Top Tips for Small Practice Providers Transitioning from PQRS to MIPS
Transitioning from an old healthcare program to a new one is not an easy process. If you have participated in the PQRS (Physician Quality Reporting System) program in past you must know how daunting can all the complex requirements created by the CMS for the MIPS (Merit based Incentive payment system) program […]
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EMR vs EHR Software: What’s the difference?
Many physicians tend to use the terms EHR and EMR interchangeably, but interestingly these two are not the same. An Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is actually a digital version of a medical chart featuring patient information which could be stored in a computer. An Electronic Health Record (EHR), on the other hand, is a digital record of a person’s complete [...]
How government helps clinicians in buying the right EHR for their practices
As US Healthcare sector moves to transform itself into something that delivers more coordinated care across various clinicians and providers, it becomes ever more important that medical data is available to providers and patients whenever and wherever they need it. In order to achieve this feat […]
How Automating Medical Practices Boosts Efficiency
Staffing challenges and budget constraints are prompting healthcare practices to look for efficiencies. In such instances, automating redundant tasks is the only logical choice. You must know that any repetitive task that has a set list of instructions can easily be automated. So if you are spending on separate workers for producing electronic claims, patient statements, compiling month-end reports [...]
What’s the Blue Button Tool Kit and how it can help your patients?
Designed for organizations looking to help patients get access to their digital health information, the Blue Button Toolkit comprises recommended technical standards for data sharing between practice and patients in a structured way. Blue Button is for every provider who is interested in improving care […]
Are small and independent practices important in value-based care?
April 2016, was the month when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposed to implement the Quality Payment Program (QPP) under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA). This affected many practices and clinicians and experts raised concerns […]
How can Virtual Reality and Artificial Intelligence help in Healthcare?
Healthcare is going through a heavy transformation thanks to the latest technological innovations. Artificial intelligence (AI) and Virtual reality (VR) are growing popular in medical schools, in the marketplace, and even in the medical examination room. This makes us wonder whether these technologies […]