An ONC data brief has shown an increase in ePrescribing adoption for controlled substances. The use of electronic prescribing of controlled substances (EPCS) and prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) can support clinicians to make confident and informed care and treatment decisions. The USA is going through a drug overdose crisis, and using EPCS and PDMPs [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic made retail health clinics the backbone of primary care. These retail health clinics helped fulfill smaller health needs which can be handled at the patient’s convenience. According to Forrester experts retail health clinics will transform primary care in 2023. As people are getting sicker and there is a shortage of primary care [...]
Cancer treatment is costly in the United States. The costs will only continue to increase. It is estimated that by 2030 there will be a 34% increase from the year 2015 to reach $246 billion annually. Advancements in cancer care treatments and genomics have helped to produce advanced drugs to combat cancer, however, these drugs [...]
Practice Management (PM) solutions have a long term in the market, however not all vendors are successful to meet practice requirements. This means offering a robust set of functionality and a vendor who plays a proactive part in the customer’s achievement. According to the 2022 KLAS report, athenahealth solutions gained the number-one spot for overall [...]
Healthcare organizations are already overwhelmed to maintain their own IT services as they have a limited budget and are looking for different ways to outsource healthcare IT services to control the rising costs. When a practice outsources its clinical or medical billing operations the specialist can offer a particular service more efficiently and economically. An [...]
One of the largest EHR providers, Epic software solutions, has announced the launch of Connection Hub, a website for health IT vendors to report interoperability. The website will act as a platform allowing vendors to list their apps and self-report that they have achieved success in data exchange with Epic electronic health records software. The [...]
Unnecessary administrative burdens and needless tasks only add up to physician burnout which can take a toll on healthcare providers and primary care specialists. Physician burnout is an ongoing issue faced in hospitals and healthcare systems. Fortunately, there are a few ways in which hospitals can address this problem. What fuels physician burnout? The main [...]
To combat the opioid epidemic that has taken more than 500,000 lives in the past two decades, all 50 states have implemented prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs). The information from these robust programs can alert clinicians to intervene to improve patient outcomes. What is a PDMP? A prescription drug monitoring program is an electronic database that [...]
Harbor Care Health and Wellness Center in Nashua, is committed to offering primary care, mental health, and dental services to the homeless populations that are at risk of homelessness. Harbor Care is a Federally Qualified Community Center, which was established to provide affordable medical services to foster a better community for everyone. The issue for [...]
To enhance the patient experience, it is crucial to offer the best clinical care and requires the provider to understand where the patient is coming from and ensure that they are comfortable. When patient experiences improve it benefits both the provider and the patient in the form of better clinical and business outcomes. Using technology [...]