Technology & AI

The history of interoperability and why this is important for independent practices.

Text messaging is one of the best ways to boost patient satisfaction, increase appointment consistency, and improve care compliance. Texting your patients should go beyond just appointment reminders. And yet, there is more technical complexity and risk with texting patients than other communication channels.

Partnership options for physician practices seeking to transition to a value-based care strategy.

We continue our look at asset protection for physicians in the context of medical malpractice claims with a look at the causes of medical malpractice claims and thinking defensively about diagnosis and documentation.

One of the biggest risks is the act of practicing medicine virtually and the challenges of virtual examinations, reviewing diagnostics, communicating with the patient, loss of contextual clues, etc.

The difference lies in more than just the name.

Advances in remote monitoring are allowing for physician practices to further monitor heart failure patients on a regular basis, without the patients needing to leave their home. This real-time data provides seamless connectivity, improved clinical outcomes and reductions of adverse events.

How technology can aid physicians in returning to focusing on patient care.

If you leverage the right business partners for your email, you can both mitigate risk and provide seamless communication to your patients.

Physicians Practice® spoke with Victor Bornstein, CEO and founder of JustPoint, a new firm powered by artificial intelligence, about how they are analyzing malpractice claims and pairing up prosecutors and defendants with the best counsel possible.

The crucial capabilities missing from your EHR.

Training your staff to ask patients for feedback and reviews is one of the best ways to get it. It is important to prepare a script for the front desk, set up an incentives structure, and review progress daily.

Physicians Practice® spoke with Michael Parisi, Vice President of assurance strategy and Community Development at high trust Alliance, about how physicians and practice owners can discern whether or not communications technology they are interested in integrating into their practice is certified secure.

As physician practices look for ways to build volume and engagement, it’s critical to thoughtfully consider it all from the point of view of patients and consumers.

A transparent, data-driven approach can ease the transition from traditional fee-for-service to value-based contracts.

New study links digital to behavior change and diabetes outcomes

Recent attacks encouraged new guidelines from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).

Traditional cybersecurity measures aren’t effective anymore.

When the office is busy, e-mailing or texting patients to leave feedback is effective. Avoid the pitfalls of unethical feedback solicitation and provide patients allowed incentives to leave their thoughts.

Effective coaching delivered virtually must be conversational and personalized to the individual.

Tools that can help with point-of-care clinical decisions.

As the industry moves forward, we must ensure all information is included and adoption is encouraged amongst providers of all sizes and types.

Physicians Practice® spoke with John Harrison, CCO of Concord Technologies, about how documentation technologies can improve workflows in practices.

Why the conflation of “telehealth” and “virtual care” is misguided.

The history of government healthcare fraud and abuse enforcement efforts teaches one unassailable lesson: increased utilization inevitably leads to increased government scrutiny.