As one of the earliest adopters of health data exchange in its region, the Hattiesburg Clinic in Mississippi understands the…
Survey: Group Practices Need to Offer More Digital Payment Solutions
An overwhelming majority of group practices (77 percent) still send paper bills despite a majority of patients’ preference for electronic…
Giving Physicians the Tools They Need to Succeed
When David Perlstein, M.D., MBA, was a young medical director, he soon realized the limitations of his knowledge about billing…
How the ONC Will Spur EHR Usability, Interoperability Improvements
In a press conference yesterday, ONC officials appointed by the Trump Administration cited EHR usability improvements and interoperability as the…
How to Select the Right EHR Replacement Vendor, System
With EHR adoption nearly ubiquitous across inpatient and outpatient hospital settings, many healthcare organizations are now in the position of…
Hospitals Get break on Certified EHR Use
Hospitals have a newfound cushion of time to meet stage 3 meaningful-use measures, which they now won't have to satisfy…
Why Providers Should Push for Patient Ownership of Medical Records
Healthcare IT executives may believe the digital revolution is mostly behind them, after the long push to implement EHRs. They…
Digital Transformation Nascent Among Providers, Payers
"Digital transformation" is a term that's used loosely in healthcare. It doesn't mean what the same thing to everyone. When…
The Potential for Blockchain to Transform Electronic Health Records
A vexing problem facing health care systems throughout the world is how to share more medical data with more stakeholders…
Patient Portals: Build Them Well And They Will Come
Let’s face it, there will always be a segment of your patient population that just isn’t interested in using a…