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Those elbow or neck deep in the implementation of an EHR would definitely never miss this BIG news announcement that came out last Friday. The Meaningful Use Stage 2 deadline has been pushed back one year. As one may expect, the Stage 3 dealine is also being pushed back as a... Read More

Your practice management system is your healthcare practice’s pathway to the revenue stream.  Your biggest dollar investment is probably your practice management system (although now, your EHR and IT costs may exceed PM) Your primary contact with payers is your practice... Read More

Over the past several years, hospitals, physicians and other providers have been spending billions of dollars nationally to install electronic medical records and other information technologies. The EMRs, which also can be shared online through secure networks, help to reduce... Read More

Most medical practitioners originally trained in their subject in order to heal and help the sick.  Yet, an increasing number of those involved in the healthcare industry have discovered that they are expected to devote much of their time to organizing and coordinating their... Read More

It is no surprise that the healthcare industry is going through many struggles and changes as healthcare reform along with the current state of the economy continues to plague this country. Studies have shown that many physician practices, along with other areas in the healthcare... Read More

How many times have you heard that in the past two years?  One time is way too many. So what have you done, to combat the dreaded email that you get from your vendor? You know the one that explains to you that something has gone wrong with one of the many systems that push the... Read More

Many of the EHRs that you will purchase have a strong selling point of promoting patient safety. That patient safety is accomplished through the use of alerts.  Some of those alerts could warn the physician or their staff that something could possibly be wrong.  It could be... Read More

Just the other day an opportunity came around to see a physician for a physical. Shock and disbelief best represents as to what happened while there.  First, manually complete 15 various pieces of paperwork.  Ten of those pieces of paper were for a paper chart.  A paper chart!... Read More

There are incentives to participating in MU as many physicians are aware. There are also penalties for not participating as well.   The question is “Can you afford the long term penalties and continue to sustain a successful practice?” This is an eight sided coin problem, as one... Read More

There are so many challenges that come from any new organizational change.  Implementation of a new EHR/EMR has many diverse challenges. What are covered in this blog are the top three organizational challenges that practices have had to deal with. Capital for purchase of a new... Read More