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Zach Watson

A lifelong Nashville native, Zach loves to work with words. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University, Zach worked in a variety of sales and marketing roles before joining Technology Advice. He's most interested in studying technology's effect on culture and business. Follow Zach on or connect with him on LinkedIn.

Find the Best LastPass Alternative for Managing & Protecting Passwords

In 2021, CyberNews analyzed 15,212,645,925 passwords from publicly leaked data breaches and found that only 2,217,015,490 were unique. The top five most commonly used passwords include: 123456 123456789 Qwerty Password 12345 Even with the evolution of...

Use This Calculation To Find Your CRM ROI

Want to learn how to calculate your CRM ROI or return on investment? Here are some factors to consider when justifying the cost of a CRM...

5 Zendesk Alternatives to Consider for Your Helpdesk

Founded in 2007, Zendesk built its helpdesk software with the goals of remaining authentic, listening to customers, and keeping everything beautifully simple. Some 10 years later, Zendesk is now a market leader in the helpdesk vertical, with a formidable...

How to Build a Job Posting Template in 5 Steps

Job posts are more than listings on a third-party website. They’re advertisements that communicate the value of employment at your company, and the primary medium through which new candidates enter the recruiting process. Because job posts carry such...

Are Physicians Really Technology Averse?

One unexpected consequence of the HITECH Act is the emergence of a physician stereotype , a doctor who favors paper records over software, a provider who can’t manage online scheduling and instead remains committed to scheduling appointments over the...

How to Fix Common EHR Problems Without Switching Systems

“In my experience, two things must click in the mind of the physician who is successful with EHRs: first, they must have an ‘aha!’ moment about how the EHR was designed to work, and second, they must carefully match and modify their workflow...

Private Practice EHRs That Are Cheaper Than EPIC

It’s tough starting and maintain a private practice. Not only do you have to complete the requisite medical school training, but you also have to play the role of manager, human resources, marketer, and entrepreneur. None of which your studies likely...

3 EHR Systems That Won’t Bankrupt Your Solo Practice

For healthcare providers in solo practice settings, the migration to an electronic medical record system can be particularly difficult. Acting as the sole proprietor of a practice allows for greater autonomy, but also makes it difficult to find available...

Survey: Do Office-Based Employees Want Digital Engagement Programs?

(Note: You can download our full report from our research library here!) Employee engagement is one of the largest challenges facing the business world. The premier survey on employee engagement reports that only 29 percent of Americans are emotionally...

EHR System Comparison Guide: Small to Medium Practices

Despite gains in EHR adoption (nationwide rates recently passed 75 percent for office-based physicians), small practices, particularly those of five providers or less, lag behind the rest of the nation. EHR adoption rates for these practices hovered around 50...

How to Create Buy-In for EHR Implementation

Implementing an electronic health record system is difficult. The drain on productivity alone can drastically change the way a practice operates. Factor in the resistance of many physicians and staff, and getting your new EHR up and running can be a daunting...

Preventing Customer Churn with Business Intelligence Software

While many applications of business intelligence require substantial technical expertise and resources, use cases do exist that organizations can apply right away. Measuring and preventing churn, or customer attrition, is perhaps the most notable of these...

Why Mobile EHR Access is Healthcare’s Next Big Thing

78 percent of office-based physicians use electronic healthcare records, which means the construction of a nationwide healthcare IT infrastructure is almost complete. The next step is to link EHRs with healthcare provider’s mobile devices. Making EHRs...

3 Great Integrated Patient Portals

Having been forecast for some time now, the hour of the patient portal seems to have arrived for US healthcare. In fact, according to a 2012 survey, 57 percent of providers already have a patient portal in place, although the survey sample size was somewhat...

Avoid Delays with this EHR Implementation Checklist

Implementing an EHR can be a long and confusing (not to mention expensive) endeavor for hospitals and practices. Even worse, many practices end up so unhappy with their chosen program that they decide to switch vendors. That means a whole other round of...
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