Health IT

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.

EHRs can indeed reduce costs and improve patient care, but they can also provide legal issues if the rules for their use are ignored.

Robert Anthony, a health specialist with CMS, explores key differences between Stage 1 and Stage 2 requirements for meaningful use in this webinar recorded June 4, 2013.

Even following the HIPAA Security Rule, which requires protecting computer systems with anti-virus and anti-spam, computers can still get infected. Why is that?

Medicine needs a conceptual framework that addresses, in a coherent, coordinated way, the wide variety of requests that arise as we care for patients.

One of the anticipated costs of EHR implementation is helping those who are struggling to adapt, most notably older providers.

Which tools are your medical practice peers buying and how are they using them? Our 2013 Technology Survey has the answers.

Which tools are your peers buying and how are they using them? Our 2013 Technology Survey has the answers.

Chances are your medical practice uses e-mail every day. But here's how it works and how to find the right fit for your office's operations.

Training may be one of the biggest barriers to full EHR buy-in from clinicians, study says.

Chances are good that you have some major ticking software time bombs lurking in your medical practice's computer environment, namely Windows XP and Server 2003.

Physicians have medical information in their mind, but the EHR cannot access it, so the unhappy task of extracting data from information falls on providers.

By taking a hard look at reducing costs for staffing, overhead, and technology at your medical practice, you may see increased physician compensation.

Failing to fully examine an EHR vendor may have significant financial consequences for your medical practice. Here's a recent example.

If your goal is to be the best doctor you can be, limit your personal interaction with the EHR to only those things that serve that goal.

So you think using a certified EHR makes your organization HIPAA secure? Think again. Careless users and mobile devices represent your greatest risk.

Some EHRs succeed in medical practices while others fail. There may be a root cause for the failure, but the solution is not easily embraced.

Usability remains a matter of personal preference, so the debate over the best tablet can shed light on how we determine the best EHR system for our own use.

Einstein was right when it came to EHRs: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

In the underlying causes of failures and dissatisfaction with EHRs, there are actually several issues that require commitment from vendors and providers to solve.

The goal of medicine is to heal people, not to mass-produce them.

What you need to know about encryption, and why you should care.

Increased EHR adoption and optimization, coupled with collaboration among vendors, can take healthcare data to the next level. Online consumerism can pave the way.

A quick look at two new products in the emerging market for data-analytics tools for doctors.

Each physician must decide whether to comply with the spirit, or merely the letter, of the rules of EHR use. That is a grassroots decision.