Practice Technology

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.

In a cash deal valued at $644 million, Vista Equity Partners, Vitera’s parent company, will buy Greenway Medical Technologies. The deal expected to close this year following regulatory approvals would combine the two electronic health record companies.

The world’s top two technology companies recently made big moves in healthcare technology that will make it easier for people to monitor fitness and chronic conditions, and perhaps live longer.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has a new online source of information about patients' rights to withhold or allow their health information to be exchanged electronically with other providers.

Many of our patients seem to be gaining weight, and we are seeing more cases of obesity. Our physician is already spending time discussing risk factors with patients. Is there reimbursement specifically for weight management counseling?