Technology & AI

In this podcast, AMA President David O. Barbe, MD talks about the accommodations that CMS has made towards small practices in MACRA.

It's OK to ask your patients for a positive review online - it will help build your reputation with new patients.

WiFi is an attractive feature for guests in the waiting room. Just ask this patient who squatted on his practice WiFi network for months.

Online reviews are important to attracting new patients and building your practice. Here's how to become a 5-star physician.

A patient reviews page is one of the most influential pages on your website. The question is: how do you get dazzling testimonials and use them to your advantage?

While progress has been made, we still have a very long way to go to achieve the dream of EHRs and other health IT.

Improving your billing processes can not only improve your revenue, but will make patients happier.

Healthcare technology is approaching Star Trek status, with the ability to take practices to a new frontier.

How politics, value-based reimbursement and patient collaboration will impact providers in 2018.

Looking to brush-up on or further your ultrasound skills? Here are a few apps, podcasts, and references you should check out.

Between the ACA, physician burnout, and MACRA, it was another eventful year in healthcare. Here are our favorite quotes from the past year.

Here are five tactics to reduce many of the more common risks of data loss at your practice. Make sure you're up to date.

Strategically planning IT investment and implementation is important for any small-to-mid-sized practice.

You can get along better with your EHR software and in turn, it should help reduce clinician burnout. Here's how.

This year's HIPAA settlements ran the monetary gamut and included the first ever fine levied due to untimely breach reporting. Here's an overview.

This month's coding questions look at the difference between a 99243 vs 99244 in a consulting capacity.

Due to the "pick your pace" flexibility for year one of the Medicare Quality Payment Program, one expert says it's hard to evaluate how physicians did.

Patients are becoming more and more interested in getting cared for by their provider at home, whether through tech or otherwise.

Doctors would love to treat disease and care for patients with the latest technology and medication. Too bad innovation is thwarted in healthcare.

Training your staff to prioritize patient service is a great way to protect your online reputation.

When it comes to payer enrollment, small practices often lack the necessary time or resources, here are some things to consider.

The EHR is creating some risk and liability for providers. Some of these risks are obvious and some are not.

Non-EMR practice software is routinely touted as a solution for a problem that may not be yours. Here's what you need to know.

If you're not using text messaging to communicate with your patients, you may be ignoring the best way to reach them.

Thinklabs One stethoscope separates itself from the pack with its light weight design and superior sound quality.

There is a shortfall of physicians in the field - here are a few potential ways to keep up with increasing demand.

Cybercriminals will go after medical practices of all sizes. Here a few ways to thwart this unwanted attention.

Physician practices can learn from Equifax's security breach by asking the right questions. Here are a few to ask their vendor.

Planning ahead for a security breach related to your EHR can make the practice's response much smoother, according to experts.

Hackers are well-organized and hungry for patient records. Here’s what practices need to know to protect their patients and their business.