Black Book Rankings survey listed 2013 as the “year of the great EHR vendor switch”. To a large extent, this has proven true as its latest research finds 92% practices dissatisfied with their current EHR systems. Being clunky, difficult to use, not compliant with 2014 regulations and unable to improve practice workflows are just some Read more…
New study finds physicians can improve workflow with HIT
A recent Johns Hopkins study has found that physicians can see more patients and reduce their workload if they started using Health Information Technology (HIT) based solutions. This study, which was conducted in collaboration with the Commonwealth Fund, underscores the impact of electronic health applications on physician services, and suggests that physician shortage might not Read more…
Does patient satisfaction mean anything to physicians?
The night was clement, the ambience tranquil, but the room bore a murky sheet of the dark hollow that did not aptly depict the feeble condition of the patient turning in bed. A voice, a sudden outcry of directed inquiry, broke the ominous silence that had engulfed the two people in that room, “Are you Read more…
EMR Support – The Overlooked Qualities
Thanks to user feedback which resulted in the exponential improvement in quality, EMR has come a long way from being the simple tool to record and document patient profiles and data. The dynamics of the EMR market are constantly changing, leading to the evolution of the EMR software into a well-rounded solution that caters to the whole Read more…
How Secure is Your EMR?
Lauded for the effectiveness in capturing and the dissemination of data, EMRs have improved healthcare productivity with higher outputs as initial benefits to the overall industry. Having tremendous potential, EMR’s still have a long way to go when it comes to securing and protecting sensitive patient health information. There is an increasing concern for security Read more…
Practice Management – The Missing Link in an EMR Package
Practice Management software deals with the administrative workflows of the whole practice. This typically includes features such as scheduling appointments, documenting patient demographics and electronic medical billing. Practice Management software improves efficiency by eliminating paper while streamlining practice workflow, task and resource allocation for enhanced efficiencies at the workplace. Physicians have been positive towards implementing practice Read more…
5 Features of a Patient-Centered EHR
It is of crucial importance that Electronic Health Record (EHR) software are designed in a way that they focus on patient care and improve the quality of services delivered. It has also become one of the regulatory requirements that physicians and practices must be able to show that they are doing all they can to Read more…
Can Healthcare and Social Media team up?
The healthcare industry has undoubtedly benefited a lot from patient-to-patient and patient-to-provider social media interactions. The ability of social media websites to effectively and transparently communicate information in real time presents a wide range of opportunities for the healthcare industry. Most of the healthcare providers use at least one of the social media websites to Read more…
How can patients benefit from Patient Portals?
One of the major reasons why nearly 80% of the US physicians are looking to switch their current EHR systems is that they are not satisfied with it. Some of the reasons for this dissatisfaction are: EHRs’ lack of ability to attest for Meaningful Use 2, support Patient Portals and meet other regulatory requirements. The Read more…
The ideal Enterprise Practice Management solution
In the healthcare IT industry, Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) and Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are big sellers. Almost 80% of US physicians are using either of these systems to help them in their practice workflows, and to improve patient care. However, another solution which goes hand-in-hand with their EHR software is called Enterprise Practice Management. Read more…