Category: Growth

Implementing an analytics system doesn’t have to be daunting. The right tools can help you create an environment where data is easily accessible to the entire staff. Setting up this kind of system requires a forward-thinking attitude, an understanding of

A number of pre-Information Age concepts seem intimidating when adding a lowercase ‘e’ before them. In the case of ePrescribing, the apprehension is mostly unwarranted. ePrescribing only means you’re electronically generating prescriptions via automated data-entry processes, using e-prescribing software over

It’s fitting that this week was huge at Power Your Practice because we’re debuting our “Power 5 Week in Review,” where we’ll compile bite-sized “vittles” of the week’s content in a digestible form. As usual, the wide variety of topics

Your practice may either have trouble collecting and compiling actionable information, or it could be buried under mountains of data. How do you resolve the issue? Sure, you’ve been told repeatedly to choose an analytics system that will help you

The use of technology can reap major improvements in healthcare, but only if it’s done properly. If medical organizations fail to take care of their IT systems by doing necessary maintenance, their technology can work against them – especially if

The goal of the EHR Incentive Program is to accelerate the process of EHR adoption, ease the fiscal burden of implementing the new technology for clinicians, and ultimately, improve overall health care for patients. The program is working to drive

Ever since the HITECH Act was signed into law, physician mind share has been almost exclusively directed toward electronic health record (EHR) adoption. The attainability of Meaningful Use incentive funds has caused a nearly singular focus on EHRs across the

Top-performing organizations utilize analytics five times more than under-performing companies, according to an MIT Sloan Management Review and IBM Institute for Business value survey of roughly 3000 executives and analysts in more than 30 industries and 100 countries. It’s simple:

With smartphones dominating the telecommunications market and tablets growing ever more popular in the medical setting, the latest advancement in healthcare is the advent of mHealth – the use of mobile devices and applications in support of the practice of

Health IT evangelists often dismiss physicians as technophobes, claiming their aversion to EHRs results from a fear of adopting technology among doctors. However, the use of robots during surgeries, MRI technology, and even the surge in popularity of higher-level technological

Actionable Analytics: Make Reporting Easy and Useful