EHR Technology

A study of 215 primary-care physicians at Atrius Health in Massachusetts reveals how EHRs can serve as a key tool to help control rising costs.

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

Here are five best practices for your medical practice to get patients to embrace and fully utilize their personal health record through a patient portal.

The changes that come with Stage 2 of meaningful use and ICD-10 are just at the tip of a change iceberg. Here's how to strategize going forward.

Recent reports of cyber attacks involving patients' medical records have physicians wondering whether cyber insurance is a smart idea to protect their practices.

Technology can create communication barriers between doctors and patients. It can also improve communications if used correctly.

Until everything about the EHR changes, demanding that physicians act as data-collection clerks will be unsuccessful.

Healthcare technology is advancing so quickly it is hard to keep up, but there are three trends physicians should be watching that are revolutionizing patient care.

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

Creating separate application modules for your EHR delivers optimum results.

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

Part of practicing modern medicine is being comfortable with new technology. Here are 10 ways technology can help you be a better doctor.

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?

To avoid potential lawsuits involving EHR adoption and implementation - think like a plaintiff's attorney.

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

If your medical practices is preparing for a merger or acquisition, here are six critical health IT areas that deserve your focus.

If physicians are going absorb additional patients and regulations of healthcare reform, they'll need their EHRs to provide better tools and impose fewer tasks.

Copying and pasting information in your EHR can be effective when done properly, according to AHIMA's Diana Warner.

Consultant Derek Kosiorek on critical technology issues practices are facing, and why physicians and practice managers should attend his two MGMA13 sessions.

Here's how to determine what technology purchasing route is right for your practice.

Physicians can remove the traditional obstacles associated with using an EHR in the exam room, make the technology disappear, and keep the focus on the patient.

If your practice is reeling from a bad EHR implementation, don't despair. Consultant Carolyn Hartley shares techniques to recover and even excel.

Here are tips for managing three medical practice risk areas: HIPAA breaches, Medicare audits, and EHR liability issues.

The ideal EHR is highly customizable, but rather than dedicate the time and effort to do this, most practices buy a system pre-configured that causes problems.

In the rush to meet meaningful use guidelines, physicians may have won the battle but lost the war as poor or faulty implementation of EHRs increases risk.

Turn patient skepticism into enthusiasm about your medical practice's EHR implementation.

While many technology vendor package deals provide several advantages, others have some big drawbacks. Make sure you do your homework before investing.

There are varying beliefs by those in healthcare when it comes to utilization of EHRs …until something goes wrong with the system.