EHR Technology

Community health information exchanges appear to offer many advantages, including increased revenue for physician practices.

Coding expert Bill Dacey clears up some confusion about split billing and combination visits.

EHR interoperability is a great idea in theory, but the reality leaves much to be desired.

Avoid legal trouble by doing a thorough review of the electronic prescription process, security options, audits and potential loopholes.

Wearable devices that gather health and movement data are being put to new uses in the clinical setting for glucose monitoring, pain management and distraction, rehabilitation, and treatment adherence.

As providers, it’s our job to identify and anticipate what patients need. But, in order to deliver the right care at the right time, we need to re-examine our processes and relationships not only with our patients, but also with one another.

Nosy employees poking around in medical records or sharing passwords can put your practice at risk of HIPAA violations, lawsuits, and broken agreements with affiliate hospitals or practices.

The leading cause of physician burnout also puts patients at risk of medical errors, the third leading cause of death in the United States.

Community health information sharing platforms are cropping up to give healthcare providers a more holistic view of their patients’ needs and challenges as well as capture interactions with other social service agencies. That, in turn, is helping to improve patients’ care and their quality of life.

The number of things we do in the business of medicine that have no direct bearing on patient health or well-being is astounding.

With the silver tsunami fast approaching, it’s critical that physicians develop workflows to keep abreast of seniors’ health amid anticipated life changes and transitions of care.

If we are not smart about how we implement digital health, we may have results similar to the EHR.

Computerized records are not going away, so it is imperative to develop strategies to mitigate and cope with the stress EHRs are causing-for physicians and for patients.

Four ways advances in EHR technology can help providers achieve mandated MIPS target performance to not only report but also improve patient care.

In this digital day and age, physicians need a model for governance and operations that enables them to quickly respond to changes in the market, test new ideas, and apply innovations more broadly to patients’ needs.

Patient behavior plays a crucial role in determining health outcomes. In order to improve their health, we must help them get more engaged.

Multiple changes in the healthcare field are working synergistically to pull an increasing number of physicians into the bitter swirl of burnout.

Physician practices are the keystone to the healthcare industry’s shift to value-based care. Technology tools such data analytics and automated communication can help practices provide preventive care and assist with population health management duties.

Artificial intelligence is trickling into medical practices. Here’s what you should know about the technology.

Sometimes, the difficulty in treating patients lies in knowing how to code their ailments.

Coding expert Bill Dacey reacts to CMS’s 2019 proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule that would collapse office Evaluation and Management code levels-and payment rates.

We are far from the point where providers can gather needed information from one place to safely and efficiently develop a treatment plan. But there is hope. 

Tech and staffing are two ways that your practice can reduce burnout for physicians and other stressed out employees.

Searching for medical information via electronic records is great …when the data you need is in there.

The big health IT conference has finished. What did this editor learn from the annual show?

The EHR is the cause for many physicians to be burned out - but this doesn't have to be the case.

At HIMSS18, less regulation and more market-driven innovation was the name of the game for the ONC's top officials.

Clinical registries can assist medical practices with their quality initiatives, but also provide a high-tech community, says one expert.

Jared Kushner and Seema Verma spoke at HIMSS18 about the administration's vision for interoperability and better patient data access.

Looking for a way to lessen administrative burden at your practice? Start with putting the patients first.