EHR Technology

Increased EHR adoption and optimization, coupled with collaboration among vendors, can take healthcare data to the next level. Online consumerism can pave the way.

Each physician must decide whether to comply with the spirit, or merely the letter, of the rules of EHR use. That is a grassroots decision.

What do the sequester cuts really mean to physician practices? Some potential aftershocks.

Internist Gregory Spencer, an ACO participant and a presenter at the HIMSS13 Conference, discusses technology tools critical to ACO success.

Many of today's EHRs have inherited both strengths and weaknesses of early design concepts, so perhaps it is time for a new role model.

Every medical practice wants the latest upgrade to their EHR to eliminate bugs, but sometimes, fixes cause other things to break or not work properly.

It's time for complete cooperation between vendors of hardware and software solutions to increase interoperability with EHRs sooner than later.

Our 2013 Technology Survey results indicate many practices are dissatisfied with their EHR vendors. Here’s how to ensure you experience a positive partnership.

The main themes of this year's conference were the ongoing quest toward interoperability among EHRs and other systems, plus HIPAA security and mobility.

Until the day when medicine if fully understood, today's EHRs will struggle to make sense out of data that is ambiguous and imprecise.

Review your medical practice’s contracts to ensure you are prepared to handle distributing EHR incentive payments before they arrive in the mail.

EHR implementation tips from the medical group that received the 2012 Ambulatory HIMSS Davies Award of Excellence for exemplary EHR use.

Physicians looking for lower healthcare costs and CPOE need only turn to Amazon for the blueprint to success.

National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari outlined the benefits of health IT for attendees during HIMSS13, and even poked fun at EHR critics.

Before attempting to attest for Stage 2, make sure your practice has checked off these must-do items.

While physician use of telemedicine provides opportunities for physicians, it could also lead to legal troubles.

Moving from fee-for-service to value-based reimbursement is no easy task. Leveraging health IT, the right way, can help.

The Stage 2 rules for meaningful use require physicians to increase their patient engagement activity. Here are two examples of facilities already making that a reality.

Using an EHR to simply replace the paper patient chart is not worth it.

Here's how to prepare for the possibility that your vendor closes up shop.

A successful transition to a Patient-Centered Medical Home is no easy task, but outside resources can help.

From InformationWeek Healthcare: This year's HIMSS conference features a keynote speech by Farzad Mostashari, MD, national coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).

Jay Tolchinsky, principal of national accounts at consulting firm Beacon Partners, provides his pre-EHR implementation tips for practices.

Building things that others can use as tools of their trade requires an in-depth understanding of their work and how they do it as well as subject matter expertise.

Penalties for mismanaging medical records are steep. Make sure you understand your practice's legal obligations as medical records custodian.

In this podcast, consultant Ronald Sterling notes the critical steps every practice should take to verify the clinical content in its EHR.

If EHRs must evolve, then evolution needs time, opportunity, and freedom to make mistakes and suffer the pitfalls. Unfortunately, the government halts that freedom.

The feeling of innovation that comes from using an EHR can also be matched by the fear that a HIPAA violation is more likely to occur.

Government runs on processes, as seen by its solutions for healthcare. But, medicine is about people, not the process.