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As Healthcare consultants, Medical Management Services is frequently asked to clean up messes.  It is the number one reason healthcare practices engage our services.  Accounts receivable messes, process messes, EHR messes; you name the mess; we have been called upon to clean it... Read More

In the blink of an eye……it was gone.  The motherboard on my laptop fried right after checking email and turning around to answer phone.  Upon turning back, the screen was black and there was a loud and persistent beeping.  What happened? Now what?  All my records stored on the... 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

Over the past few years many have transitioned into an EHR/EMR from a paper chart.  Many have succeeded and a few others have not. What is the difference? What makes one physician group more successful then another? Let’s take a look of some of the habits of those that have... Read More

Computerized physician order entry more commonly referred to as CPOE, has been around for more than a few years.  The success or failure of CPOE being implemented in a Hospital or practice successfully depends on; well, everybody. It’s not just the technician or consultant hired... Read More

The big news that came out of this year’s HIMSS conference held last week in New Orleans is “interoperability”. Six of the nation’s largest healthcare IT software vendors announced the CommonWell Health Alliance. Cerner, McKesson, Allscripts, athenahealth,... Read More

When your practice has run into uncharted territory, you may want to consider hiring a consultant to manage a project to help you meet your goals.  You should consider hiring a consultant of HIT when you have the following factors involved: If you need assistance making an... Read More