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Watching summer sports (baseball, tennis, soccer, swimming) has made me very aware of statistics. Indeed, you cannot view a professional or amateur sport without hearing, graphically seeing and being aware of the statistics. And there are stats for everything (even healthcare).... Read More

Obtaining and retaining patients should be the goal of all health care practices. Medical Practice Marketing through a variety of means is un-paralleled in health care history. And with the advent of new web technologies and social media, providers have a much further reach than... Read More

Predictive Analysis is the next step in data analysis. Up to this point, healthcare analysis has been focused on “what happened” & “why did it happen.” What can we learn from what happened? How can we institute change based on what happened? How can we... Read More

Change is something you cannot avoid forever. Especially in healthcare. In today’s healthcare scene, there are many changes coming down the pipe. From Meaningful Use to ICD-10, to the age of social media, the changes are all around us, staring us in the face at times.... Read More

Is marketing a healthcare practice a good idea? What a loaded question. There are many ways this could be answered. But the plain and simple answer is, YES. Most assuredly, YES, this is a good idea. Have you seen the commercial that boasts relief for you allergy symptoms by... Read More

“It all comes down to following the money,” he said. “As soon as it is important to a provider, important to a payer, important to a hospital for information to flow into them, then the vendors will make it easy.”   Office of the National Coordinator for... 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

What is the real ICD-10 status? Since every practice is different, it stands to reason that every status is different. Or, are we all more or less in the same boat? A recent survey showed surprising readiness results for ICD-10. However a further look at those numbers shows quite... 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