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Most medical offices today are using an electronic practice management (EPM) system. This software is a far cry from its paper-based ancestors, the appointment and ledger books. The EPM market has expanded over the last twenty or so years to include a variety of products on several platforms. And increasingly we are witnessing the digital […]
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Robert Schwab, M.D., chief quality officer at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Denton and Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Allen, sings “The Ballad of Go-Live,” a wry chronicle of exasperation and ultimate success in implementing the CareConnect electronic health record at Texas Health Denton. CareConnect is now fully integrated into operations at all 13 wholly-owned facilities in […]
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From Capterra comes this great infographic showing the Top 20 Most Popular Electronic Medical Records Software Solutions. For more on how they compiled the data go to Topping the Charts: The 20 Most Popular EMR Solutions © 2011 Capterra, Inc.
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MPT Podcast 35 – 101 Ideas to Increase Revenue & Decrease Costs Part 2, with guest Mary Pat Whaley of ManageMyPractice.com. Ms. Whaley shares more of her many suggestions for increasing profit for your medical practice. This Issue (7:30): Some useful tips on obtaining Meaningful Use incentives Why you shouldn’t purchase an EMR just for the […]
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If you comb through the blogosphere on the topic of electronic medical records, you may find a surprising amount of negative commentary. And if you mention the financial incentives for meaningful use implementation, things get downright testy: anti-government sentiment, conspiracy theories, and a call to resist the temptation to go paperless. They site studies that […]
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Guest Post: Katie Matlack As I settle in to my role as Medical Software Analyst at Software Advice, I’ve begun to wonder: What separates those who realize the benefits of an EMR from those who don’t? What are the critical success factors that can help ensure a practice’s switch to EMRs is truly transformational? To […]
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From our partners at Software Advice comes this resource on Medical Billing Software for Macs. Although the vast majority of practices use EMR and practice management systems that run on a Windows platform, increasingly more physicians are opting for software that runs on the Mac OS. They have a comparison of different software systems available. […]
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From the HealthcareIT News blog comes an article on the top 10 things that readers hate about electronic medical records via a Twitter thread: It doesn’t measure up to paper It’s hard to use It doesn’t provide the basics It’s cumbersome It’s ineffective It doesn’t allow for patient interaction It doesn’t protect patient privacy It […]
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Most practices breathe a sigh of relief after their new EMR software is installed and running. But now comes the hard part: getting the staff and the doctors to accept and use it. The following is a list of ten “Commandments” borrowed from our practice administrator, Don Cushing M.Ed. MBA, who has years of experience […]