How Smartphones Put Your Practice in Danger
Plenty of doctors love their smartphones and appreciate their capabilities in patient care immensely. Smartphones enhance healthcare communication and, since a wealth of health monitoring and condition tracking apps are available on the market, can actually help patients maintain their personal wellness. But the current ubiquity of smartphone technology isn’t an entirely positive situation for […]
What Does the ACA Ruling Mean for Big Data?
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, justifying its constitutionality as a tax or penalty. The move boils down a complex legal concept to a simple causal directive – you pay if you’re not enrolled in health insurance. Ironically, patients aren’t clear on the repercussions of the unhealthy behavior […]
Encourage Technology Use for Better Patient Health
In a healthcare industry where patients can use social networking, in-home monitors and even mobile apps to (often drastically) improve their health, they simply don’t do so. How do we get patients to engage in their health using the vast amount of technological tools available to them? It begins with showing them that it’ll make […]
Using Change Management Techniques to Ease EHR Transition
Pediatricians often treat something commonly known as growing pains, a term used to categorize the pangs that wake children during sleep during pivotal moments in their physical development. Growing pains are also felt at thriving practices that are switching to EHRs and having a difficult time coping with the change. Below we explore three different […]