Technology

The healthcare industry doesn’t stay still and neither do the health systems within it as they strive to make meaningful progress for their patients and providers. With that, we see several key interconnected trends making an impact in 2019.

It’s crucial for providers to think of patients as customers and engage with them via the same channels that other businesses use to nurture those valuable relationships.

Telemedicine holds promise, but it is just another tool in a clinician’s care delivery toolbox.

As physicians, we have given up control and lost the ability to do the job we were trained to do. Our focus has turned instead to serving needs that have become more demanding than those of our patients.

Artificial intelligence can create tangible benefits when it helps facilitate better, more frequent support beyond the four walls of care delivery.

Every year, Medical Economics asks physicians to rate the EHR system they use in their practice on a number of factors ranging from usability to customer service.

What does the shrinking market mean for physicians?

Just as small holes in a ship can eventually lead to a catastrophic sinking, small holes in your communication can sink your practice as well.

Here are the issues that annoy and frustrate doctors and get in the way of treating patients and running practices.

The EHR, like many new technologies, has capacity to improve the health and safety of our patients. So what can we do to make this happen?

Several strategies facilitated by technology are helping provide access to hidden capacity in our current health system.

With office visits jammed with complex patients and underserved communities aching from lack of access, physicians need to think outside of the box.

Difficulty using EHRs ranks 2nd on the list of issues ruining medicine for physicians.

Consent is a controversial subject and has significant ramifications in the healthcare delivery system.

Rather than expending all your capital up front to buy the equipment, financing allows you to spread payments over time and free up capital for other business expenses.

There are options available for doctors who want to change systems. 

While story-based tech innovation doesn’t always pan out, it sometimes does-and it usually changes everything.

There are three macro level issues which will delay the complete adoption of the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources. 

The healthcare industry can’t lose sight of its customers as new technologies are brought into hospitals and exam rooms.

Including funds in your budget dedicated to technological investments that improve the patient experience will be worth it in the long run.

Physicians rated their systems on key areas, including system capabilities, customer service and impact on patient care and practice finances.

Five physicians discuss how the performance of their systems affects their workload, careers, and ability to treat patients.

EHRs don't work well enough.

Getting patient data into their EHR is rated as a major problem. So how are doctors getting the patient data they need when they need it? 

A new health information exchange will include all major EHR vendors. 

Some physicians have resisted electronic health records systems and still rely on paper.

Routinely evaluating patients’ needs in the increasingly on-demand approach to healthcare is critical to success.

Learn the truth about four common misconceptions about the faster, easier, and most cost-effective way to certify.

This technology could have a disruptive effect on the industry in the next five years.

New Chronic Care Management codes cover non-face-to-face communication with patients to monitor their health.