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…
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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…
How to Successfully Implement BYOD in the Healthcare Industry
The revolution in the healthcare industry is being fueled by a number of devices which include mobiles, smartphones, tablets, laptops and the like. The concept of bring-your-own-devices (BYOD), is a logical progression of the exponential increase in the number of privately owned smart devices. This approach allows physicians and their support staff to use their Read more…
Specialists & Specialty EHRs, Why they belong together?
There are many Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors in the market who are offering hundreds of features to physicians, healthcare providers and hospitals. However, they are not catering to the unique practice workflows followed by the specialists. Every specialty has its own requirements and requires its EHRs to be customized. Generic EHR software can actually result in Read more…
Choosing an EMR Vendor
In an informal discussion with a colleague, we talked about what is necessary for a product to be considered an ideal purchase? For some products, people can use the method of experimenting with similar products, but for an investment that affects a whole practice or business, there has to be a way of finding out Read more…