EHR Technology

Instead of paying for airfare to expensive conferences, mobile apps are making CME opportunities more accessible for busy physicians.

Meaningful use requirements that require more patient engagement may be the most difficult for physicians. Here's how to meet them head on at your practice.

Tech demos often focus on standard features that don't tell the whole story. Take control by providing vendors with a list of the problems you want to solve.

Health reform is forcing many medical practices to change how they do business. Here's how physicians can help their managers, partners, and staff adjust.

An EHR work flow gap may be to blame for delayed treatment of a Liberian suffering from Ebola in the U.S. Here's how we can avoid such problems in the future.

If your practice is still dragging its feet when it comes to EHR, consider hiring an expert to help with selection and implementation.

The most effective response to a promising innovation is a combination of active monitoring, healthy skepticism, and an open mind.

Looking to report to cancer and special registries as part of your Stage 2 attestation? Here's what your medical practice needs to know first.

Anyone that is responsible for patients has had "I told you so" moments. Here are mine when it comes to health IT and EHRs. I hope you take my advice.

The misdiagnosis of the Dallas Ebola patient who recently died raises several liability issues for physicians.

Robert Tennant of the Medical Group Management Association explains the ins and outs of CMS extending its hardship exception regarding meaningful use technology.

Get coding guidance on billing for a family medicine group; patients being seen at a new practice; and more.

Broader definition of personal identifiable information requires medical practices to review HIPAA compliance and adhere to security policies.

Can't decide between myriad EHR vendors in your quest to meet meaningful use? Here are five tips for a DIY approach based on one practice's experience.

The American Medical Association's recommendations to boost EHR usability are touchy-feely, but none really get to the heart of what's wrong with systems.

It’s often difficult to find specific explanations of what makes an EHR user friendly. Still, physician feedback is pointing to three important features.

Imagine an EHR that is put together to work, not just to meet meaningful use (or as I like to say, meaningless) regulations.

This primary-care physician wonders why Google knows her preferences, while her EHR doesn't have a clue.

Guidance on the latest ruling, and five ways that physicians can grasp, embrace, and implement the second stage of meaningful use.

Announcing a new initiative to address problems with EHR, the AMA wants to encourage patient engagement and less time spent documenting data.

Your medical practice's patient portal is not a "field of dreams." Just because you build it, doesn’t guarantee that people will come.

One of the keys to successful implementation of EHRs is good communications with your vendor. Here are four tips to a better dialogue.

Sharing radiology images might seem like the most achievable meaningful use objective in Stage 2, but it needs to be make sense for your medical practice.

Apple anticipates that even the best laid plans go awry, so they seek out the failures and fix them using customer support. Why can't EHR vendors do the same?

When your EHR is no longer working for your practice, it may be time to search for a new product.