's death on January 10, a great many artists...
View ArticleCMS and Big Data Development
CMS and Big Data Development Back in June of 2015 the CMS announced a new policy to allow third-party access to CMS data (such as Medicare claims) as part of approved research into population health at...
View ArticleSome Home Truths About Eating Disorders
Some Home Truths About Eating Disorders While some eating disorders have physical causes and associated treatments, it is important to realize that the majority of eating disorders are mental health...
View ArticleDown the Ransomware Rabbit Hole We Go
Down the Ransomware Rabbit Hole We Go Ransomware attacks on hospitals, small practices and clinics are an increasing problem. There are headline cases around the world, and many smaller cases of...
View ArticlePress Release - Aura EHR from Sigmund Software
Press Release - Sigmund Software announce AURA, next generation EHR. April 22, 2016, Danbury, CT Sigmund Software has been in the business of providing reliable, fast, and complete EHR solutions to...
View ArticleSigmund at NAATP 2016
Sigmund Software is unleashing a hot new product in a very cool place! In progress now, come and check us out at Booth 216, at the NAATP 2016 conference in Ft. Lauderdale to discover the most adaptable...
View ArticleSigmund Software 2016 Client Conference
The Sigmund Software Client Conference 2016 is now over. We are pleased to say that it was a complete success. The entire team here at Sigmund wishes to thank every one of our guests for their...
View Article2016 Client Conference Analysis
Sigmund Client Conference 2016 This item is a brief post-conference analysis of the 2016 event, held recently at the Westin Hotel, Times Square in New York, New York. The conference had several...
View ArticleSecurity Begins At Home
Security Begins At Home June 23 2016 saw the conviction by a federal jury of Jamie Knapp, 26, a (former) respiratory therapist at ProMedica Bay Park Hospital, Oregon, Ohio. Knapp was found guilty of...
View ArticleInteroperability In The Smaller Facility
Interoperability In The Smaller Facility At the recent ONC Annual Meeting the ONC Principal Deputy National Coordinator, Dr. Vindell Washington, confirmed that the great majority of non-federal acute...
View ArticleSigmund & Eating Disorder Treatment
Sigmund & Eating Disorder Treatment As part of our commitment to aiding those treating eating disorders, we invite you to learn how technology can be leveraged to improve treatment outcomes.Please...
View ArticleAura - The Only EHR Designed for Behavioral Health and Addiction Treatment
{loadmodule mod_smartslider3,Aura Blinds} Sigmund Aura is the next generation of electronic medical records system.Designed to work the way that providers in behavioral health and addiction treatment...
View ArticleWelcome to Sigmund Software - Designers of Aura, the EHR for behavioral...
The Sigmund Software Client Conference 2016 is now over. We are pleased to say that it was a complete success. The entire team here at Sigmund wishes to thank every one of our guests for their...
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Thanks for visiting Sigmund Software! Sadly, the page you are looking for cannot be found. This is no cause for concern. That page has most likely been moved or updated. There is a lot more to...
View ArticleSigmund & Eating Disorder Treatment
Sigmund & Eating Disorder Treatment As part of our commitment to aiding those treating eating disorders, we invite you to learn how technology can be leveraged to improve treatment outcomes.Please...
View ArticleWebinar Library
Welcome to the library! Please enjoy our video collection. Remember to bookmark this page for future use. If at any time you have questions or want to find out more about Sigmund Software, please hit...
View ArticleThanks for Registering for our South Florida Conference
Thank you for registering for SoFlo 2017! Why not share the fun? Before going further, please consider inviting a peer or colleague. You can email them in one easy step by clicking HERE Please...
View ArticleHow Will You Get Here?
On January 17, 2017, join industry experts and leading treatment providers for a very special one day event at the beautiful PGA National Resort and Spa in West Palm Beach, Florida. This event,...
View ArticleCARF International Accreditation: The Value and The Process
CARF International Accreditation: The Value and The Process CARF International accreditation provides a visible symbol that assures the public of a provider's commitment to continually enhance the...
View Article2016: A year in the life of Sigmund Software
2016: A year in the life of Sigmund Software As each year draws to an end, thoughts naturally turn to the events which shaped it. 2016 has been challenging, in many ways. Global strife. Celebrities...
View ArticlePatient Brokering: Don't do it.
Patient Brokering: Don't do it. The addiction treatment provider community in Florida has been shaken following the arrest of James Kigar, CEO of Whole Life Recovery, a prominent drug and alcohol...
View ArticleMAT: Medication Assisted Treatment
MAT: Medication Assisted Treatment A recent trend in the addiction treatment industry has seen the increasing adoption of MAT, an alternative approach to the treatment of drug addiction. What exactly...
View ArticleParity and Repealing the Affordable Care Act: Reinforcing the Incompatible
Parity and Repealing the Affordable Care Act: Reinforcing the Incompatible by Cory Valentine, Vice President Sales I have spent my career of 20 years working in the behavioral health and addiction...
View ArticleHIPAA violation through the back door.
HIPAA violation through the back door. Sigmund Software maintains multiple state of the art HIPAA compliant data centers to secure and protect the data of their clients and the patients in their care....
View ArticleSigmund Spotlight on Newport Academy: Follow up
Sigmund Spotlight on Newport Academy: Follow up Back in September of 2016 we showcased one of our EHR clients, the Newport Academy. The Newport Academy specializes in the treatment of teenagers with...
View ArticleWebinar: Effective Outcome Strategies
Webinar: Effective Outcome Strategies Providers that work with behavioral health issues face unique challenges. Addiction treatment, for example, is not like setting a broken bone. A bone will set in...
View ArticleWhat next for healthcare?
What next for healthcare? At this time it is hard to find a more divisive subject than healthcare, nor to write about it without incurring anger from one quarter or another, along with accusations of...
View ArticleRansomware Recovery: Know Your Options
Recovering from Ransomware A governmental fact sheet from the HHS reports a dramatic 300% increase in ransomware attacks on governmental systems from 2015 to 2016. There are now an average of 4,000...
View ArticleWill We See You At NATCON 2017?
Will We See You At NATCON 2017? The annual NATCON conference takes place this year at the Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, April 3 – 5. This three day high profile event brings together...
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