EHR Technology

CMS on Thursday announced the final rule for Stage 2 of the Medicare/Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs. Here's what physicians had to say.

Here are some charts to help you plot out the stages of meaningful use at your practice and payments for both the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs.

A new federal health IT initiative may hold the key to greater interoperability and improved sharing of patient information.

Now is the time to be sure our EHR is compliant with auditing and documentation guidelines if an audit comes your way.

The age-old tug-of-war of ways to gather and retrieve data has played a big part in where healthcare is currently with its EHR systems.

Does your practice act upon patient data gathered at intake and record it in such a way that it can be tied to clinical quality indicators? If not, you may be missing out on additional revenue.

If an ACO comes knocking on the door of your medical practice, here are some pointers to assess your potential new partners.

The EHR, in some form, is here to stay. However, when it comes to the use of computers, many physician practices clearly lag behind the rest of the world.

EHR construction is analogous to house construction in many ways, but the builders of both structures may not always have the right tools for the job.

When my group practice added a comprehensive electronic health record to our computer system, I was dubious. Slowly, I came to see the benefits to patient care and myself.

While a big proponent of the EHR, I am not an advocate of meaningless rules and criteria … to be 'incentivized' by Medicare.

Surgeon Harry Wilkins on his sometimes-rocky EHR "marriage."

Struggling to find and implement the right EHR for your practice? Maybe it's time for some help.

CMS is stepping up efforts to ferret out fraud through its new Center for Program Integrity. Here's what your practice can do to stay below its radar.

Which tech tools are must-haves? And how much are practices paying for all those tech goodies? Our annual survey of more than 1,300 practices has the answers.

Are you ready to make the EHR leap? Training is crucial, but planning comes first.

Are you waiting for EHR vendors to develop smartphone and iPad-friendly applications, so you can work from home, the hospital, or a coffee shop? Your wait may finally be ending, but there's much to know before taking your mobile EHR for a spin.

Much like our patients, why do physicians balk at changing behavior given all the risks and possible bad outcomes of using an EHR?

Simple strategies to help your patients manage their medications.

Receiving maximum practice compensation requires everyone to be on board. If you have a partner who simply won't comply with practice goals that can really hamper your practice. Here's what you can do to motivate your docs.

Treating Hepatitis C is expensive and difficult. But an EHR made it much easier to do so for a Baltimore gastroenterology practice.

Where do EHRs fit in a world of general purpose and special purpose computers?

Learn more about the benefits and drawbacks of mobile EHRs for your medical practice in this video.

Current EHRs resemble early automobiles - and they will also continue to become more reliable and useful as they mature.