“You have an admission,” said the ER physician on the other end of the phone. “Fifty-six-year-old male with a history…
5 Must-Have Medical Technologies for Urgent Care Centers
According to a 2014 Benchmarking Survey by the Urgent Care Association of America, there were 6,400 urgent care centers in…
Physician Perspective: Solving EHR Integration & Interoperability
Now is the time to tackle EHR integration and interoperability in healthcare—but can these latest efforts from HHS or from the FDA achieve that? In part…
Does Speech Recognition Aid Clinical Documentation Improvement?
Despite the availability of speech recognition software and natural language processing over the past two decades, research shows limited evidence…
Your EHR: Training is Everything
Results of a survey published in the Journal of Patient Safety indicate that when full use of electronic health records…
EHRs Can Save You Money, Too
Your best employee might not sit at a desk, but be sitting on top of one. The EHR is one…
EHR Scribes Mean More Face Time with Patients
When they’re documenting a patient visit in the EHR, John Bender, a family physician in Fort Collins, Colo., and Maley…
With a New EHR, Focus on a Few Improvements
Physician practices that implement new electronic health records/practice management system should use them to target a short list of efficiency…
Three Ways For Practices to Improve Patient Flow
With increasing revenue pressures, practices know that effective patient flow is key to increasing revenue and improving efficiency. Every step…
Why EHR Replacement Projects Should Take a Slow Trajectory
As the healthcare industry shifts to new models of care, healthcare organizations look to enhance their EHR technology through EHR…