May 20, 2019
Wearable devices that gather health and movement data are being put to new uses in the clinical setting for glucose monitoring, pain management and distraction, rehabilitation, and treatment adherence.
April 01, 2018
A concierge doc shares his experiences with using chatbot technology as a way to provide patients more value.
March 12, 2018
Healthcare organizations are always looking to save money, but physicians rarely know the effect of their treatments or medications. Here's how to change that.
March 09, 2018
The big health IT conference has finished. What did this editor learn from the annual show?
The EHR is the cause for many physicians to be burned out - but this doesn't have to be the case.
March 08, 2018
Healthcare data is a huge target for hackers. If a practice is reactionary, all of their hard work could be at risk.
At HIMSS18, less regulation and more market-driven innovation was the name of the game for the ONC's top officials.
Technology is blurring healthcare's privacy lines. There's no better example of this than a tech-savvy adolescent reaching out to a physician for medical help.
March 07, 2018
The Healthcare Administrative Technology Association talks to us at HIMSS18 about familiar pain points for practices.
Despite the great amount of attention paid to the American opioid epidemic, abuse remains at an all-time high. It's time for a new perspective.
March 06, 2018
Clinical registries can assist medical practices with their quality initiatives, but also provide a high-tech community, says one expert.
Jared Kushner and Seema Verma spoke at HIMSS18 about the administration's vision for interoperability and better patient data access.
March 05, 2018
Looking for a way to lessen administrative burden at your practice? Start with putting the patients first.
Just because a practice doesn't have as much PHI as a hospital doesn't mean it's safe from hackers, as this HIMSS18 speaker reveals.
March 02, 2018
Tech can do great things in health care, but it can also lead to a failure in communication.
Implementing smartphones into clinical practice can improve physician response times, increases efficiency and transforms care team communication.
HIMSS18 has arrived. The Physicians Practice editorial staff has gone through and picked out the top 10 things you should do during your limited time in Las Vegas.
