Cardiology is a complicated specialty and practices which offer cardiology require constant checks and balances. Cardiology practices need to track patient’s information through multiple sources including images, clinical notes, lab test results etc. This information should be reliable and easily accessible to physicians so that it can be shared with other labs and hospitals. Paper [...]
This is the most important topic for healthcare providers today. Growing competition in the EMR software industry has meant that there are too many choices and too much to lose if a practice remains with broken or disappointing EMR systems. There are several factors that may make an Electronic Medical Records software solution work [...]
Many providers today are confused about the basic distinction between the term Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Software and Electronic Health Records (EHR) Software. Most providers simply do not know which is right and if there is even any difference between these terms. This confusion on the part of medical providers also extends to EMR software [...]
All EMR software companies offering free Electronic Medical Records systems (EMR systems) seem to have disappeared with the most prominent vendor Practice Fusion EHR getting acquired by AllScripts earlier this year. This has meant that healthcare providers with a low budget and very basic requirements must now choose […]
Electronic Medical Records software, (also known as Electronic Health Records software), is a collection of patient’s health information and medical records stored electronically that can be transferred from one healthcare facility to another. Majority of physicians and healthcare organizations nowadays use EMR Software solutions to increase efficiency, reduce workload and improve patient care. [...]
Healthcare providers who refuse to treat patients in need just because of their religious or moral beliefs are set to have a new defending regulation in the US. It has been reported that the Trump Administration is working to protect doctors who refuse to treat patients if the treatment goes against their religious beliefs. [...]
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order in favor of the veterans who have transitioned from military to civilian life. The executive order that was signed in the Oval Office at the White House on January 9, 2018, in Washington, DC will work to help prevent veteran suicide by improving their mental health. [...]
The new two-way data sharing is expected to assist hospitals in gaining ground on quality improvement initiatives. In a bid to assist hospitals in streamlining workflows for information governance and improving their clinical decision support, Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the integration of its ProVation Order Sets with Epic medical software. Announcing the new move, [...]
Many EHR vendors are offering billing services as well and this tend to confuse many of the difference between an EHR and medical billing software. In order to improve their usability and functionality, many medical billing and EHR software systems are designed to have overlapping features. The main idea behind this all is to offer [...]
It’s a fact that the U.S. spends more on health IT than many other countries. Interestingly, attitudes about interoperability here are still are mixed. A recent survey on this topic revealed that most providers (75%) think integrated systems are valuable. This was sadly lower as compare to other countries […]