Practice Technology

As physicians, hospitals and health systems increasingly share patient data between providers and across healthcare organizations, the issue of patient consent becomes critical.

ONC, AMA offer clinical standards to treat more people with the infection

As millions of dollars in venture capital pour into the development of remote patient monitoring technologies, these devices, available now or in development, could have profound effects on the ways physicians communicate with, schedule, monitor and engage patients. In this photo gallery, Medical Economics introduces you to several remote patient monitoring devices with interesting applications.

Despite the focus on making healthcare more affordable, a new study suggests that the cost to treat patients could escalate starting in 2015.

Physicians’ rocky relationships with their EHR systems seem to trump other professional issues that lead to job satisfaction, according to a survey of physicians conducted by the RAND Corporation sponsored by the AMA.

Physician complaints regarding the functionality of electronic health records are widespread, and a recent study suggests that those systems pose a potential threat to patient safety.

A doctor writes about why his patients come to him, even though he doesn't accept payments from insurers.

Achieving stage 2 attestation requires staff cooperation and help from your EHR vendor.

While some short cuts in EHR systems are great time-savers, they might cost you in the long run if they are misused. Here's what you need to know.

Reporting hernias in ICD-10 has many similarities to ICD-9.

A new, voluntary government program will use electronic health records (EHR) data to compare different treatments for particular conditions, using the largest clinical database ever assembled. This program has the potential to advance medical research and improve care in physician practices.

Though practitioners are still having productivity complications with their EHR systems, they continue to invest in them so that they work more efficiently for staff and patients.

Paper outlines vision for “learning health system,” making data accessible and useful to providers and patients

Physician frustration over the functionality of electronic health record (EHR) systems has been escalating. But as healthcare enters a new era of value-based reimbursement, in which part of physicians' incomes will be based on their quality scores, it’s worth considering how EHRs can help raise those scores. Here are five ways.

In order to understand diabetes coding in the ICD-10, it’s worth making a comparison of the structural differences between ICD-9 and ICD-10.

In some ways, the implementation delay for ICD-10 is a welcome relief for practices not ready for the transition. But now practices must use the extra time to prepare. Here's how to get started.

Have the billions of dollars spent so far in meeting meaningful use requirements actually improved patient outcomes? A new study casts doubt.

Technology giant Apple unveiled its new operating system, iOS 8, on June 2, and a new platform called HealthKit has the healthcare IT industry abuzz with its possibilities.

Though more patients and physicians are searching Wikipedia for information on illnesses, a study confirms that the website gets details on the most costly diseases wrong.

Healthcare and pharmaceutical companies have the worst cyber security among the S&P 500, and could suffer from wide-scale security breaches in 2014 similar to those experienced by retail companies such as Target and Neiman Marcus, according to a recent report.

Coding experts clear up confusion about durable medical equipment orders and the delay of ICD-10.

Physician practices may have limited means to reduce their fixed costs, but strategies exist to leverage those costs into more revenue

Many patients don’t take their medications as prescribed, but experts say there are ways to help fix that problem.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have delayed ICD-10 end-to-end testing in July, in efforts to readjust the timeline for ICD-10 implementation.

Physicians and hospitals will have more time to attest to Meaningful Use Stage 2 and Stage 3 and more flexibility about the electronic health record systems they use, under a new proposal from CMS and ONC.

Healthcare organizations are getting better at protecting patient data, but employee errors and negligence still are significant challenges.

The Federation of State Medical Boards has issued new guidelines for the use of telemedicine, but some of the provisions, including the board’s definition of telemedicine, have prompted criticism from the American Telemedicine Association.

EHR vendors and other healthcare IT stakeholders contested and criticized new certification rules proposed by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology for 2015 in a Health IT Policy Committee hearing.

Thousands of providers rely on regional extension centers (RECs) to reach Meaningful Use requirements for their EHRs, but now some of these centers will be at risk of closing due to funding being stopped at the end of 2014