EHR Technology

The HIPAA final rule, released Jan. 17, 2013, includes new guidance regarding the transfer of medical records.

Data transmission requirements for Stage 2 of CMS' EHR incentive program are steep. Here's a closer look.

To meet meaningful use requirements for Stage 2 of the EHR incentive programs, providers need to boost patient engagement. Here's how.

The dangers of auto complete and cut and paste in EHRs lie not with EHRs themselves, but with potential misuse.

Whether you are a short-order cook or a physician, it's all about workflow in getting your daily work successfully completed.

It is time to stop repeating the worn out rhetoric that existing EHRs …are going to come to the rescue of medicine, patients, or healthcare costs.

Healthcare IT has great potential, but the lack of compatibility and conformity is making its role as a cost- and time-saving savior improbable.

It’s a common complaint that EHRs don’t conform to the way providers actually work. Understanding why this may be the case can help develop effective solutions.

What does a successful EHR implementation look like? Consultant Rosemarie Nelson spells it out in four easy steps.

Healthcare reform and the regulatory push for EHRs involve elaborate plans predicated on the future being a repetition of the past - but your future will not repeat the past.

No matter how much shopping you've done in the past, selecting technology for your practice is an especially challenging task. Here's how to do it right.

Health IT can be improved by building applications with the goal of getting the real work done in the shortest possible time and with the least effort.

When it comes to digital health records, electronic silos are no better than paper silos.

From the emergence of non-physicians to the role of EHRs, it is time for America to take a fresh look at how we care for patients.

Physicians, by nature, multi-task. EHRs, by their nature, force physicians to single-task, therefore slowing them down.

Investment in digital health has soared while investment in traditional health has declined. What that means.

The acquisition will align Athenahealth with the one of the most popular mobile apps for doctors.

There is a vocal group of knowledgeable people that are getting pretty fed up not only with EHR software, but software in general and many are quite vocal.

EHRs sometimes strain physician-patient communication. Here's how to ensure that doesn't happen to you.

The correlation between physician age and technology adoption is very real - and the reasons for it very complex. Here's how practices can get doctors of all ages on the same page.

Here's a simple question for you: Would structured data by any other name smell as sweet?

From increasing HIPAA training among staff to stepping up billing compliance efforts, here are key action steps to consider making in the New Year.

Simply put, today's EHRs are not designed to collect data in a way that allows accurate meaningful use reports to be created.

From cloud-based computing to patient portals, here’s what, technology-wise, made a big bang in physician practices nationwide.

While the current focus on health IT tends to be on features or capabilities, it's time to take a look at the higher purposes of these devices and software.

There's a new dimension to the knowledge and experience physicians must have to practice effectively and prudently due to the explosion of computer use.

Achieve meaningful use, increase profitability, and improve quality care with your patient portal.

Like patients given antibiotics to hopefully - and immediately - solve a malady, physicians are being told to adopt an EHR as a possible solution to a larger issue.

Taiwan's electronic healthcare information system offers a view of the future, one made closer by health IT provisions of the Affordable Care Act.

What tech tools are other practices using? What would they pass up if they had a do-over? Help us to help you find out by completing our 2013 Technology Survey.