The healthcare field is in full backlash mode against the long overdue automation of clinical management. Spurred by meaningful-use incentives…
Top Three Trends Impacting EHR Market Through 2020
Technavio’s latest report on the global electronic health records (EHR) market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected…
Doctors are Overloaded with Electronic Alerts
Some people receive constant reminders on their smartphones: birthdays, anniversaries, doctor’s appointments, social engagements. At work, their computers prompt them…
Educating Patients on Health Insurance Benefits
I say it often in my blogs that you must identify patient benefits prior to the patient coming in to…
Training & Customization: The Keys to Improving EHR Usability
At the annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in March 2016, Andy Slavitt, acting CMS administrator, revealed…
Retool Patient Collection Procedures to Boost Revenue
Days in A/R and cost to collect have always been challenging metrics for healthcare organizations to manage; however, today’s payment…
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…
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…
EHR Documentation Policies Improve Revenue Cycle Management
There is a learning curve when it comes to using electronic health records to maximize revenue cycle management. But the…