Technology & AI

Activity trackers can provide users with statistics on how active they have been, but the devices are too unreliable to help a physician in an exam room.

If you are interested in starting a direct care practice, here are a few tools that will be of assistance to you for documentation, billing, and more.

Massachusetts Medical Society's David Wasserman shares tips on how small practices can overcome interoperability challenges.

Why it's important that your practice management system can integrate with the EHR and six other features it must have.

Cost will be a factor in selecting a practice management system, but it shouldn't be the only one.

Experts say the best way to train a new physician is focusing on patient flow. Do not put them in a classroom.

According to our 2017 Technology Survey, half of physicians don't understand demonstrating IT use under Medicare payment reform. Here's what to know.

The latest batch of 2017 Physicians Practice Tech Survey data reveals that more practices are getting patients to use its portal.

This healthcare provider has seen firsthand how poor EHR design has contributed to burnout in physicians, PAs, and other practitioners.

An independent physician and a health IT executive join the podcast to talk about the current landscape of technology in medicine.

Enthusiastic dialogue between healthcare professionals and technology experts bodes well for the health IT industry.

Doctors aren't the problem, unusable systems are the problem, says this doctor. She airs her EHR grievances.

Thanks to a new agreement, medical licensure issues won't hold back the growing telehealth industry nearly as much.

From finding new patients to interacting with current ones, social media can help a doctor improve the patient experience.

This physician has a clever way to ensure nobody can gain access to the files on his computer.

To fall in line with its IPA, this practice is reluctantly switching its EHR system. Here's why they aren't happy about it.

Only 5 percent of practices are using technology that monitors their patients' health status. Why haven't wearables made an impact in clinical care?

This doctor details how she's using technology more than ever at her practice and has started to embrace it.

With a growing shortage of mental health providers, primary-care doctors can use telepsychiatry to outsource mental health patients.

The Physicians Practice Tech Survey confirms that physicians aren't fans of EHRs and health IT, in general. Here's a look into why this is the case.

Physician ponders why healthcare doesn't adopt technology and processes that other industries use on a daily basis.

Doctors and their staff are vulnerable to computer viruses, one of the few things they didn't learn to diagnose and treat in medical school.

This doctor is looking to make a switch on her telephone system at her practice. Weighing the pros and cons, she isn't sure how to proceed.

This year's survey found that three-fourths of practices say the health IT industry is failing because doctors don't like the technology they use.

A physician lends his advice on running successful pay-per-click advertising campaigns, while warning of pitfalls from past experiences.

Email marketing is a great way to gain new customers, here are some tips to run a successful email marketing campaign.

Many patients are resisting usage of patient portals or abandon using them after signing up. Here are 12 ways to get them on board permanently.

With the CMS' Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and value-based care model in full effect, it's important for physicians to understand what MIPS means for their practices.

Technology will play an important role in determining a practice's success in MACRA. Here's what you need to invest in.

Dr. Robert Wachter wrote the book on the failings of health IT and the effect these systems have on patient safety. He joined us for the Pearls podcast.