EHR Technology

Medical scribes are not just a band-aid to help physicians properly use EHRs; they boost physician satisfaction, patient satisfaction, and profitability.

Getting your patients to use your patient portal may not be as hard as you think. Here's why.

Last week I had my first patient experience with a medical scribe. Here's what I observed and what I learned.

How to determine what to look for in an EHR and how to make a smart selection.

Here's what physicians and their medical practices can do to make the most of limited time with patients.

Physicians that practice smart documentation will be in a better situation to defend their actions if a malpractice lawsuit arises.

On the fence about finding a new EHR for your medical practice? Here are seven signs that it may be time to ditch your current system for a new one.

CMS considers EHR incentive payments to be income, not reimbursement for expenses incurred through system implementation. Physicians need to be aware of this distinction.

North Carolina-based Novant Medical Group is like a lot of medical practices: It has attested to Stage 1, but it is bracing for Stage 2 hurdles.

Physicians face major challenges meeting the requirements for Stage 2 of the EHR incentive program. Let us know if your practice has started preparing.

With the Stage 2 rules looming, some practices are moving ahead while others remain on the sidelines in the quest to meet meaningful use.

Primary-care transformation is not just about meeting standards, it requires a fundamental change focused on reducing cost and utilization.

Until narrative and data are united, EHRs will require too much effort, create too much risk, and provide too little benefit to justify imposing them by fiat.

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HIPAA and meaningful use demonstrate the challenge today for healthIT: making PHI easily accessible for the authorized, and impenetrable for the non-authorized.

Medical practices and hospitals must support their aging healthcare providers who may face the biggest challenges during EHR implementations.

With ICD-10, the Stage 2 rules of meaningful use, and other federal initiatives, CMS is moving full-steam ahead, according to administrator Marilyn Tavenner.

A little preparation will go a long way toward helping medical practices pass meaningful use audits.

With the advent of cloud computing, practices are now able to have better access to their data; using any platform, any device, and at anytime.

With the Stage 2 rules of meaningful use looming, physicians are still struggling with the implementation process for Stage 1.

The U.S. EHR market is projected to reach $9.3 billion by 2015, the largest worldwide, thanks in part to meaningful use incentives, says a new Accenture study.

Physicians' reactions to EHR are the same as they were 20 years ago and yet, there may be no going back. But here are some steps to help.

Measures to protect privacy sound good in theory, but unnecessary protections raise the cost and lower the efficiency of legitimate medical record sharing

Want to avoid costly EHR mistakes at your medical practice? I proffer the following, which I call the 'Order-of-Magnitude Heuristic.'

Physicians may need to send health records internationally. Dr. Eduardo Garcia Luna Martinez lends his perspective on Mexico's privacy laws.