Marisa Torrieri

Many practices struggle to sustain the changes they made in Stage One. Here's how not to be one of them.

Most practices don’t use data that’s available through EHRs, practice management systems, and other technology to their advantage. Here’s how.

Planning for the emotional and financial impact of ICD-10 may be a daunting task, but it is a necessary one.

Should physicians encourage patients to use the Internet to search their symptoms?

Physicians Practice Associate Editor Marisa Torrieri helps you plan your agenda for the third day of this year's MGMA12 Conference in San Antonio.

As the upcoming presidential election nears, voices of contention are growing louder over healthcare IT initiatives, including the incentive program.

Are you making the switch to paperless prescriptions? Here's guidance on preserving patient safety.

Providers are embracing technology and data exchange, but challenges remain.

Studies show U.S. consumers are snapping up mobile gear. Practices should take note.

More than two out of three physicians have adopted EHRs, but concerns remain.

More than two out of three physicians have adopted EHRs, but concerns remain.

A new survey suggests that when physicians are offered quality- and value-based incentives, patients get better treatment.

Getting patients to follow your guidance is a lot easier with today's technology. Here's a rundown on the tools that work, and how to work 'em.

Whether you have a lot of free time or just a few minutes each day, here are ways your skills can benefit those in need.

The government doesn't mind evaluating you through its EHR incentive plan. But as it moves past the two-year mark, it's time for us to evaluate the program's progress in getting physicians like you to adopt and use (meaningfully, of course) technology.

Study of 1,100 U.S. patients revealed the majority love using technology to improve their own health and connect with doctors.

Why one of the little-noticed aspects of the law requires a practice’s attention.

Primary-care physicians’ ancillary offerings should reflect their core values inside and outside the medical practice.

Reimbursement changes have decreased the time physicians can spend with patients, which makes patients less likely to fully be able to comply with care plans.

Are you waiting for EHR vendors to develop smartphone and iPad-friendly applications, so you can work from home, the hospital, or a coffee shop? Your wait may finally be ending, but there's much to know before taking your mobile EHR for a spin.

Will you see a greater influx of patients at your practice? Or will more practices be forced to shut their doors to this patient population?

From slow machines to system failures, here's how to deal with the most common technology snafus.

Treating Hepatitis C is expensive and difficult. But an EHR made it much easier to do so for a Baltimore gastroenterology practice.

Learn more about the benefits and drawbacks of mobile EHRs for your medical practice in this video.

Cost, lack of education, lack of certified EHRs cited as factors for halfhearted embrace of state, federal programs.

These days, everyone in healthcare wants to jump on the Internet video bandwagon. Here’s how your practice can do it.

Florida physician's "feeding tube diet" is courting controversy, but he says it is like any other ancillary service to capture additional revenue.

How physicians and patients are using mHealth, and why payers are encouraging it, across the globe.

CMS’ latest numbers show that registration for the Medicare and Medicaid programs is down about 12 percent from March. What gives?

When it comes to EHR implementation, the best advice comes through practices that have been there and done that.