Healthcare
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HIPAA-Compliant Software That Will Streamline Workflow
How can healthcare professionals get more done in less time? The answer: a good workflow solution. For most organizations, technology, more notably, SaaS (software as a service) technology, has changed the way work gets done. It’s now the norm for organizations to strive for an uninterrupted workflow. And a workflow that utilizes SaaS products is…
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Your EHR Isn’t Just for Storing Health Records. Here Are 4 Ways It Can Also Help Boost Patient Retention.
Patient retention is a big deal, both from a financial and health standpoint. Improving patient retention can result in serious profit increases for your practice, and a recent meta-analysis of 22 studies from nine different countries suggests that staying with the same doctor for longer is linked to a longer life. According to an article…
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What Doctors Want from Medical Technology
It’s been 10 years since the initial push for electronic health records (EHRs) and electronic medical records (EMRs) via the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, first passed in 2009. Part of the plan to shake the US out of the Great Recession, lawmakers primarily passed HITECH to bring the US…
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5 Cerner EHR Competitors for Hospitals and Small Practices
Cerner healthcare EHR software provides software solutions for lots of different medical specialties. From critical care to pharmacy solutions, the wide range of software Cerner offers is perfect for hospital and large health systems who integrate care across many levels. Also Read: What Doctors Want From Medical Technology These Cerner competitors provide a similar level…
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Choosing An EHR: A Comparison Of The Best Electronic Health Records Software
The EHR market is going strong, not just in the US but around the world. According to a report from Allied Market Research, the market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of five percent between 2017 and 2023, making it worth a little over $33 million by 2023. Naturally, this…
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Making the Transition to Telehealth: What You Need to Know
The world of healthcare is always evolving, but the COVID-19 global pandemic has forced the industry to adapt to certain changes at a faster pace than usual. Healthcare facilities that weren’t using telehealth services had to implement them almost overnight. The good news is that telehealth services offer benefits to both the patient and provider…
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Wearable Healthcare Technology’s Post-Pandemic Promise
Healthcare providers have found themselves at a critical moment where the availability of patient data, limited in-office visits with patients, and an explosion of patient care technology has caused many practices to pivot their traditional methods of patient care. These circumstances provide an opportunity to employ wearable healthcare technology to improve patient care and communication.…
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Study: Telehealth Programs May Reduce Stress But Isolate Patients
The study identified four benefits and five problems that arose when nursing homes escalated the use of telehealth over transportation to a hospital during the Covid-19 pandemic
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How Image AI for Healthcare Improves Patient Experience
When it comes to cancer or other life-threatening conditions, accuracy and early detection are key, but traditional imaging equipment is only so accurate. The healthcare industry can harness the power of artificial Intelligence (AI) for medical imaging. Image AI pinpoints tumors and cancerous tissue with greater precision and speed through higher resolution, rendering intricate body…
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3 EHR Solutions for Hospitals or Large Practices
The number of EHR solutions suitable for hospitals and other enterprise-level physician groups and networks is significantly smaller than what’s available for smaller practices, yet choosing a program is no less difficult.. TechnologyAdvice has performed detailed product and market research, polled users, interviewed vendors, and otherwise studied hundreds of healthcare IT systems. In our mission…
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EHR Features That are Changing Medicine: Clinical Decision Support
The United States healthcare system is in the midst of a technological revolution. Less than a decade ago, a majority of doctors maintained patient data using only paper documents. Now, electronic health records are one of the most prevalent technologies in medicine. Besides reducing errors related to the upkeep of paper records, EHRs feature a…
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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 small. A number of market factors have converged to push…
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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 accessible via mobile devices is simply the next phase in healthcare IT development. It also may signal a change…
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3 Keys to a Successful EHR Implementation
Guest Post from Tom Giannuli, MD, MS, Chief Medical Information Officer at Kareo. Physicians’ perspectives on electronic health records (EHRs) are a complicated thing. While just over 60 percent of physicians have an EHR, about 40 percent of those are seeking to replace their current system. So what is the deal? If more than 55…
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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 task. However, it’s possible to change the perspective of both physicians and staff…