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Practice Management – How has it Changed Overtime?

Information technology has come a long way to add more, technologically value adding features to the health IT applications like practice management. While some of the physicians still consider practice management to be a mere tool for scheduling appointments. i.e. digitally standardized appointment book. However, the reality is, today the software itself has a lot […]

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Cloud EHR – Why Go Paperless?

Without a doubt, the advent of EHR has revolutionized the practice of medicine in the 21st century. Introduction of cloud EHR in particular was a game changer. Just a couple of years ago the general public had never conceived that transfer of medical information electronically would become so crucial in the healthcare industry. The U.S. […]

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Practice Management Software – How to choose it?

Be it anything, from a mobile phone to a car, today we are exposed to a wide array of choices to choose from. No doubt, the availability of a large number of options gives consumers a chance to make a benefit cost analysis and then decide what the most appropriate product is. However, at times, […]

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Practice Management Software – Another Asset to Healthcare

Although CMS’ financial incentive programs had played an important role in increasing the adoption of Electronic Medical Records (EMR), physicians also became aware of the potential benefits of Practice Management software. Healthcare professionals are aware of the fact that while EMRs maintain the clinical documentation for physicians, practice management ensures seamless workflow transition between the […]

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EMR – The Certification Game

The introduction of government’s incentive program brought with it the most talked about topics today, which is the concept of Electronic Medical Records (EMR) certification. As part of the healthcare industry, from hospitals to solo healthcare providers, everyone is well aware of the fact that the government’s financial incentives are to be allocated to providers […]

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Practice Management Software — Going Beyond Basics

My last article on Practice Management software was just a brief concept check. It was construed in a way to help readers understand the most basic functions of Practice Management software. However, apart from the basic functionalities of documenting patient demographics, medical history, etc, I intend to elaborate on some of the slightly more advanced […]

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Practice Management software – The Concept Check

The health IT industry is huge, and getting comfortable with certain concepts takes a good deal of time. Since I have been a part of this gigantic industry for quite some time now, I have certainly gotten used to the jargon and various products. I still remember that old saying from college, if you can’t […]

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Practice Management – What’s it All About

Practice management software in the healthcare industry deals with the daily operations of any medical practice. Capturing patient demographics, scheduling appointments performing billing tasks, generating reports and maintaining a list of insurance payers are some the tasks that Practice Management software performs. Healthcare vendors have designed practice management software for all practice sizes which can […]

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The Influence of Health IT and EHRs

The healthcare IT industry has gone through a dramatic change over the last few years. While much of it is attributable to the government’s relentless support and backing of EHR adoption, the uptake and reception by medical practitioners has been far more encouraging than anticipated. Physicians are not in any way the technological pariahs they […]