As more and more functionality is added to the smartphone, the fog surrounding mobile healthcare is starting to lift and what is emerging is the integrated mobile health platform. This includes a central hub where physicians, nurses and patients can access the necessary information to care for patients or stay healthy.
Smartphone operating systems like Apple and Android are giving more control to mobile engineers, resulting in the development of very smart mobile applications. These
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How to Win with Value-based Care: Developing Your Practice’s EHR Strategy
There’s no denying it, Value-based Care has arrived. In this white paper, you will discover high-level insights about the evolving value-based care environment and how ambulatory practices are shifting to align. Several major trends are driving ambulatory practices to focus on value and maintain a competitive edge. These include:
- Patient-centric, value-based care
- Consumer demand for more engagement through technology
- New payment models and revenue opportunities
The challenges
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Why Choosing the Right EHR Matters for Meaningful Use
Most healthcare professionals understand how electronic health records (EHRs) can drive greater patient engagement and improve the quality of care. They also see the potential value of enhanced productivity and efficiency for their practices.
What's not as clear: how to choose the right EHR vendor or how to transition to a new EHR smoothly and within government guidelines. Whether you’re attesting for Stage 1 or Stage 2, this guide from CareCloud provides:
- an overview of Meaningful Use
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7 Best Practices for Revenue Cycle Management Optimization
Today’s healthcare landscape of increased regulations and pay-for-performance models, combined with declining reimbursements, has made revenue cycle management (RCM) critical for success. Health costs continue to rise and employee contributions are increasing at a rapid pace.
In fact, employee contributions have outpaced employer contributions by 6% over the last 5 years and deductibles have steadily increased. Providers,
therefore, will need to respond with thoughtful strategies
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ICD-10 Transition: 5 Critical Steps to Take Now
In order to reflect advancements in medical knowledge and technology, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has mandated all health organizations begin use of the ICD-10 code set no later than October 1, 2015. This conversion will require tremendous effort from the health care community. The conversion to ICD-10 is daunting. Due to the numerous upgrades that will be needed to both software systems and manual processes, health care providers must begin preparing now. Those who do not
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Quick Guide to Electronic Prescriptions for Controlled Substances
Many healthcare providers have delayed implementing electronic prescriptions for controlled substances (EPCS). Some may be waiting for the regulatory dust to settle, as the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) ruling is titled “Interim.” Others may be deterred by the length and complexity of the document.
Despite the temporary title of the DEA’s ruling, EPCS is here to stay. With each passing month, the reasons for implementing EPCS become more compelling. We are reaching a point at which the
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5 Must-Track Metrics for Physician Practice Profitability
The late, legendary management expert Peter Drucker once famously said, “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it.”
In today’s challenging and rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, measurement is more important than ever. However, it can be easy to fall prey to “data for the sake of data” and lose the most meaningful metrics in a sea of statistics. When it comes to revenue cycle management— all of the activities that happen before, during and after a patient’s visit that affect a
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ICD-10: Bracing for Minimal Disruption to Your Healthcare Organization
ICD-10 is the largest healthcare mandate in history: Are You Ready? Many in healthcare are focused on meeting the requirements of the Affordable Care Act, but ask clinicians and they will tell you it is the upcoming conversion to ICD-10 that has their undivided attention. Why?
- The precision documentation requirements are exponentially higher than what was required by ICD-9
- For the first time, ICD-10 puts the responsibility for accurate coding solely in the hands of the physician.
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EHR Replacement: What Practices Need to Know
Allscripts white paper analyzes the root causes of underperforming EHRs and develop a checklist of criteria for EHR replacement.
Adopting technology can be challenging. Healthcare organizations facing regulatory changes and market pressures may be resistant to switching to new technology, and this is understandable. Having an electronic health record (EHR) that works for you is more important now than ever. The reality is that the longer a clinic or physician group tries to work
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3 Keys to Maximizing the ROI of Your EHR
A 2013 study from the University of Michigan School of Public Health finds that practices that implement an EHR without a laser focus on enhancing revenue and cutting costs are likely to lose more than $43,000 over five years. In other words, 73% of those surveyed failed to see a ROI.
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