Former President Barack Obama’s legacy healthcare law has been under scrutiny for quite some time. Even though the Republicans are unable to offer a replacement, yet they decided to repeal the law anyway. However, they failed to achieve their objective because of a 49-51 vote, including three Republicans, against repealing. This means that Obamacare stays. Read more…
Physicians Get Tired Too: How to Get Rid of Physician Burnout
Exhaustion, mental stress, and emotional strain are part of practicing medicine. It becomes physician burnout, when practitioners feel emotionally and physically drained, even detached from their profession. This often leads to resentment towards their jobs and patients, as well as symptoms of depression. Physician burnout is highly common. Researchers found that 37.9% of physicians were Read more…
Reduce your risk of bad receivables
Over the last ten years, the cost of care has increasingly shifted to patients. This has been done through increasing co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles. Many of the ACA plans rely on patients to shoulder 40% of the cost of their care — even Medicare is now tracking at about 25% out-of-pocket cost to patients. Gone Read more…
BRCA 2.0: Another Failed Healthcare Bill by Republicans?
Relentless Republican efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act with the Better Care Reconciliation Act, seem wasted, as a result of their own party’s failure to unanimously agree on the proposed changes. In order to win a majority, the new healthcare bill can only afford to lose two Republican votes; as it stands, approximately ten Read more…
What is the surgical benefit of the Israel retractor?
Surgical retractors hold significant importance in the field of surgery. These surgical instruments serve their purpose when the surgeons need to hold back an incision or wound during surgical procedures. These incredible tools allow surgeons to get better access and visibility to the surgical area and great exposure to the other organs as well thereby Read more…
Top 20 EMR Providers
CureMD has been servicing practices across the US for over twenty years now and has received numerous accolades during that time. With an easy-to-use interface and amazing customer service, CureMD’s Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software caters to 32 specialties and helps physicians and office staff efficiently manage their daily operations. The company has also been Read more…
Republicans push for Obamacare repeal
For anyone who has depleted their savings on medical expenses, avoided going to the doctor for fear of a huge medical bill, or lost loved ones to cancer, Obamacare has been a tremendous blessing. Highly popular among Americans initially, President Obama’s signature health care law has provided health coverage to approximately 20 million Americans who Read more…
9 Steps to Successful EHR Implementation
Healthcare organizations need an efficient way to process and share care delivery information to increase productivity, deliver better quality care, save money and ensure compliance. Properly Switching EHR can deliver on this promise, and provide the most benefits associated with adopting digital technology. Are you ready? It comes as no surprise that technology continues to be an Read more…
Top Ten Blog Posts from 2016
A glimpse of top HeathIT blog posts from 2016. Did you miss out on the trending healthcare news and insights from last year? Don’t worry! We got it all covered from digital health to patient engagement, physician payment models to MACRA, MIPS to EHRs and the rise of Trump care. After delving deep into the Read more…
What You Can Expect From Trumpcare
Welcome back from your coma. What did you miss? Beyoncé released a perfect masterpiece of an album, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, oh and Donald Trump is now the president of the United States of America. Throughout his campaign, President-elect Trump has taken a variety of stances on a number of topics regarding Read more…