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Recent Posts

• The Value of the Checklist When Selecting Your EMR / EHR
  Don’t buy your medical software on the basis of a demo or hearsay alone. Make sure to use a smart EMR checklist before your purchase or lease a particular EMR / EHR: think through your needs and weigh what the different systems can offer to fulfill them.
• EMR Patient Portals
  When considering a Patient Portal for your EMR, don’t take an all-or-nothing attitude about the features you can manage to incorporate.
• Migrating from an old EMR to a new EMR: Where to Begin without Falling Apart
  EMR Conversion: Been There, Done That, and Now you Need to do it Again?
  
• Speech Recognition Software Can Increase Ease-of-Use for Doctors
  Speech recognition software can dramatically increase the ease-of-use of EMRs for doctors and their staffs.
• A Brief Overview of Differences between ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM Codes
  The move from ICD-9 to ICD-10 codes creates a need for new software, new reporting, and new training requirements for medical practice staff members.
• EMR, Medical Practice Coding, and the upgrade to HIPAA 5010 / ICD-10-CM
  Some basics on the upgrade of EMR and medical practice management to HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10-CM codes
• What Should a Doctor be Looking for When he Examines EMR Templates?
  This article looks at two important variables—flexibility and adaptability—when a practice is considering different options for EMR software.
  
• Electronic Health Records and the Challenge of Unstructured Data
  How do you meet the challenge of migrating all your historical paper records into your new EMR system?
• Don’t let Poor Planning Make the Migration to EMR/EHR More Difficult
  Figure out how to make your staff more efficient, not give them more work as you implement an EMR.
• EHR for Doctors in 2012: What to Expect, What to Avoid
  This article focuses on 5 Key factors to be aware of when pursuing EHR software.
• What is the 5010 Standard and What Does it Have to Do with the Electronic Health Record?
  The transition to 5010 coding standard is supposed to happen by January 1, 2012. This article discusses what you need to know about this change.
• White House Pushing Hard to Get Doctors to Embrace EHR in 2011
  Recent press release announces incentives to speed adoption
  
• What is Preventing Your Medical Practice from Moving to EMR /EHR?
  Common obstacles that practices face when moving to an EMR system
• Effective EMR Training: What to Look for from Your Vendor
  Selecting and installing an EMR is just half the battle. This article explores what you need to ask your vendor when determining your training needs.
• EMR / EHR Implementation: Minimize the Problems and Pitfalls
  Finding the right  intersect between the needs of your medical
  practice and the strengths of a particular  EMR  will make your
  implementation go more smoothly.  But it helps to know which  EMR
  implementation problems you can surely anticipate, and which you can
  hope to avoid .
  
• Practice Management System Integration Question
  A medical PMS is used for managing administrative, billing, scheduling, and budget related  (financial) information, and an EMR is used for managing clinical, patient related information  How feasible is it to integrate these two functions that produce reliable information for your practice, and to fulfill government reporting requirements?
• Training Tips for Implementing your New EMR
  Be sure you choose a medical software vendor that offers serious training and realizes that customer education is part of his responsibility. 
• Cloud Computing and EMR Software
  Watch as Software as a Service (SAAS) for EMR / EHR becomes Cloud Computing: And Cloud Computing becomes a Valid EMR Choice
  
• EHR / EMR Certification and its Impact on Your Medical Practice
  This post discusses how you know whether the ERM/EHR system you look at is certified.
• Choosing Medical Software: Look Before You Leap
  What are some of the things you should consider before you purchase an EMR system?
• Can a Solo or Small Practice Manage the Transition to SAAS EMR Today?
  This post discusses what small practice should be look at when choosing a cloud-based EMR system
• Best Practices for EMR/EHR Software Selection
  Top 5 best practices when selecting an EMR software
• How Much Should Doctors Worry About “Meaningful Use”?
  How important is it when selecting a system
• Can Software as a Service (SAAS) EMR Work for You?
  Should you consider a cloud-based EMR solution? This post discusses the ins and outs of this decision/
• Training Will Help Make Your EMR Software Investment Succeed
  Training is one of the most important components of implementing an EMR solution. This post tells you why.
• User Friendly Medical Billing Software
  17 things to look for when choosing the right medical billing package.
• e-Prescription Medical Software is Available for Free to Doctors
  You can get get top of the line e-Prescription (electronic prescription) software for free by signing up with the NEPSI.
• EMR Options for the Small Medical Practice
  What to look for when selecting an EMR solution for your small practice.
• EMR Software Offering Transcription Services
  Many EMR packages contain excellent medical transcription software, or allow interoperability with well-known medical transcription packages. 
• How Much Medical Software Do You Really Need?
  In this post, Sheldon discusses what features and functions are most important when selecting a EMR solution for your practice.
• How Important is CCHIT EHR Certification?
• CCHIT EHR certification has yet to be fully defined. How important is it really?
• EHR Incentive Payments for Physicians
  
• The U.S. Government is so committed to physicians and health maintenance related organizations going electronic with their medical records that they are offering major financial incentives for doctors purchasing EMR software or EHR software.
• Choosing EMR / EHR Medical Software: The Critical Questions You Need to AskWhat are the most important things to consider when choosing an EMR package?