Community Health Center (CHC) model is one of the premier beneficiaries of federal grants for primary care in the United States. Uninsured patients are a major part of the overall population. In 2013, United States Department of Health and Human Services allocated $150 million in financial support to CHCs for providing enrollment assistance to uninsured Read more…
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Survey finds Obamacare will impact physician career time lines
A recent study has found that nearly half of US physicians think Obamacare will impact their career time lines in one way or the other as they will have to re-evaluate their length of stay in practice. The study, undertaken by Jackson & Coker, a physician staffing firm, surveyed over 3,000 practicing physicians from a Read more…
Should patients care about their physicians’ text messages?
One of the major security concerns for healthcare organizations, despite the modern day EHRs, compliance officers and HIPAA guidelines about protecting patients’ medical information, is the use of text messaging between physicians to share patient data. Physicians and clinicians are quick to send a text message to a colleague to ask about test results or with Read more…
HIMSS looks to change mobile health regulatory framework
The usage of mobile devices in the healthcare industry is on the rise. Physicians, providers, hospitals and support staff are now increasingly using mobile devices to carry out their duties to provide coordinated healthcare to population health groups. The shift from desktop-based Electronic Health Record (EHR) software to mobile-based EHRs is largely due to the convenience and Read more…
Specialty EHR: Are they better than the enterprise versions?
The debate whether a specialty EHR is superior to an enterprise version is an old one, yet it’s still relevant today. . If the provider chooses an EHR software that doesn’t deliver results for the practice, the whole point of using the system dwindles. So, choosing the right EHR is a cardinal decision which needs Read more…
How EHRs Can Improve Patient-Physician Interaction
According to a recent estimate by the National Center for Health Statistics, Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are being used in nearly 72% of office-based practices, a 400% increase from the last decade. While the shift to technology has largely been smooth, the challenge to leverage EHRs to improve patient-doctor engagement remains an elusive goal. One EHR solution Read more…
How should physicians prepare for Obamacare?
With the imminent implementation of Obamacare, every physician should start preparing to smoothly navigate the new changes it will bring. One of the major changes that will take place with the implementation of Obamacare is, lower payments and higher costs. However, if physicians prepare themselves in advance before the new Act is implemented, they should Read more…
Study shows physicians benefiting from EHR use
A recent Medical Economics study has found that physicians are getting used to Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, but still some progress needs to be made. One of the top EHR vendors in the market is CureMD. Click here to schedule a free demo with them. According to the data gathered, nearly 90% of the participating solo Read more…
BYOD: The emerging trend
Bring-your-own-device or BYOD, is a relatively new concept, where employees of a particular organization are allowed to bring their own devices to work, in order to access privileged company information and applications. According to estimates, nearly 75% of the employees in high growth markets, like the US, are using their own devices at work. The Read more…
Can EHRs do Everything?
The debate about whether Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems are able to do everything for a practice or not, is a long one. It has long been argued by EHR vendors that their systems are fully equipped to handle almost all the challenges a practice faces, while on the other hand, physicians have been vocal Read more…