May 2nd 2025
Medical Economics was on the ground in New Orleans covering the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2025.
NextGen Healthcare partners with Madison Dearborn Partners to enhance growth and innovation in ambulatory health care technology solutions.
May 1st 2025
Telehealth enhances healthcare communication, improving patient-provider relationships and outcomes through real-time consultations, secure messaging, and remote monitoring.
‘Wild west’ of pharmaceutical sales developed as patients clamor for GLP-1s for obesity treatment.
April 30th 2025
Machine learning, a subfield of artificial intelligence, can sift through massive amounts of data to benefit physicians and patients.
Telemedicine tips for senior patients
How can physicians help senior patients feel comfortable using telemedicine?
Are the advances in telehealth a positive outcome from COVID?
While many doctors have benefitted, there’s one key component that’s still missing.
Why your EHR should have telemedicine capabilities
EHRs can offer a wider range of services through telemedicine.
Telehealth’s impact on post-pandemic health care
Russell Libby, MD, says both doctors and patients will want to continue enjoying the benefits of telehealth after the pandemic is over.
How the Physicians Foundation is helping doctors use telemedicine
Russell Libby, MD, says the Physicians Foundation is constantly reassessing how to help doctors implement and benefit from telemedicine.
COVID-19 pandemic brings telehealth into U.S. homes
What will the post-COVID-19 health care landscape look like?
Health care's future: telehealth, payment models and more
The COVID-19 pandemic will have an unprecedented effect on the U.S. heath care system.
Teladoc Health, Livongo merge in massive deal
The merger is expected to create a comprehensive platform for virtual healthcare delivery.
Overcoming resistance to telehealth
Russell Libby, MD, says that while some problems require hands-on medical treatment, both patients and doctors are learning to appreciate the ease and convenience of telehealth visits.
How can practices inform patients that they offer telehealth services?
Russell Libby, MD, says text messages, emails, and website postings let patients know telehealth services are available.
Is your practice safe from hackers?
Attacks are on the rise, and health care facilities are prime targets.
Finding the best telehealth options
Russell Libby, MD, says a wide variety of resources are available to help practices find the platform best suited to their needs.
Improve medication adherence with technology
One-fourth of new prescriptions are never filled — and even when filled, up to 50% of patients with chronic conditions fail to take their medications as prescribed.
Telehealth coding guide
Code it right, get paid.
Preparing for Three Federal Mandates to Improve Healthcare in 2021
Here are three key government mandates taking effect in 2021 that physicians should be preparing for.
How will telehealth affect care delivery in the future?
Russell Libby, MD, says telehealth offers the possibility of easier access to care for patients.
CMS proposes permanent expansion of telehealth benefits
This would make concessions implemented due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic permanent.
Remote patient monitoring: Building a virtual practice
Jon Regis, MD, explains how he set up a virtual office using remote patient monitoring to help his practice thrive during the COVID-19 pandemic and into the future.
The importance of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic
Telehealth has many benefits, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Will smaller and rural practices be left behind by technological advances?
There are huge opportunities to transform care in rural areas, but problems remain.
What are best practices for a virtual visit with a patient?
Working out technology issues is important for a positive patient experience.
Telehealth's future: What's coming for payment and patient care?
What impact will telehealth have on patient outcomes and physician reimbursement? Jeremy Gabrysch, MD, CEO of Remedy, discusses telehealth and other changes in health care.
Will lack of reimbursement end the rise of telemedicine?
Will telehealth’s proven success through the pandemic be enough to engrain it into the system?
9 ways doctors have it worse than everyone else
Physicians face many obstacles in their quest to provide quality care to patients. Imagine if other professions had to deal with some of the same challenges.
Five Ways to Prepare Your Patient for Their First Telemedicine Visit
Many patients have never used telemedicine before. Here’s how to help them out.
Why virtual visits can be more tiring for doctors than in-person visits
Kurt Stange, MD, says many physicians find they have to work harder to project their humanity to patients during virtual visits than when they see them in person.
Cyberattack threat to health care providers on the rise
With institutions focused on COVID, hackers see the distraction as an opportunity
Using the EHR to Reach Vulnerable Patients During COVID-19
Your system already has capabilities that can help.
How telehealth visits resemble home visits
Kurt Stange, MD, says that telehealth visits can provide useful insights into patients’ home environments.
Mitigating health care’s cybersecurity risks in the era of hyperconnectivity
For an increasingly sophisticated, global community of cybercriminals, health care pays - both figuratively and literally.