EHR Technology

Tech can do great things in health care, but it can also lead to a failure in communication.

HIMSS18 has arrived. The Physicians Practice editorial staff has gone through and picked out the top 10 things you should do during your limited time in Las Vegas.

This physician attempted combining story time with his son with EHR pajama time and got mixed results.

Looking to upgrade your EHR or PM systems? Here are a few must haves.

Mobile is in as three out of four practices saying they use mobile health (mHealth) in their practice on a weekly basis.

Physicians sound off on features they wish the EHR had in order to make their jobs and the patient experience better.

Physicians are spending nearly 90 minutes of "pajama time" documenting in the EHR. Here are solutions to fix this pressing problem.

It took a two-year, frustration-induced hiatus from pushing a portal to his patients, but this admin finally understands their use.

The digitization of health data is a good, but it brings concerns over how hard it is to protect patient data.

On Wednesday, the Senate confirmed Alex Azar, making him the second HHS secretary in under a year for the Trump Administration.

While progress has been made, we still have a very long way to go to achieve the dream of EHRs and other health IT.

With the new year fast approaching, health care experts weigh in on what practices can expect from what is sure to be an eventful year.

In part 2 of our roundtable, three doctors vent about EHRs and extol the virtues of having a balanced work and home life.

You can get along better with your EHR software and in turn, it should help reduce clinician burnout. Here's how.

A recent study found practices lack confidence in EHRs and population health management solutions with regards MIPS and MACRA.

A physician shortage may be contributing to burnout, but help is on the way-and creative staffing might keep you going until it gets here.

Use Excel Pivot Tables and Microsoft SQL Server to enhance the way your practice creates reports from its PM and EHR systems.

Here are the major shifts from the Medicare Quality Payment Program’s proposed rule to the recently released final rule.

The EHR is creating some risk and liability for providers. Some of these risks are obvious and some are not.

Insight into CMS' 2018 MACRA final rule released earlier this week.

Patients want in-demand service. Here are a few ways to provide that to them at your practice.

Also: President Donald Trump declared a national public health emergency for the opioid epidemic this week.

On Thursday, 24 Senators reached agreement on a short-term bipartisan legislation bill that would help stabilize health insurance markets.

From not blaming everything on the EHR to taking care of yourself, a few strategies to improve your symptoms of physician burnout.

Physician practices can learn from Equifax's security breach by asking the right questions. Here are a few to ask their vendor.

Planning ahead for a security breach related to your EHR can make the practice's response much smoother, according to experts.

MACRA madness, good advice, and a few other observations from the conference, held in Anaheim.

President Trump said he was mad at HHS Secretary Tom Price for misusing public money to fly on a private charter plane.

Here are six common themes that often emerge when practices examine their tech work flows.

Practices need to ask some hard questions to determine if an EHR switch is the right move. Here are a few.