October 2014 - PracticeSuite

How Interoperable Does Your Medical Practice Need to Be?

Posted on October 29, 2014 By Michael Sculley

The most recent statistics about physician interoperability are fairly encouraging. According to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, in 2013, 48% of physicians had at least a basic EHR, 26% more than when HITECH went into effect in 2009. Just under 70% of physic...

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Medical Practice Insights: AMA Demands Better EHRs

Posted on October 24, 2014 By Michael Sculley

[cmsms_row][cmsms_column data_width=”1/1″][cmsms_text] It will come as no surprise to physicians that many EHRs are hard to use. In fact, the Rand Corporation conducted a studythat found EHRs worsen physician satisfaction. That study (and other factors) prompted the American Medical Asso...

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Which Diagnostic Tests Deliver Highest Value To Your Medical Practice

Posted on October 24, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Everyone in healthcare is being asked to deliver more value these days, so it’s no surprise the pressure is mounting on the diagnostic testing market. As payers take a harder look at which tests deliver value and which do not, providers must stay up on the latest technologies and rulings in their ...

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Making Electronic Health Records Better : Want an Accurate EHR? Get a Patient Portal

Posted on October 22, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Evidence is mounting that giving patients access to EHRs improves their accuracy and can improve the doctor-patient relationship. Research continues to show that the patient portal is an integral part of any practitioner’s system as they work to improve patient care.As far back as 2003, researcher...

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EHRs: Shorten the Time to Positive ROI in Your Medical Practice

Posted on October 15, 2014 By Michael Sculley

In a study of 17 primary-care clinics, Canadian researchers found that providers were able to achieve positive ROI on their EHR investment within 10 months, on average. The main reason was an increase in the number of patients each clinician could see after the EHR implementation—a 27% increase in...

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What is a Medical CRM Driven Patient Portal?

Posted on October 14, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Almost every medical professional in private practice today has a business website, but does it have the ability to provision a HIPAA complaint account for your patients so they can interact with your practice, pay open patient balances, purchase supplements and supplies, schedule appointments with ...

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Heavy Lifting: Time to Raise the Medical Billing Bar

Posted on October 9, 2014 By Michael Sculley

Since your practice’s medical billing department controls both revenue volume and cash flow, its performance bar is already pretty high. In less than a year, that bar will have to raise several notches. Two events conspire to make 2015 a trying year for medical practices and their billing departme...

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Docs: Are You Hiring PAs and NPs Illegally in Your Medical Practice?

Posted on October 8, 2014 By Michael Sculley

As medical practices continue to grow, more and more physicians are finding the need to employ physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs). Hospitals are following the trend and adding non-physician providers to their staff. The need to efficiently provide care to more patients in a day...

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How Interoperable Does Your Medical Practice Need to Be?

Medical Practice Insights: AMA Demands Better EHRs

Which Diagnostic Tests Deliver Highest Value To Your Medical Practice

Making Electronic Health Records Better : Want an Accurate EHR? Get a Patient Portal

EHRs: Shorten the Time to Positive ROI in Your Medical Practice

What is a Medical CRM Driven Patient Portal?

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