Despite working for more hours and seeing more patients, Primary Care physicians struggle to earn even close to what other specialists such as cardiologists, urologists and orthopedic doctors do. However, the introduction of Electronic Health Records (EHRs), and the talk of an industry-wide shift towards the pay-for-performance model in the coming years have begun to stir Read more…
11 indicators that you need a new EHR
Often so deeply immersed in looking for ways to make their practice more efficient, physicians sometimes fail to see the most obvious hurdle preventing this very process from occurring; their EHR. If your Electronic Health Record (EHR) solution is not up to the mark, you might be losing out on precious profits, and incurring costs Read more…
2015 Will Bring New EHR Challenges for Physicians
The healthcare industry is in the midst of major transformation. There have been numerous technology updates and improvements in the methods of delivery. There have also been, changes in codes and regulations. All of this is being done to improve the care and safety of patients, and to enhance the security of critical data. In Read more…
Path to ICD-10 Readiness – Stop Scapegoating Physicians
This would have been the second week of the ICD-10 era in American Healthcare, had the Congress not intervened to delay its implementation. It was believed that giving more time to EHR vendors, providers and payers will result in a relatively smoother transition. So now, it’s only fair to ask if the government policy worked? Are Read more…
Ebola Preparedness For Practices
Ebola is a challenge that our healthcare industry faces today. In order to overcome this challenge, the healthcare staff should be updated about the deadly disease and its symptoms and make use of technology in a meaningful way. CureMD created an infographic for healthcare providers to help them detect Ebola symptoms on time. Embed this Read more…
Ebola Crisis: Humans and Technology go hand in hand
Humans have always tried to create a better world around them. Technology is the logical result of human ingenuity and resourcefulness. As technology advances, the lines between humans and machines sometimes get blurred, and that sometimes has resulted in fatal mishaps. However, in true human spirit of surviving and evolving by learning from our mistakes, Read more…
4 Practical Ways EHRs Use Real Time Analysis to Help Providers and Patients
It’s a term constantly inserted into technology conversations to make a product or action seem new and cutting edge. And while the term is undoubtedly over-used, it remains relevant because it showcases a significant truth: the way we access data is changing. In our personal and professional lives, a few clicks can now summon a Read more…
How to Succeed with Patient Portals for Meaningful Use Stage 2?
Utilizing a patient portal within a healthcare organization may have been an option for providers to meet Meaningful Use Stage 1 requirements. Now, for Meaningful Use Stage 2, it is a core objective that must be met. CMS requires eligible professionals to not only provide 50% of unique patients online access to their healthcare information, Read more…
Don’t Deny your Denials: What do Denials say about your practice?
A typical Medical Practice can easily lose 7%-10% of its revenue to denied claims that could successfully be amended and resubmitted. Add to that the difficulty, at times the impossibility, of collecting directly from patients, and you’d be able to comprehend the extent of revenue you are losing despite enhanced workload. Patient collections might be Read more…
Overwhelmed with patients? Ways to run a more efficient practice
The best doctor is the one you run to and can’t find The healthcare industry has gone through an enormous transformation in this decade, and the metamorphosis shows no signs of slowing down. However, with an ever increasing number of Americans acquiring health insurance, along with the retirement of the highly productive baby boomers, a Read more…