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Beyond Paperless to Better Patient Care
We know EHRs can improve practice efficiency and free up filing space. But can they truly improve patient care? More and more evidence is suggesting they can. From disease management tools to automated reminders to better documentation and follow-up capabilities, EHRs are offering engaged users welcome improvements in patient outcomes.

 

Podcast: EHR Meaningful Use Update
Justin Barnes, of the EHR Association and Greenway Medical Technologies, explains CMS’ final rule for meaningful use criteria for EHR incentives.

 

The Right Tools for a Medical Home
What are the must-have widgets for your practice?

 

Privacy in a Social Media World
Are networking sites like Facebook and Twitter privacy problems in need of a solution, opportunities to build community around your practice, or both? We help you navigate this brave new world of Web networking.



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Using Social Networking as a Marketing Tool
Today doctors are competing for patients in a radically changed marketplace. One of the most important emerging technologies in that space is... More »
Coding: Reducing Duplicate Documentation; ‘Detailed Exam’ Debate; Pinpointing Profile Information
Here are your latest coding questions, answered by coding expert Bill Dacey. More »
‘What I Didn’t Learn in Residency’
Pediatrician Sandy L. Chung on getting schooled in the business of medicine during her first year of practice. More »
Stimulus, EHR and Your Practice - Podcast
What about that government stimulus money? Expert Rosemarie Nelson explains it all. More »
The Part-time Puzzle
Embracing part-time and work-at-home schedules to help fit the right employee pieces into place. More »
Tech Talk
The results of our annual Technology Survey are available this month, and since so many of you have been kind enough to tell us how you’re using... More »
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2010 Tech Survey: Do You Have an Interactive Web Site?
Sara Michael , September 1, 2010

Chances are good you finally have a Web site for your practice. That’s assuming you’re among the majority of physicians — 65 percent, according to our latest Technology Survey. But is your Web site much more than a page or two listing your practice location and contact information? Probably not. And should it be more? Certainly.

The Ghost War
Gerald O'Malley, DO , September 1, 2010

As I looked out on my audience of uniformed physicians and nurses, the stories of destroyed lives and war ran through my mind and I thought, “Does anybody besides the military remember that we are fighting two wars?”