November 18th 2022
Failure to pay attention to the security of health IT could put practices at risk.
May 2nd 2022
Clinicians need easy access at the point of care to these measures that provide insights into the progression or regression of an illness. Let’s make them available.
August 3rd 2021
Technology to consider implementing in your practice
April 29th 2021
Solutions that have become more than just “nice-to-have” since the beginning of the 2020 pandemic.
February 2nd 2021
Six major reasons that do not apply only to healthcare.
Five Tablets Tailored to Physicians' BYOD Security Needs
Here's a look at five of the latest tablets with high-level security features for physicians.
The Prevailing Wisdom about EHR May Not Be So Wise
Like teenagers trying to imagine what sex will be like, the prevailing wisdom about EHRs reflects optimism more than experience and knowledge.
Choosing a Medical Billing Partner: 6 Questions to Ask First
Here are six questions your medical practice should ask a potential billing partner to help you thrive today and remain competitive in the future.
The Latest Weapon to Fight Healthcare Fraud: Health IT and Analytics
Health IT and its data is rapidly becoming a powerful tool for the federal government in combating potential healthcare fraud nationwide.
Physician Work-Life Balance Challenges for 2014
What I predict will be the top 10 challenges to physicians' work-life balance in the coming year.
Exploring Whether EHRs Have a Scientific Basis
Lacking validated science, EHR builders, like the builders of medieval cathedrals, use proprietary heuristics to guide them, and achieve inconsistent results.
Eight Tech Predictions for Medical Practices in 2014
Tech-savvy physicians and health information technology experts to tell us what's to come in 2014.
Should Healthcare Put Its Faith in the Cloud for Data?
With healthcare's ever-growing devotion to reliance on the cloud, it's time to rethink our faith and devotion.
Your Healthcare IT Budget: 7 Important Considerations
Here are seven important considerations when putting together a budget for your medical practice's IT needs for next year.
Are Your EHR Fraud Safeguards Up to Standards?
Assess the risk of vulnerability and threats regarding your EHR and protected health information to avoid liability issues for your medical practice.
Top Healthcare Technology Tools and Trends of 2013
Here's a look back on what, technology-wise, made physicians' "hot" lists this year.
Further Thoughts about the EHR Copy and Paste Issue
After the response – pro and con – to the crackdown on EHR copying and pasting, there is a true solution to capture both narrative and data from physicians.
HIPAA and the Concept of Trust
Ensuring a "chain of trust" is present with protected health information is essential for medical practices following the HIPAA Final Omnibus Rule.
Five-Step Private Medical Practice Survival Plan: Part II
Evaluating your payers and the technology for your medical practice are two key components of a 2014 survival plan you should address today.
To Criticize EHR Cut, Paste is to Criticize Template-based Charting
Look no further than a recent report on copy-paste functions for proof that HHS does not understand EHRs. Here's where they are missing the mark.
Poll: Deadline Extension for Meeting Stage 2 Rules for Meaningful Use
What do you think of CMS' plans to extend the deadline for providers to show that they've met the Stage 2 criteria for meaningful use? Weigh in on our poll.
Why Cloud Services are Ready for Prime Time in Healthcare
Recent technology advances make cloud hosting an attractive option for healthcare. But HIPAA compliance is not automatic.
EHRs Have Scientific Value, but are Physicians Gathering Information?
It's time for a new paradigm for physicians that focuses on information gathering, not just data gathering.
Texting Patient Information: Risks and Strategies for Physicians
Text messages between medical practices and patients are a great way to violate HIPAA - unless you take very specific precautions.
To Succeed with an EHR, Understand the Information Economy
In the information economy, those practices with good information are rich and have the advantage while those with only data flounder.
Revenue Cycle Efficiencies and ICD-10
Coding compliance tips for physicians' ICD-10 transition.
The Biggest HIPAA Breach Risks Are Not in your EHR System
Worried about potential HIPAA security breaches? You don’t need to worry about your EHR …and that’s the problem.
Separation of Data from Apps: the First Step to Modular EHR
The value proposition for an EHR is in the data and its use now, and in the future. Without the data, apps are useless.
The Untapped Potential of Modular EHR Design
Modular EHR designs allow flexibility and other advantages over integrated designs.
The EHR Paradox - Practice or Vendor Problem?
EHRs are frustrating for physicians. But who's to blame for their lackluster performance?
EHR Progress Has Been Stymied By Not Seeing the Whole Board
EHR, like international relations and war, presents many facets, each of which provides a "box" of sorts that can confine thought in unique ways.
Health IT Functions During Practice Mergers: 6 Critical Areas
If your medical practices is preparing for a merger or acquisition, here are six critical health IT areas that deserve your focus.
EHR: Tool or Task?
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.
Social Media Risks at Your Medical Practice: 5 Key Issues
Attorneys Barbara Zabawa and Melissa Giftus warn improper social media use can lead to possible HIPAA violations, increased malpractice liability, and more.
Power in Numbers: Medical Practice Finds Success in a Consortium
How one medical practiced saved more than $390,000 and got financially stable.