Robert Lowes

Women who read online reminders to get a mammogram are 68 percent more likely to do so than women who ignore them, according to a study conducted by the parent company of insurer UnitedHealthcare.

It’s not yet the norm, but one more malpractice carrier is lowering premiums for doctors who use EHRs.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, EHRs could reduce the quality of care and increase costs, says a pioneer in healthcare information technology.

Weigh the pros and cons of four major scheduling strategies, and see what could work best for you.

How do you get from pondering the possibility of electronic health records to actually using them? A free online tutorial produced under the auspices of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services walks you through the steps.

If you worry to death about dropping a laptop or tablet computer and wrecking its hard drive, you may want to pay more for a sturdier machine-one with a solid-state drive.

MedcomSoft Record is the top EHR program for practices of one to five doctors in the latest software rankings by KLAS Enterprises, a research firm that focuses on customer satisfaction.

Bargaining with powerful insurers may be harder than ever, but that doesn't mean you should accept their fees hands down.

When hospitals and doctors implement electronic health records, it's said, the return on investment accrues mostly to health insurers. So why not make these insurers help pay for the technology?

Regional health information organizations, are supposed to be the building blocks of a national system for sharing electronic patient data. But 36 of these groups are already defunct.

The Drug Enforcement Administration won't let doctors e-prescribe controlled substances, and that's a big barrier for e-prescribing in general.

Poll after poll shows that patients want an online relationship with doctors, but that doctors aren't obliging. The latest one from Harris Interactive is no exception.

The number of new prescriptions and renewals electronically routed from clinicians to pharmacies will grow from 35 million in 2007 to an estimated 100 million in 2008.

This internist overhauled a struggling practice and boosted earnings 47 percent and she's not finished yet.

With effective billing and collection methods, you can rake in what you're owed in a month or less. Here's how.

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Sometimes just one decision can have far-reaching benefits.

These "midlevel" providers are in demand, so your salary and working conditions had better be competitive.

His bargain-basement version of concierge medicine has stirred up interest-and opposition.

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Doctors need Wi-Fi that's more secure and reliable than a homeowner needs.

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Mail out this letter before you archive old charts; it may just boost office visits.

Tips from an EMR pioneer

Cheaper, too—you can download everything you need for free. But if you build a Web site, will patients come?

The new partner isn't interested in purchasing your stake. So how do you unload that white elephant?

Despite dramatic challenges to the institution, most doctors couldn't be happier in their relationships.

Rogue Viagra peddlers aside, Internet drugstores will have a place in your medical practice, and not just as amazon.coms for pills. They're one more sign that everything in health care is converging electronically

With their numbers growing nearly four times faster than doctors', physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and nurse midwives look to redefine their roles.