Health IT

Here are six questions your medical practice should ask a potential billing partner to help you thrive today and remain competitive in the future.

Health IT and its data is rapidly becoming a powerful tool for the federal government in combating potential healthcare fraud nationwide.

What I predict will be the top 10 challenges to physicians' work-life balance in the coming year.

Lacking validated science, EHR builders, like the builders of medieval cathedrals, use proprietary heuristics to guide them, and achieve inconsistent results.

Tech-savvy physicians and health information technology experts to tell us what's to come in 2014.

With healthcare's ever-growing devotion to reliance on the cloud, it's time to rethink our faith and devotion.

Here are seven important considerations when putting together a budget for your medical practice's IT needs for next year.

Assess the risk of vulnerability and threats regarding your EHR and protected health information to avoid liability issues for your medical practice.

Here's a look back on what, technology-wise, made physicians' "hot" lists this year.

After the response – pro and con – to the crackdown on EHR copying and pasting, there is a true solution to capture both narrative and data from physicians.

Ensuring a "chain of trust" is present with protected health information is essential for medical practices following the HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule.

Looking for a new EHR? Let physician Joseph Robison offer you advice on how replace your old health IT system for a new one.

Evaluating your payers and the technology for your medical practice are two key components of a 2014 survival plan you should address today.

Look no further than a recent report on copy-paste functions for proof that HHS does not understand EHRs. Here's where they are missing the mark.

What do you think of CMS' plans to extend the deadline for providers to show that they've met the Stage 2 criteria for meaningful use? Weigh in on our poll.

Recent technology advances make cloud hosting an attractive option for healthcare. But HIPAA compliance is not automatic.

It's time for a new paradigm for physicians that focuses on information gathering, not just data gathering.

Text messages between medical practices and patients are a great way to violate HIPAA - unless you take very specific precautions.

In the information economy, those practices with good information are rich and have the advantage while those with only data flounder.

Coding compliance tips for physicians' ICD-10 transition.

Worried about potential HIPAA security breaches? You don’t need to worry about your EHR …and that’s the problem.

The value proposition for an EHR is in the data and its use now, and in the future. Without the data, apps are useless.

Modular EHR designs allow flexibility and other advantages over integrated designs.

EHRs are frustrating for physicians. But who's to blame for their lackluster performance?

EHR, like international relations and war, presents many facets, each of which provides a "box" of sorts that can confine thought in unique ways.