Practice Management

Mobile EHRs are bringing patient information into the cloud. Experts explain what today’s mobile EHRs can and can’t do.

It's important to know if your EHR company is in it for the long haul.

Government mandates, innovation, and usability are factors that will determine which EHRs will lead the industry

Aprima’s Michael Nissenbaum talks about HIT challenges, opportunities for physicians and inevitable consolidation of the technology sector.

athenahealth’s co-founder Jonathan Bush speaks candidly about the major health information technology (HIT) roadblocks and the opportunities for physicians in the not-too-distant future.

Practice Fusion’s co-founder Matthew Douglass addresses adoption rates, interoperability and the next challenges for EHR systems.

eClinicalWorks CEO Girish Navani: "I think the last decade has been predominately about digitizing the delivery of healthcare, and that's helped in reducing errors that creep in when patient information is not electronic."

Greenway Medical Technology's Wyche T. Green, III, talks about clinical transactions, healthcare system inefficiency, and how mobile technology is the next leap.

Big data will get even bigger as physicians use resources to manage chronic conditions, says Amazing Charts president John Squire.

ADP AdvancedMD’s Steven ZoBell discusses how mobile technology is transforming medicine and the impact of coming phases of the Meaningful Use incentives and penalties.

In an effort to help physicians make purchasing decisions, Medical Economics is unveiling an exclusive report on the top 100 electronic health record (EHR) systems to examine key metrics, including revenue, certification, whether it has met MU2 certification requirements for complete EHRs or modules, and provides Web addresses for additional information.

In years past, signing bonuses were added luxuries in job offers, but now with the shortage of primary care physicians, for many employers, signing bonuses are part of the new normal.

It's important to know if your EHR company is in it for the long haul. Here are five ways to monitor your vendor's progress.

Far more patients are receiving antibiotic prescriptions than is warranted by their condition, according to results of two surveys.

Though President Barack Obama takes responsibility, it is still unclear when the healthcare exchange website will be fixed.

A panel of 18 physicians spent months discussing ways to curb the unsustainable growth of healthcare costs in the United States.

Although a physician’s CV will include all of the required information for the hiring process, a well-written cover letter can provide the opportunity for them to distinguish themselves from other candidates.

The American College of Physicians has issued a new clinical guideline for treating patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

Results of a new survey show that most physicians pay attention to online reviews.

More young adults are having a harder time transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare.

For many primary care physicians, on-call pay will likely not be a major part of contract negotiations says Tommy Bohannon, divisional vice president for Merritt Hawkins, but for specialists, it could be.

Relatively small slices of the population account for substantial amounts of the nation's healthcare expenditures

Two of healthcare's information technology leaders are merging

A new report challenges the theory that the small medical practice is nearly extinct

Three experts offer advice during the 2013 American Academy of Family Physician annual conference in San Diego, California.