Practice Technology

With diabetes and obesity at the center of the 2013 Medical Innovation Summit in Cleveland, Ohio, it was clear that evolving patient care using technology was on the minds of the thought leaders who spoke at the 3-day event.

Small business owners will have to wait until the end of the month to purchase insurance on the government health insurance exchanges. What date the website will be available, is still unknown.

A new poll by Gallup shows that despite the glitches with the HealthCare.gov website, how Americans view the healthcare law and its impact hasn’t changed significantly in the last month.

Physicians can begin attesting to the program in 2014, but concerns about vendor preparedness and interoperability remain

Advocates say telemedicine will take on greater importance in care models of the future, but hurdles remain.

There are many EHR systems to choose from. These strategies will help your practice evaluate its EHR options.

These tips will help you put together a successful EHR training program at your medical practice.

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

Medical Economics unveils its exclusive list of the top 100 electronic health record (EHR) companies.

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.

See a list of the top 100 electronic health record companies in this Medical Economics exclusive report.

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.

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.

The three areas of MU2 that are most challenging for vendors are achieving certification for clinical quality measures, interoperability, and automated measure calculation for reporting metrics.

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.

As part of its ongoing electronic health records best practices series, Medical Economics examines the impact of EHRs on a rural medical practice.

In line with a growing trend of consumers taking more responsibility for their health, more than 40% of American consumers say they would change doctors to gain full access to their electronic health record.

The group of U.S. Senators say the schedule for demonstrating Meaningful Use 2 is too aggressive and practices who are not ready should receive a one-year extension.

Very few things will frustrate a medical practice owner or administrator more than the sight of outside vendors blaming each other for a technical problem the practice is experiencing.

There are multiple considerations when it comes to considering “incident to” billing by NPs and PAs, including using a physician’s PIN, direct physician supervision, exceptions to direct supervision, and drawbacks to using this billing method.

Computers in the examining room need not be a barrier to good communication with your patients.