EHR Technology

Physicians can remove the traditional obstacles associated with using an EHR in the exam room, make the technology disappear, and keep the focus on the patient.

If your practice is reeling from a bad EHR implementation, don't despair. Consultant Carolyn Hartley shares techniques to recover and even excel.

Here are tips for managing three medical practice risk areas: HIPAA breaches, Medicare audits, and EHR liability issues.

The ideal EHR is highly customizable, but rather than dedicate the time and effort to do this, most practices buy a system pre-configured that causes problems.

In the rush to meet meaningful use guidelines, physicians may have won the battle but lost the war as poor or faulty implementation of EHRs increases risk.

Turn patient skepticism into enthusiasm about your medical practice's EHR implementation.

While many technology vendor package deals provide several advantages, others have some big drawbacks. Make sure you do your homework before investing.

There are varying beliefs by those in healthcare when it comes to utilization of EHRs …until something goes wrong with the system.

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Changing over to the world of EHRs is going to be a part of your future, and in 2015 you will begin being penalized financially for dragging your feet.

Standardized data exchange is becoming more important to practices. Here's what you need to know to get started.

Choosing a bad EHR … is demoralizing and breeds a lack of intellectual honesty and to a loss of respect for quality information

A chorus of healthcare voices is rising, urging CMS to delay the beginning of the Stage 2 requirements of the EHR Incentive Program.

Studies show physicians want to use mobile devices, but have some trepidation. Here's how to overcome obstacles and maximize use of mobile tech.

Today's EHRs are not built on a sound foundation and their designs have little grounding in theory, and quakes are coming.

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.