Weekly Checkup: September 16-20
It’s the little things that count. The saying applies to people in all types of professions – from architects to athletes too, of course, physicians. This week at Power Your Practice was dedicated to the little things that are often overlooked in the grand scheme of running a practice like patient communication, EHR implementation processes, […]
Healthcare Analytics Tips for Business-Minded Doctors
The promise of data is huge – enormous clinical and financial rewards, less work, quantifying patient health habits, and some form of IBM’s revered Watson supercomputer in every practice. The 2012 U.S. Hospital Health Data Analytics Market report revealed that 50% of U.S. hospitals are expected to have implemented health data analytics tools by 2016, […]
How to Decide When a Medical Call Center is Necessary
Although having your calls forwarded to a medical call center may seem like an inconvenience to patients, there are circumstances under which contracting a call center could be advantageous to both your practice and patients. With call center services, patient calls and messages are first directed to an off-site operator who then screens the call […]
Are eVisits More than a Fleeting Health Care Trend?
Digital doctor visits take more than one form. Some have patients fill out online questionnaires describing their symptoms to doctors. Others use web video services that allow face-to-face communication between physicians and patients from remote locations. Another is an emerging trend called eVisits, which are akin to secure email dialogues. During eVisits, patients compose a […]
Are EHR Alerts to Blame for Poor Physician-Patient Communication?
Electronic health record software(EHR) is supposed to facilitate the receipt and management of medical information in real-time, ensuring that healthcare professionals have access to current patient information, thus improving the quality of care. Yet, many patients are not made aware of test results by their physicians in a timely manner. This is often due to […]
What Orthopedic Surgeons Need from Their Health IT Software
Each specialty brings a distinctive set of challenges and, therefore, requires different software capabilities. So PYP has focused special attention on certain specialties by publishing a series of articles that concentrate on the current state of each specialty and the functionality they demand from health IT software. In the sixth installment of our specialty snapshot […]
Moving Beyond the ‘Next’ Silicon Valley: Miami’s Promise as a Hub for Health Tech
Is (fill in the blank) the next Silicon Valley? This question is a perennial staple of business headlines and consulting reports. If you don’t believe me, go to Google and type in “next Silicon Valley,” then the name of a place you think is as different from Silicon Valley as, say, a baby owl is […]
Pros & Cons of Cloud-Based EHR Systems
Although implementation seems like a universal term that translates across all software acquisitions, this couldn’t be further from the truth. The implementation process of Company A isn’t necessarily the same process as Company B’s. Among health IT vendors, there are distinct differences in approach, customer service and training procedures that have a significant impact on […]
Weekly Checkup: September 9-13
September heralds in cooler temperatures and the changing leaves of autumn – except in South Florida, where it’s basically summer all year around. We at PYP like to be one with our environment, so we never cool down or change our approach to health IT writing. It’s always full-steam ahead, so to speak. And this […]
4 Tips to Steer Clear of Social Media HIPAA Slip-Ups
Facebook is ideal for grumpy cat videos, pictures of your recent chicken-lime-bacon culinary experiment, and praise for your favorite Journey lyric. It is not, however, the appropriate place for your staff to voice frustrations with an unruly patient. While services like Facebook and Twitter often benefit physicians as a medium to educating current and attracting new […]