EHR Technology

While use of an EHR has clear benefits to patients the technology is still in its infancy and can threaten patient safety in certain situations.

Technology can solve your business problems, but it has to be the right system with the right partner to truly result in success.

It appears medical practices, especially independent ones, are becoming more accepting of putting their medical data in the cloud

The debate over pros and cons of health IT persist, but to find success in your medical practice you need one key element: buy-in from the key players.

Increase patient portal adoption by using these sample talking points during four critical portal promotion opportunities.

An unpredictable amount of information in a typical EHR is wrong or meaningless, so it's important for patients to stay on top of their own treatment.

Physicians Practice's 2014 Technology Survey, Sponsored by Kareo, contains troubling findings regarding efforts to secure protected health information.

Many practices are employing medical scribes to enter physician notes into the EHR. Do you think they will become standard members of healthcare teams?

CMS has offered a bit of a reprieve to eligible providers struggling to meet the meaningful use guidelines for Stage 2. Here are the details.

The reasons for this unethical and inefficient system are still being examined, but the consequences contain important lessons for every physician practice.

Meaningful use can be confusing. Here are some of the key things practices should know about attesting for Stage 1 of the EHR incentive program.

Complying with health reform mandates isn't easy. The wise physician will pick and choose those measures that make sense for his practice.

It's important to work with your EHR vendor to ensure ICD-10 compliance in 2015. Here are some of the challenges to address right away.

With the passage of health reform most physicians knew big changes were coming. But little did they realize that they would have more duties and responsibilities.

Medical scribes can increase efficiency and the quality of chart documentation. Here's how to calculate your ROI if you choose to use scribes in your practice.

There is a lot of confusion about the meaningful use incentives. The most significant relates to the government's objectives in offering them.

There is much confusion regarding the Stage 2 rules for the meaningful use incentive program. Here are four key elements that physicians need to be aware of.

Here's what physicians and medical practice managers can do to keep the financial side of their practices running smoothly.

Did you know, as custodian of your patients' protected health information, you are required by HIPAA to create a contingency plan?

Harvard's Michael E. Porter and Thomas H. Lee state, "Providers must lead the way in making value the overarching goal." Physicians are at the core.

Perfect for the office bulletin board, here is an "Ode to HIPAA."

The ability to securely communicate ePHI to any provider at any other medical practice or hospital with any EHR may not be as far off as you think.

Afraid you won't be able to meet the Stage 2 requirements in the government's EHR incentive program? A new hardship exemption may help.

Roughly half of all medical practices have implemented EHR, but they still have a long way to go in terms of meaningful use and recovery audit contractors.

Simple calculations to help your medical practice determine if the investment in a medical scribe would pay off.