Practice Technology

For drugs or medical devices to be approved, there must be evidence that benefit significantly outweighs risk. This is to protect the public. A glaring exception is today's EHRs, which were mandated by the 2009 HITECH Act.

Industry insiders share their views of how healthcare is moving steadily toward a connected future.

Time spent on EHR data entry instead of interacting with patients is a common complaint from doctors.

In this podcast, Dr. Forrest highlights the failures he has experienced over the years since starting a DPC practice, and explains how other physicians can learn from his mistakes.

CMS announces a commitment to give patients control of their records.

Forecasts of future trends go along with a new year as reliably as champagne and the ball drop. Medical Economics spoke with three leading health information technology (HIT) experts to see what HIT trends they expect will matter the most in 2018. Here are the trends they foresee.

There is little argument that the EHR, and especially meaningful use of the EHR, are the main drivers of physician burnout and decreased productivity.

Keeping in mind that the core mandate of value-based care is shifting accountability to providers for the holistic quality and cost of the care they deliver, five shortcomings of legacy EHRs become apparent.

With electronic health records (EHRs) proving to be incompatible and interoperability still a long way off, some have suggested that moving ownership of patient records to the patient via a cloud-based portal or other universally accessible system might be the answer.

Many doctors uncomfortable with using the technology are exiting the biz

EHRs were intended to be a way to better track health data for hospitals, payers and physicians. Although they have good intentions, they often end up causing more problems than they solve.

Proposed Trusted Exchange Framework aims to make sharing healthcare data a clearer reality.

Many physicians are relieved to see 2017 come to an end.

EHRs can absorb your valuable time, hurt your bottom line and lead to burnout and a tragically foreshortened career.

Read on to find out how EHRs have been affecting physicians this year.

A look at why more physicians are turning to medical scribes

Read on to find out how uncompensated tasks have been affecting physicians.

Readers’ top tips for making the most out of a busy practice day.

To get ready, we are teasing each challenge and how it has affected the healthcare industry. Read on to find out how physicians have been struggling to manage patient satisfaction, and lack thereof, this year.

Interoperability is important and probably the main driver of cost savings. So where are the IT vendors on interoperability? The answer is probably close to nowhere.

When an IT emergency strikes medical practices, there’s a small window to avoid big losses of time and money, so it’s best to have a plan in place.

During the good old days, physicians were considered the pillar of the community and the role of primary care physician (PCP) was a respected position. I'm guessing that during that time, we, the physicians, assumed the role of custodians of patients’ medical records.

Finding an EHR designed solely for improving patient care remains a source of simmering frustration, judging by the results of the Medical Economics 2017 EHR Report.

More than eight years and $27 billion dollars later, electronic health records (EHRs) can at best be called a moderate success.

Physicians changing systems due to mix of dissatisfaction and requirements of new employers

Physicians offer tips to prevent the EHR from becoming a barrier to meaningful interactions

Patients are accustomed to texting in all facets of their lives and those habits carry over into their relationship with their doctor.

Minimize or eliminate EHR frustration by dedicating a “superuser” in the practice.

When the HITECH Act was passed and implemented throughout the healthcare industry, the architects of the law had good intentions.