The 70,000 diagnostic codes known as ICD-10 made their long and nervously awaited debut in medical practices today. Claims for…
Injured by Orca? Insurance Codes Getting Crazy Specific
THE Y2K OF health insurance is coming. On October 1, 2015, the entire US healthcare system will switch over to the…
Training Key to Squeezing Value From EHRs
Healthcare CIOs have long experienced increasing external pressures to realize value from investments in EHRs, but now they are also…
4 Key Drivers of EHR Adoption
Electronic Health Record (EHR) divorce rates are on the rise. Although the promise of EHRs is expected to transform healthcare,…
How Not to be a Victim of a Decertified EHR
For the second time, the ONC has stripped an EHR of its certification, leaving any hospitals and providers who were using the…
Survey: Consumerism Demands Improved Healthcare Customer Service
The rise of consumerism in U.S. healthcare has raised expectations for accuracy and effortlessness in customer service, according to a…
Top 6 Practice Management Challenges Facing Physicians
Medical Economics has compiled a list of the top challenges (and solutions) physicians may face in 2015. From that list, here…
What’s Your Meaningful Use Strategy?
There are plenty of physicians who will give anyone who will listen an earful of how technology is disrupting their…
Certified EHR Technology Use Reaches 74% of Physicians
New data published by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology shows high levels of office-based physician…
Oncologists ask Congress to Make Data-Sharing Requirements for EHRs
The American Society for Clinical Oncology Tuesday called on Congress to help improve research and treatment by building upon current…