Practice Technology

The second stage of the government's program to incentivize physicians for implementing electronic health records systems will not begin until 2014, according to final rules recently released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology.

ACA wants to build health information exchanges to connect Medicaid providers. Learn what you need to know about them.

George G. Ellis Jr., MD, FACP, recommends two reference apps and a medical calculator.

You already like your current software, but imminent electronic health record system implementation requires a different program. Here's how to avoid entering information more than once.

You have no choice but to trust your patients when they say that they are taking their medications as prescribed. But they could be about to change with new technology that remotely keeps track of whether patients really do stick to their healthcare regimens.

EHRs can pose a security risk to your patients. Discover what you can do to protect the data.

Using an electronic health record (EHR) system can help keep your patients loyal to your practice, especially if the EHR lets patients access their personal health information online, according to a new study.

Here's what to focus on when you're switching to 5010.

E-prescribing has caught on big in Minnesota. Doctors there had the highest rate of e-prescribing use in 2011, according to the seventh annual "Safe-Rx Awards" survey from the e-prescribing service Surescripts.

Recently published research may shed light on why you hate your EHR but your staff doesn't.

Primary care physicians, for a number of reasons, are reaching out to consultants to help them implement meaningful use stage 1 requirements, according to a new study from KLAS.

If you are focusing on updating your electronic health records during patient visits, you may be missing out on cues needed to treat depression, according to a new study out of the University of Florida.

Happtique, an online mobile application (app) store for healthcare, has a new e-prescribing solution dubbed “mRx†that enables physicians to prescribe medical, health, and fitness-related apps for their patients.

A new HIPAA standard for national unique health plan identifiers will save primary care physicians money and time, according to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

What are the keys to an easy EHR adoption?

You don't have to handle EHR implementation on your own. Learn how one doctor depended on others to achieve meaningful use.

Change is the one constant in health information technology. What does the future hold?

Find out how well-designed EHR workflows can help productivity.

Worried about how EHRs are going to affect your productivity? Find out what other physicians are saying about the issue.

Afraid to face the inevitability of EHR Implementation? See the best ways one doctor dealt with it.

Implementation of ICD-10 has been delayed until October 1, 2014, according to new rules published today in the Federal Register.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology have released the final requirements for your exchanging health information with colleagues and increasing patient online access through your electronic health record system to receive federal incentive payments.

Theft was the No. 1 cause of data breaches, accounting for 52% last year. Unauthorized access accounted for 19%. Just 6% of breaches happened due to hacking.

A lack of educational mandate is one reason that many medical schools do not teach their students how to use electronic health record (EHR) systems, even though use of the systems is increasing in the practice of medicine.

While the majority of physicians and health providers would like to use mobile devices to access their electronic health records systems, very few are actually doing it.

The ACA also will be affecting your practice's revenue cycle management. See the advice that some experts offer.

More than 40,000 medical apps are now available for download to smartphones or tablets, and government regulators have taken notice.

Thinking about using speech recognition software in your practice? Discover why you might want to upgrade your hardware at the same time.

The days of big paychecks have disappeared. Discover what you'll need to survive.

Have your patients been telling you that your phone line is always busy? Find out what you need to know before making a decision about automated answering system.