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.
App Review: Thinklabs One Digital Stethoscope
Thinklabs One stethoscope separates itself from the pack with its light weight design and superior sound quality.
Phishing "Bait" Helps Practice Catch Cybercriminals
Cybercriminals will go after medical practices of all sizes. Here a few ways to thwart this unwanted attention.
6 Things to Ask your EHR Vendor about Security
Physician practices can learn from Equifax's security breach by asking the right questions. Here are a few to ask their vendor.
5-Step Plan in the Face of an EHR-related Security Breach
Planning ahead for a security breach related to your EHR can make the practice's response much smoother, according to experts.
Why Hackers Love Patient Records and What to Do About It
Hackers are well-organized and hungry for patient records. Here’s what practices need to know to protect their patients and their business.
The Cloud Protects Practices from Mother Nature
Despite flooding, power outages, and physical loss, the cloud recently helped modern medical practices avoid four disasters.
Tuning Your Health Technology Work Flow
Here are six common themes that often emerge when practices examine their tech work flows.
MACRA Boosts the Power, Relevance of Registries
Clinical Data Registries have taken on renewed meaning because of MIPS reporting requirements. What do physicians have to know about them?
6 Reasons to Leave Your Current EHR Vendor
Practices need to ask some hard questions to determine if an EHR switch is the right move. Here are a few.
3 Reasons to Stay with Your Current EHR Vendor
From decreased physician productivity to lack of awareness about your EHR vendor's other product offerings, here's why you stay put.
Hurricane Harvey HIPAA Reminder
Natural disasters can often lead to data breach, here's what you need to know to prevent a breach at your practice.
Physicians Vary on Retirement Plans
Some physician readers are hesitant to retire no matter the age, due to their everlasting drive to care for others.
Letting Go of Your Practice's IT Person or Vendor
Here are 10 things you should consider if you are planning to let go of your practice's IT person or vendor. Don't act rash!
Trump Announces Telehealth Initiative at VA
President Trump announced a new telehealth initiative at the VA Health System this week. Also docs are undertreating opioid addiction, researchers say.
Improving Patient Care with SMS
Text messaging allows practice's to easily interact with patients, saving time and hassle, while also improving the overall patient experience.
HIEs Seek to Become One-Stop Shop for MACRA Reporting
HIEs see themselves as an engine to help practices report on MACRA measures, but there are a few drawbacks.
What We Like About Our EHR
Physicians will gladly tell you everything wrong with their EHR system, but we asked them to be nice and give it a compliment.
Activity Tracker Info No Help to Doctors
Activity trackers can provide users with statistics on how active they have been, but the devices are too unreliable to help a physician in an exam room.
Solving the EHR Interoperability Challenge
Massachusetts Medical Society's David Wasserman shares tips on how small practices can overcome interoperability challenges.
The 7 Must Have Features of a Practice Management System
Why it's important that your practice management system can integrate with the EHR and six other features it must have.
5 Steps to Selecting a Practice Management System
Cost will be a factor in selecting a practice management system, but it shouldn't be the only one.
Onboarding New Physicians to your Practice's EHR
Experts say the best way to train a new physician is focusing on patient flow. Do not put them in a classroom.
Advancing Care Information: What Physicians Need to Know
According to our 2017 Technology Survey, half of physicians don't understand demonstrating IT use under Medicare payment reform. Here's what to know.
Tech Survey: Patient Portal Use on the Rise
The latest batch of 2017 Physicians Practice Tech Survey data reveals that more practices are getting patients to use its portal.
Why Doctors Hate Their EHRs
Doctors aren't the problem, unusable systems are the problem, says this doctor. She airs her EHR grievances.
The Rules Surrounding Telehealth are Changing
Thanks to a new agreement, medical licensure issues won't hold back the growing telehealth industry nearly as much.
Switching EHRs is a Headache for this Practice
To fall in line with its IPA, this practice is reluctantly switching its EHR system. Here's why they aren't happy about it.
Making Wearables Valuable to Medical Practices
Only 5 percent of practices are using technology that monitors their patients' health status. Why haven't wearables made an impact in clinical care?
My Changing Relationship with Technology in Medicine
This doctor details how she's using technology more than ever at her practice and has started to embrace it.
Increasing Access to Mental Care with Telepsychiatry
With a growing shortage of mental health providers, primary-care doctors can use telepsychiatry to outsource mental health patients.