Almost every physician these days is using Cloud-based Electronic Health Records and Practice Management software to deliver better care and manage his practice. However, there are quite a few who are still unsure about putting their most important data on the Cloud, and end up using archaic systems which not only affect their workflows, but Read more…
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Best Practices in Preparing for Meaningful Use
practice can be a daunting task. If done properly, it can change the way your practice works – for the better. However, like most modern technologies, it comes with various challenges. While facing the inevitable changes the implementation of EHR will bring, one of the issues that practices need to resolve is to keep all Read more…
Clearing the Air around ‘Cloud EHR’
While many physicians are already using Cloud services, there are some who are still uncertain, and are victims of the erroneous and outdated perceptions about how the Cloud works and what it’s all about. Some people are hesitant, when it comes to sending important data to the Cloud, because they don’t feel that they’re in Read more…
Best Practices for Switching Your EHR for Small practices
As a health IT consultant, I have come across a number of Practices who made the jump to Electronic Health Records without taking into consideration the following factors: Practice Specialty Size Workflow The key factors behind their decisions are: Price: many choosing to jump on the free EHR bandwagon with little importance given to product Read more…
Usability Redefined: CureMD EHR version 10g
How many of you out there find EHRs difficult to use and un-adaptive to your daily workflow? How many practice managers have given up on their physicians transitioning to electronic systems because they do not make any sense? How many of you have reconciled with the idea of bearing government penalties in 2015 because there Read more…
CureMD, Voted as the Best Cardiology EHR
Black Book, a highly objective and credible technology market research company, has named its elite group of EHR vendors from over 600 EHR Software companies through a poll that consisted of more than 22,000 active EHR users. CureMD has been named as the No.1 EHR vendor in Ambulatory Cardiology in 2014, under the category of ‘Medical Read more…
Surviving in the Modern Healthcare Arena
The advent of modern healthcare technologies has revolutionized how care providers used to perform their duties. The emergence of tools such as Electronic Health Records (EHR) has minimized the usage of paper. Previously, care providers needed to interact with people to get things done. They needed paper for administrative tasks and relied on referrals. Experts Read more…
How to prepare and comply with Meaningful Use audits?
A huge number of medical practices across the country are successfully qualifying for the government’s EHR incentive program, known as ‘Meaningful Use’. But quite a few are learning that there is still one big hurdle to overcome before they can fully reap the benefits of their efforts. “Any provider that participates in the incentive program and receives money Read more…
2014: Year of the EHR switch?
The Black Book Rankings survey cited that by the end of 2013, 17% of the nearly 17,000 active EHR users “could switch out their first choice EHR by year’s end.” This proved to be true to some extent, but it is expected that the biggest percentage of EHR switches will take place in 2014. Most EHR users Read more…
How can EHRs help House Call Practices?
Electronic Health Records convert any patient’s medical records to an electronic format. EHRs work in real time, making the information available instantly and securely to its users. One of the key features of the EHRs, is that information can be created and managed in an electronic format. Although, EHRs have helped various providers and practices Read more…