2010 October

There is still a common belief that technology is not advanced enough for a nearly paperless office. Technology is not the barrier for paperless, it’s the people. Paperless technology is available and proven to be successful and beneficial in a variety of business. It’s estimated over the course of a year in the health industry, [...]

You’ve had all the education and experience, now you’re comfortable and ready to venture out as an entrepreneur.  There are several facets to starting a business, marketing and building a practice.  Though that’s probably already crossed your mind, since you are already considering practice management software.  Some of the fundamentals to consider include: the name [...]

With the economy struggling still, businesses small and large have to make that much more effort to generate interest in their services and ultimately survive these tougher times. While some of the ideas mentioned here can apply to several small to medium businesses, let’s focus on the medical health side. While caring for your patients, [...]

We’re now in Stage 1 of EHR (electronic health records) and its meaningful use.  Meaningful use signifying the requirements of software to qualify hospitals and physicians for the HITECH stimulus payments.  The earlier these facilities acquire meaningful use EHR’s, the more allocated incentives they receive.  Starting in 2011, providers that adopt the “meaningful manner” of [...]

The largest one to jump on the band wagon for potentially setting the minimum requirements of electronic health records is the CCHIT (Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology). While they’re not a government direct affiliate, they have influenced medical facilities as to what EHR to purchase to receive HITECH stimulus. The CCHIT certification has been [...]

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The HITECH Act (Healthcare Information Technology) is slowly being implemented into our healthcare environment.  Physicians are gradually transitioning over to electronic records and putting the paperwork behind impart due to encouragement of the 2009 Act.  There are several different facets to the benefits of EHR (electronic health records): security issues, efficiency, patient access to health [...]