Category: Growth

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

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

As the adage goes, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. So how can we manage the healthcare information technology industry if we don’t measure its progress? Since the state of HIT is constantly evolving, it’s critical for health professionals

There are literally hundreds of EHR features you need to worry about before you make a decision to purchase – from ePrescriptions to narrative note-taking functions. There seems to be a misconception correlating the amount of EHR features with the

The Center for American Progress recently released a lengthy, landmark study that made waves in the health IT news sphere. As Modern Healthcare (and many others) reported, the research showed… Health insurance companies, hospitals, physicians and other providers could trim

A unique perspective emerged from last week’s Connecting Healthcare + Social Media Conference in New York when Mike Sevilla, MD, family physician, and blogger at Family Medicine Rocks, took the stage to present his own social media story. He also

Many healthcare professionals accustomed to paper-based clinical workflows are finding the shift to digital medical records challenging, feeling it’s little more than an inconvenient requirement – a mandated change with few benefits beyond the government’s incentives. Yet doctor groups that