Category: Growth

If you’ve practiced medicine in the past 16 years, chances are you’ve heard of the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR). In essence, it was meant to cap Medicare spending but ultimately had quite the opposite effect. Now, Congress faces the

Introduction Technology has contributed immensely to medical professionals’ way of caring for patients. However, with new digital health apps and wearables, doctors have powerful new levers for improving diagnosis, smooth treatment, and equipping patients to oversee their wellness. These advances

Imagine a world where terminal patients don’t have to wait months, or even years, for a life-saving transplant, a place where prosthetic limbs are a thing of the past, a world where live organs are as common as your average

  Do you know about the benefits that combining your EHR and practice management system can provide? We’ve created a short quiz to see how much you know about combined systems. Give it a shot and tell us how you

The news has been abuzz about this recent explosion of influenza across the country. It becomes more alarming with every flu-related death, and its spread doesn’t seem to be slowing down. In fact, scientists at Erasmus Medical Center in the

A recent story in The Economist focused on innovations in healthcare delivery reducing the role of physicians. Instead of physicians having a hand in every aspect of patient care, they are leaving less complex duties to nurses, physician assistants, and

What electronic health record system should I select? There is no more common question among physicians and managers in small-group practices today. And lately, another vexing quandary has emerged: whether to purchase or lease EHR software and install it on

Health 2.0, one of the world’s most recognized health innovation conferences, is making its first appearance in the Middle East on January 27-28 at the Jumeirah Beach Hotel in Dubai. The convention will be the first of its kind in