Plugging the U.S. Healthcare Innovation Leak
When thinking of medical innovations, we recall machines of science fiction lore, and advances in areas like stem cell research have approximated the vastness of a Wellsian imagination. Healthcare innovation is a point of pride for us as a country, as it well should be, but what if America’s global lead on healthcare innovation dissipated?
What the ONC Didn’t Discuss: Meaningful Use and the ICD-10 Overlap
The healthcare world has been abuzz about the Meaningful Use Stage 2’s final rule announcement. It’s not that it was surprising – the ONC began foreshadowing the final rule about a year ago. The final rule represents what many analysts consider to be important steps forward towards the overarching goal of health reform.
Power 5 Week in Review: Replacing EHRs, Costly Meetings and Mobile Connections
Power Your Practice has its finger on the pulse of practice management. This week’s articles prove we can pinpoint industry needs and provide in-depth analysis to get your practice where it needs to go. Check out our recap after the jump.
The Good, Bad and the Costly: Analyzing Staff and Clinical Meetings at Your Practice
This time, here, now. This minute can cost you money. The seconds it takes for you to finish reading this sentence are sometimes quantifiable commodities. “This time,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, “like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” Now, have you ever sat in a […]
Doctors: A Social Media Prescription for Connecting with Patients
The year was 2005. I was at my best friend’s apartment when my computer-bound friend called me over to show me this ‘Facebook’ thing – just for college students, sans mom and dad, and I was instantly hooked. LinkedIn came along two years later, joined Twitter in 2010, and jumped on the Pinterest and Instagram […]
Happy National Health IT Week: Transforming Healthcare, 7 Years Running
It’s tough to gauge the influence information technology has had on healthcare over the last two decades, but we all agree it can’t be understated. This week’s 7th Annual National Health IT Week celebration helps us remember why the industry will help our independent and even isolated healthcare providers become a network with one goal: to improve patient […]
How Mobile Apps Connect Physicians and Patients
It’s a brave new world for mobile apps in healthcare, with new possibilities emerging every day in areas such as patient empowerment and practice portability. Yet, according to Michael Nusbaum, MD, founder of mobile application MedXCom, one of the most beneficial aspects of mobile applications could very well be better communication between doctor and patient. […]
When Should You Replace Your EHR?
The EHR sales game has gone from door-to-door Tupperware peddling to the dynamic street bazaar – a marketplace full of healthcare providers evaluating, haggling, implementing new systems, and even replacing EHRs. Case in point: a recent KLAS study shows about half of EHR shoppers are seeking a replacement system. Why are so many 2nd […]
Power 5 Week in Review: Labor Day Edition
Labor Day may mean the end of summer for some, but we kept the heat up all week here at Power Your Practice. Check out a recap of the week’s articles below.
Why You Need a Patient Safety Reality Check
Most doctors are well aware of the safety hazards facing patients receiving care in the hospital setting, and for good reason – the statistics are rather grim. A landmark study from the Institutes of Medicine found that between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die in U.S. hospitals every year due to preventable medical errors. The Agency for […]