{"id":10613,"date":"2014-01-03T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=10613"},"modified":"2014-01-03T18:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T23:00:00","slug":"weekly-checkup-december-30-january-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/weekly-checkup-december-30-january-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Checkup: December 30 \u2013 January 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to 2014 everyone. Whether it&#8217;s shedding a couple of pounds or finally kicking a bad habit, many are working hard to stick to their New Years&#8217; resolutions. And Power Your Practice is no different.<\/p>\n<p>Our resolution: Continue providing quality content to our readers that will help them improve their practice in 2014.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Check out this week\u2019s slate of articles, and let us know if we started off on the right note.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Power Your Practice<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Did you know only 50% of patients take their medications as directed? Or that 32 million patients are projected to join the health system this year? Learn other useful industry facts in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-practice-resources\/52-things-healthcare-learned-in-2013-part-3\/\">52 Things Healthcare Learned in 2013 series<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-practice-resources\/new-years-resolutions-for-doctors\/\">Here are five resolutions<\/a> physicians should adopt in 2014 to make this year more successful than the last.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-technology-trends\/practicing-medicine-in-2014\/\">What healthcare trends<\/a> can physician practices expect to see in the coming year?<\/p>\n<p>Meaningful Use Stage 2\u2019s patient engagement criteria have made patient education a top priority for many providers. Good thing, too, since providing patient education has been shown to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/practice-management\/using-patient-education-to-yield-better-returns\/\">increase practice revenue<\/a> in the long term.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>CareCloud Blog<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>This is the year of ICD-10. Here are some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/blog\/meeting-challenge-icd-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenges of the new code set<\/a>, and how to meet them head-on.<\/p>\n<p>A look back at CareCloud\u2019s greatest accomplishments of 2013.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Good luck with meeting your practice goals in the new year. If you\u2019d like to receive helpful posts year-round, sign up for our email list below.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to 2014 everyone. 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