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Below is a portion of an article published recently. Having implemented multiple IT systems over time, the article is amazing. “A new Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality study found that health IT caused interruptions to clinical workflow across all participating clinics... Read More

AR (accounts receivable) recovery may be something for you to consider if your AR has greater than 40% of receivables greater than 120 days. Of course if this is the case, you probably need a lot more than just recovery efforts. Something is perpetuating that problem and in... Read More

One of the biggest decisions your practice will make is the choice of Practice Management Systems. It will be an expensive decision as well. Like all technology, Practice Management systems cannot just be plugged ion and magically perform. Training, work-flow, set-up options,... 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

Healthcare Practice Managers are always in need of good advice. For that matter, any manager is in need of good advice. Over many years of practice management and being in the healthcare industry, I have had several experiences that have taught me something. Maybe not always at... Read More

Keeping employees productive in  a healthcare practice seems like it may be a daunting task. However, it is really quite simple, at least to say. $550 billion dollars – that’s how much is lost each year due to employee lack of productivity. That’s a very big number. And what’s... Read More

Providers responding to a recent survey on ICD-10 readiness expressed concerns about the impact the coding switch–set to go into effect Oct. 1, 2015, after being delayed in April–will have on revenue, productivity and workflow. Of 349 providers surveyed between May... Read More

Have you seen the story about Google’s search for what a healthy person looks like? “The new project out of Google X, called Baseline Study, will collect genetic and molecular data from 175 anonymous people in an attempt to piece together an exquisitely detailed picture of... Read More

Tomorrows healthcare innovations will come from the changes being made today in healthcare management. Three things drive healthcare today and will ultimately be the predictors of the future. Data, data, data – data interoperability, data integration, data exchange, data access  ... Read More

Remember back in college when you had to write those exhaustive research papers? I do. There were times the words just flew out of my mind and onto the page with ease. More so than not, however, I had some trouble formulating a thought or determining the direction the paper... Read More