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The AMA (American Medical Association) is calling for an overhaul of EHRs and has published 8 challenges that need to be overcome to be considered successful. Enhance physicians’ ability to provide high-quality patient care Support team-based care Promote care coordination Offer... Read More

“More interoperability, more upgrades, more plug-ins, more costs” That’s what Forbes says about EHR costs in the future; more, more, more. The reason is simple. There is now not one existing end-to-end EHR that fully meets needs of providers, facilities and patients. The cost of... Read More

What does a practice do when the EHR they have purchased (for whatever reason) has failed to meet the expectation of staff and providers? How do you go about replacing an EHR? Regardless of the reason, if staff and providers are convinced it will not work, then guess what? It... Read More

Do you know what ONC represents? Do you know the meaning of interoperability? Do you know what API is and how it relates to healthcare EHRs? The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a staff division within the U.S. Department of Health and... Read More

The competition for patients is heating up and the urgent care choices are many. Now you can visit a nurse practitioner at Walmart or go to a free standing urgent care or visit a traditional Emergency Department. While the options are extreme and varied, more and more patients... Read More

“Aetna shares database of payor data with providers” “The smart watch is the way health data will be collected in the very near future“ “Johnson and Johnson sponsors free health screenings for volunteers at world cup” “There are 14,000... Read More

We recently analyzed all the requests for help that MMS has received in the last year. What we found may be helpful to your practice. When we took all the questions and requests and subtracted language from the equation (the many different ways to ask the same things) 10... Read More

Take a look at the variety of small practice business models that exist today: And the number of provider delivery models is growing every day. Traditional models of a single provider simply buying a building and starting a practice is almost extinct. These models continue to... Read More

Since 1977 healthcare practices have been using ICD 9.  It’s become familiar and habitual.  Everyone knows exactly where on the superbill the appropriate diagnosis is for the patient just seen.  The prompting box is checked along with the procedure and off the superbill goes into... Read More

Your practice has bought an EHR system.  Although you have struggled with implementing, providers and staff are now familiar with the product and you are using daily in your practice.  What’s the next step?  How can you use digital records to decrease cost and improve clinical... Read More