Practice Technology

The states of Arkansas and Texas rate last and next-to-last in telemedicine practice standards, an issue that has gained prominence in the medical community in recent years, according to a recent report by the American Telemedicine Association.

There’s no doubt about it: Physician burnout is real and it affects an alarming number of us across the nation. While physicians focus on their patients, the practice environment is filled with invisible stresses that weigh on physicians and cause burnout.

Medical groups need to spend a lot of money to outfit, maintain and manage health information technology in their practices-more than $32,500 per year in for every single full-time doctor in the practice, according to a recent study.

Providers who are still adjusting to the ICD-10 coding transition from five characters to seven have a variety of amenities and advice available to them in the last leg of the grace period.

Why ChartLogic Medical Billing Services? Read about the differentiators and benefits of choosing ChartLogic as your billing partner.

New advances can boost the physician-patient relationship, rather than create barriers.

When it comes to investing in IT and data security, the healthcare field has been known to lag behind other business sectors. That underspending, coupled with the massive shift from paper to digital records in recent years, has put the industry in some crosshairs.

Physicians can sometimes be hesitant to begin hosting video visits because they are weary about just how effective the technology can be when treating patients. However, once physicians start using telemedicine, they are often shocked at how versatile video technology can be as an additional tool to administering care.

Completing these crucial tasks before you switch from an old electronic health record system to a new one can help ensure a successful implementation.

Doctors share the biggest mistakes, missteps and oversights they made when switching from one EHR to another.

What’s changing about coding in October, and what physicians need to do to prepare.

If you have yet to hear about Pokémon Go, the new app that is taking over the world-it topped 15 million downloads in just its first week-you probably will or have already started seeing its results in the form of your patients.

As older adults adopt social media physicians and caregivers can utilize this as a way to improve communication and connectedness with older adults reduce some of the loneliness and social isolation experienced by this population.

Aledade’s Farzad Mostashari answers Medical Economics readers’ questions on various struggles facing physicians regarding health IT.

Ignoring social media is no longer possible if your practice wants to reach patients where they are.

Move your practice margins.

Four winning apps work to generate better use of data collected by doctors in their EHR systems to improve patient care.

EHRs can aid primary care doctors in better managing their patient populations, but challenges exist in optimizing the technology for this purpose.

Whether you know it or not, you have an online presence. And it may be growing without any input from you. It’s time to take control of your Internet presence, engage patients online, and manage your reputation. This guide describes how to get started and effectively manage your onlinepresence and reputation to grow your practice.

Setting up social media accounts for your practice can be a simple, step-by-step process and a great place to start is Facebook. Follow these simple steps to get your Facebook page up and running and reap the rewards of this added connection to your patient community

Setting up social media accounts for your practice can be a simple, step-by-step process and a great place to start is Facebook. Think of Facebook as a channel to connect with your existing patients and even bring in new ones by offering helpful tips and insights into your practice. Follow these simple steps to get your Facebook page up and running and reap the rewards of this added connection to your patient community

Telemedicine is an attractive new care model–the growth potential is great, it’s easy to adopt, and so far patients are very happy with it. Telemedicine is proving to be an ideal format for improving patient engagement and is creating a greater demand for services. That’s strong incentive for private practices to embrace this new frontier of healthcare. Private practices that opt-in to this care model have the ability to improve both their clinical efficiency and the patient/provider relationship.

Smart glasses and other wearable technologies could become as ubiquitous in the exam room as a stethoscope or blood pressure cuff, giving doctors not only another tool to deliver quality care but helping to bolster their personal connections with patients.

Q: Where can I find specific guidance on cloning and electronic health record (EHR) issues?

Recent guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking to clarify patient safety work product (PSWP) privilege under the Patient Safety Act has instead stoked conflicting opinions among organizations representing healthcare providers as to how the provision should be interpreted.

While the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) estimates that nearly $29 billion of improper payments were made in 2015, according to spokespersons for the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) and CMS, the full extent of EHR fraud remains elusive.

In the latest batch of letters to the editor, Obamacare and disturbing technological advances are at the top of mind.

Practices have been collecting this data for decades-and now is the time to start using it.

As the rules for MACRA are written, we are again at a critical juncture in U.S. healthcare. The risks to both physicians and their patients is real.

Unfortunately, for many physicians, the professional rewards of status, security, and meaningful work are threatened by an avalanche of responsibility and stress characterizing today’s practice environment and further contributing to an escalating epidemic of physician stress and burnout.