The U.S. unemployment rate remains at historic lows, declining further during the current pandemic. According to BLS stats, the unemployment rate dropped to 11.2 percent in June 2020. Despite the downward trend in the unemployment rate, employee turnover remains a daunting challenge for employers. According to the 2018 North America Mercer Turnover Survey, an average Read more…
Why Medical Practices Should Embrace the EHR Dashboard
EHR dashboards have evolved as a necessity for the efficient functioning of medical practices. Although they are often overlooked as an essential tool for providers, EHR dashboards offer valuable insights that can benefit the practice in ways more than one. EHR is widely acknowledged for offering an integrated platform for functions beyond digital data storage Read more…
Key Tips for an Exceptional Practice Manager
Efficient management of healthcare facilities has always been a high priority for all healthcare professionals, and rightly so. The recent explosion of telehealth visits, however, has made it a more important aspect of healthcare than ever before. The role of the practice manager, which has always required a high degree of operational knowledge and experience, Read more…
Guide to successful EHR implementation
It is true that no modern healthcare practice is complete without an Electronic Health Record. It is just as true that any benefit a practice is able to derive from their system will depend entirely on successful implementation. Performed incorrectly, EHR implementation can create many difficulties that are then difficult to resolve. With successful implementation, Read more…
How to Deal with Out of Network Patients
While it may not be something that happens all the time, it is still prudent for practices to be prepared for situations where they encounter an out-of-network patient. Preferably intake procedures will identify these issues early enough for them to not be a problem, but mistakes happen and some of these patients will always sneak Read more…
3 Simple Tips to Improve Your Medical Bookkeeping
Any healthcare professional will likely spend most of their time caring for patients, which can lead to neglect in certain other areas. One of these areas that are often neglected is bookkeeping. Most physicians would prefer to focus on patient care, rather than the tedious tasks that come afterward. However, a medical practice is also Read more…
Building a Strategic Plan for Your Practice
Many practices overlook having a strategic plan. There are a variety of reasons behind why physicians tend to avoid creating such a plan, including: They consider it a waste of time, as their time would be spent better on patient care. It is too difficult to do. They do not see any value in it. Read more…
3 Tips for Getting the Most Out of Your EHR
Utilizing an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system in your practice is key to maximizing productivity and optimizing workflows. Without an EHR, practice staff simply will possess the tools they need to maximize profits, provide high quality care and create the best patient health outcomes. Any old software will not help your practice achieve these goals, Read more…
Improving Office Workflows with Healthcare AI
AI technology has come a long way over the past decade; these technologies have also begun augmenting the capabilities of EHR solution. The uses for it in the healthcare industry are many, that is plain to see, with successful examples of diagnostics, robotic surgery and much more. However, these are higher level uses of AI. Read more…
3 Things to Reconsider If Your Practice Struggles with Collections
Mostly, patients want to make their healthcare payments on time. However, these payments often arrive later than their due date. Often patients may not make their payments until they have moved on to collections, leading to additional fees for the practice. However, what must be the reason behind this struggle? Let us take a closer Read more…