Healthcare & EMR General
EMRs pinpoint preventative/follow-up care faster
Primary care practices using electronic medical records (EMRs) identify patients who need preventative or follow-up care 30 times faster than…
Health Care Ruling Opinions
Four opinions on the Supreme Court’s health-care ruling Finally, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, and the Patient Protection and…
Understanding CCDs
Interpreting CCDs The Continuity of Care Document (CCD) is a health-care standard electronic medical records (EMRs) EHRs will use to…
Mixed reviews for meaningful use Stage 2 rule
It hasn’t been long since the release of the Stage 2 meaningful use final rule—some 700 pages that will define…
Stage 2 rules published
The Centers for Medicare and Medicare Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)…
Will the election impact health-care IT?
Will Health-care IT be Affected by the Election? The results of the presidential selection is not expected to change the…
Tips for successful EMR implementation
How to have a Successful EMR Implementation Buying quality hardware, hiring external assistance, and getting buy-in from practice staff are…
Get your Section 179 tax deduction
Year-end brings some important tax planning implications for physicians, because both the Tax Relief Act of 2010 and the Jobs…
Make the ICD-10-CM transition
What Users in the Healthcare Industry Need to be Aware Of When it comes to operating a business, you are…
The benefits of coordinated care
Communities in which health-care providers work together to coordinate evidence-based hospital discharges can see a six percent drop in hospitalizations…
Physicians want virtual assistants
Virtual Assistants are in High Demand for Physicians 80 percent of U. S i9000. doctors believe virtual co-workers would drastically…
EMR Spending
How should you spend your meaningful use incentive? There are no federal rules specifying how health-care providers must spend their…