EHR Technology

The typical EHR depends on the assumption that everything is predictable. But that's never the case.

The shift from volume- to value-based reimbursement doesn't necessarily mean reinventing your medical practice. Here's why.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words. This video is worth about a million words.

The goal of a lifetime medical record won't be realized as long as EHR vendors ignore theory and use proprietary representations of an encounter note.

Here are three solutions to reduce paperwork and improve the health of your practice by ensuring that patients receive more personal care and attention.

Babies learn to recognize and differentiate objects, so why can't today's EHRs recognize and differentiate data?

Physicians very often have a clear vision of how things could be improved at their practices. What would you do if money was no object?

The government has committed over $20 billion to incentivize the use of today's EHRs and …not one dollar to explore an alternative.

The three most important questions to ask before sending paper records to to centralized scanning.

A cloud vendor may tell you it's HIPAA compliant, but related technology needs to comply as well. Here's how to make sure your bases are covered.

While EHR adoption continues to increase, there are significant hurdles left to overcome, and the healthcare industry has a long way to go to catch up.

Today's EHRs are little more than glorified data collection devices, making meaningful clinical use difficult or impossible without more information.

In 2014, the Affordable Care Act takes full effect. In 2015, penalties begin for not using EHRs. So perhaps now is the time to take a serious look at the technology.

Why investing in business intelligence technology for data analytics may be a smart move for small medical groups.

Since 2011, only one in every two or three physicians has attested to the Stage 1 rules of meaningful use. Why should this matter to your practice?

How media tablets have evolved into the ideal physician-companion device.

Trust is an essential element of medicine. Trust is also an important consideration when dealing with computers, data, and information.

The latest statistics in the Physicians Practice Technology Survey indicate some surprising insights on EHR adoption among medical practices.

Those in healthcare get so excited about the data, especially "big data," that they come to believe that data elements have some intrinsic value, but they don't.

How does your technology use compare to practices of similar sizes? Here's your chance to find out.

The NSA appreciates the importance of context. Do you? Does the EHR at your medical practice?

Here's a handy infographic on EHR adoption among private practice physicians, including data on certified EHR systems and meaningful use attestation.

Plainly put, the "data" in an EHR, especially the coded values, are not and cannot be informative in the way a narrative record can.

Know what your idea of perfection is and keep your practice moving toward it. Just don't let it be the enemy of real, achievable improvements.

Interoperability is the healthcare buzzword of the moment, but let's look at the word, what it means, and what we are truly trying to achieve in health IT.