
Is McKesson getting out of the ambulatory EHR market?
McKesson Provider Technologies accounted for just 2 percent of McKesson's overall $179 billion in revenues for fiscal year 2015.
McKesson Provider Technologies accounted for just 2 percent of McKesson's overall $179 billion in revenues for fiscal year 2015.
Practice Management (PM) software essentially deals with the daily administrative operations of running a medical practice. Given the direct impact a PM software can have on the workflow of any healthcare provider, it is essential to know what a provider has to gain out of it and what it implies for patients. PM software can […]
Practice Management (PM) software essentially deals with the day-to-day administrative operations of running a medical practice. So the ideal PM software would have features or tools that integrate within a provider’s daily operations and facilitate its workflow. With every patient comes loads of patient data that needs to be captured and stored. The ideal PM […]
Many care providers are already aware of the vast benefits of practice management software, but it is prudent to talk about how this system or software keeps your non-clinical matters running smoothly from every aspect. Traditionally, providers maintain paper-based records or paper-charts, documenting everything from patient records to their treatment plans and billing. The drawback […]
Dealing with day-to-day operations of medical practices, a Practice Management Software acts as an engine for administrative and financial matters of practices. From the capturing of patient demographics to appointment scheduling, billing activities, report generations and listing insurance payers, Practice Management Software define how daily activities take place. There are different types of Practice Management […]
A powerful tool for physicians, Practice Management Software has the ability to optimize administrative and financial activities, aiming to increase revenue and save valuable time in a direct manner. Allowing billing teams to view consistent reports on remittances and claim payments. This essentially helps in processing payments faster and making the process of billing swift […]
The ongoing nursing shortage facilitates high turnover rates since nurses know they won’t have difficulties finding new jobs. In order to retain and attract staff, it’s in a facility’s best interest to understand what nurses want.
Merely a few years ago, if anyone fell sick they had to call the doctor or manually go to their practice and wait to book an appointment. The same was true for getting lab results, prescriptions or medical history. No one could foresee that all these issues would be eradicated with the help of technology. […]
The process of setting up and operating a medical practice of any nature can be dreadfully demanding with respect to commitment and time. A successful business enterprise needs to have harmony between all its departments and a very high standard of professionalism to boot. Practice management in medicine is concerned with bringing together a team […]
By simply looking at how healthcare norms have changed across the US, one can easily establish that we live in the world of contemporary medical practice. After successfully improving the conditions of various industries across the world, information technology did not back out from providing benefits to the healthcare industry. Today, stethoscope is not the […]
Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and Practice Management systems are being adopted by almost every physician across the US, thanks to the slogans of quality care provision and the government’s meaningful use incentive funds, there still seems to be a handful of physicians who find it difficult to switch from their conventional methods to automated EMRs […]
Although majority healthcare providers and other healthcare professionals are well aware of the advantages that practice management software has provided them, I still want to shed some light on the role of practice management software in keeping the workflows of any practice intact. In fact, it would be more appropriate to say that practice management […]
Although practice management has been around for quite some time now, some people still fail to understand the rationale behind the introduction of practice management software. While it is true that practice management helps physicians replace redundant documentation techniques and allow them to streamline the non-clinical operations, there is a handful of people who think […]
If one steps out to conduct a survey on the problems that physicians face, finding one answer common amongst most of the physicians would not be difficult. Almost all of them would claim lack of efficient management of administrative and financial workflows to be an important concern. While there are various solutions to this problem, […]
Technology is playing a vital role in making the physician’s practice simpler and better. For the same reason, health IT solutions are gaining immense popularity amongst the physicians. Moreover, this health IT saga does not seem to be coming to an end anytime soon due to so much spent in research and development. Market gurus […]
Having written loads of blogs on the features of EMR and practice management along with the advantages and benefits these applications have brought to the healthcare industry, I decided to construct a blog on practice management keeping the vendor’s perspective in mind. There is absolutely no doubt that, for physicians, practice management software has been […]