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EHRs – Breaking the Constraints
The developmental pace of the health IT industry has been astounding. With numerous innovative products making their way into the market, the healthcare industry is headed for an extreme makeover....
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EHR – Does certification matter?
As part of the healthcare industry, the providers, health IT consultants and other healthcare bodies are well aware of the CMS funded financial incentives for complying with Meaningful Use requirements...
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Why choose a cloud EHR?
One of the greatest dilemmas that physicians face while choosing the right Electronic Health Records (EHR) is whether to opt for a cloud based EHR, or an on-site locally hosted EMR. With a wide array...
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The HIPPA Violations Story
While there is obvious value in health information digitization, there exists a strong question of security concerns too. Before Electronic Health Records (EHR), it had been fairly simple for...
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Cloud EHR – When Things Start Changing
Electronic Health Records (EHR) vendors are indebted to the guidelines imposed by the HITECH Act in regards to EHR adoption, which helped them capture the market share by encouraging physicians to use...
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US Healthcare System – The Problems Within
Ever since the inception of Electronic Health Records (EHR), we have been hearing the slogans of quality care and improved healthcare system. But the question is that despite spending a large chunk of...
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The Health IT Duo – Patient Portal and Cloud EHR
While we were not finished thanking internet to abridge the communication gaps, the introduction of social media further elongated the process. From layman to healthcare professionals, almost everyone...
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EMR adoption and Meaningful Use
As the rate of EMR adoption grows across the country, physicians are beginning to express doubt regarding their ability in meeting the latest interoperability benchmarks. According to a study,...
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The iBlueButton experience – Part I
During the course of the past few weeks, there has been some commotion and excitement in the healthcare community over the successful introduction of the mobile Blue Button. Many individuals within the...
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One Nation, One EHR –The Direct Project
The essence of Health Information Exchange (HIE) lies in easily accessible health information to improve the quality of care delivered by the healthcare community. Complicated formats intrinsic to many...
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EHR – Usability, functionality or price?
To find the best EHR software out there, is undoubtedly a challenging task or is it? The end users of the software are physicians that have difficulty in handling the complicated software-side. Let’s...
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Why EHR and not EMR?
EHR stands for Electronic Health Record while EMR stands for Electronic Medical Record. Both are essentially quite different. EHR has interoperability: the ability to exchange data among different...
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What are the Critical EHR Technology Infrastructure Issues?
Implementing Electronic Health Records is tricky procedure. Let’s look at some key Infrastructure issues that you have to face. Space and recovery—Every practice needs to save cost and at the same time...
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How to tell if you need a new EHR system?
According to Black Book Rankings survey 2013, nearly 80% of US physicians are dissatisfied with their current Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems. The reasons for their dissatisfaction include the...
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What are the key EHR training strategies?
Training is the central part of EHR adoption. The challenging part lies in creating a smooth process for the providers and staff in which the result of the training is positive. EHR features can be...
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Ideal features for the next generation EHR
Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are shaping the future of the healthcare industry in more than one way. They allow physicians to improve their workflows, reduce inefficiency and save time while on the...
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Why healthcare staff should be better connected
According to a research, nearly 50% of US hospitals are allowing their staff to bring their own devices to work. Without any doubt, it is helping in easy access to medical records which lead to...
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5 EHR workflow flaws to watch out for
Many US physicians have shifted to Electronic Health Records (EHRs) with others joining them at a rapid pace. However, usability and decrease in efficiency are some of the reasons for physicians’...
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How to change physician perceptions about EHRs?
The usage of technology for physicians has always been a challenge. This old myth is not a myth but a fact that physicians do not necessarily like technology. For them it is too clunky, to say the...
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Is BYOD going to improve coordinated care?
Bring your own device (BYOD) is going to revolutionize the way technology is looked upon, but what is BYOD? It refers to rules and procedures set by the practice allowing employees to use their...
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