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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

“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

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

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

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