The Meaningful Use (MU) incentives program has led to an enormous rise of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software implementation in the healthcare practices. According to the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC), office-based adoption of EMR software has increased from 17 percent in 2008 to 83 percent in 2015 […]
There is nothing more frustrating than seeing your time go to waste, especially when you are in your workplace. If we want to feel that we have achieved something or made a difference then we’ll have to be more productive. We would never want our work speed to be affected by technology. Many of the [...]
All the Healthcare IT leaders, developers, along with federal policymakers must work together to reduce the risk off higher rates of physician burnout. Since the order of mandatory Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software adoption in 2009, there has been a significant increase in physician burnout. It is no coincidence that rates of EMR adoption and [...]
Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) software system in healthcare acts as a foundation pillar of hospitals and other healthcare practices. Effective management processes allow medical practices to keep profitability along with dealing with timely claims and payment processes. The healthcare Electronic Medical Records (EMR) software system keeps a close look on individual patient’s experience, from early [...]
KLAS researchers found out that there is a difference between what customers want and the top priorities of vendors. As the healthcare industry moves beyond just EMR implementation and Meaningful Use (MU), small practices with 10 or fewer physicians told researchers that they expect a lot more from their EMRs than just meet regulatory requirements, [...]
Templates exist in many parts of an Electronic Health Records (EHR) Software hence are an essential factor. There has always been a debate about the continuous evolution of said templates and the need to customize the templates accordingly. Naturally, the question arises what are these Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software Templates? […]
Despite the effectivity and efficiency of EHR Software studies suggest that only 14% pediatricians use a fully functional Pediatric EMR Software. The problem is the abundance of EMR and the unavailability of EMR systems that actually offer specialty-specific features that reduce the physician’s workload. […]
Even with a robust EHR software practice often face a decrease in efficiency rate. The root cause of this problem is the unnecessary blockage and long waiting lists faced by your patients. This is happening because along with the delayed call turnaround, it takes a long time to manually obtain the health history of each [...]
Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed by Congress in 1996. The purpose of this act was to secure personal health information of the patients. At that point in time, the medical records and prescriptions were either printed or they were written on a piece of paper and then kept in the filing [...]
More than half of the medical practices in the U.S have adopted Electronic Health Record (EHR) Software, and they’ve had a huge variety of EHR service providers to choose from. Adopting the right EMR vendor is one of the most important, confusing and difficult tasks physicians do. This is because of the fragmentation in the [...]