{"id":2127,"date":"2012-03-23T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T21:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2025-07-01T11:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:20:28","slug":"power-5-week-in-review-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/power-5-week-in-review-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Power 5 Week in Review: EHRs, Telemedicine and Data Security"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As we close out this week at <em>Power Your Practice<\/em>, we also, as of Tuesday, closeout another winter. So as you enjoy your first Saturday of Spring 2012, let\u2019s take a look back at the five great pieces of content that went up on PYP as we inched closer to April.<\/p>\n<p>Monday opened with an insightful piece contributed to us by Karen Farrell, the Director of Healthcare Solutions Marketing at Nuance Healthcare. Looking \u201c<strong>Beyond the EHR<\/strong>,\u201d Ms. Farrell hypothesized about the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/beyond-the-ehr-data-driven-healthcare\/\">Data-Driven Healthcare System<\/a>\u201d of the future.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Ahmed looked into \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/how-telemedicine-can-connect-underserved-patients-to-providers\/\">How Telemedicine Can Connect Underserved Patients to Providers<\/a>.\u201d Thanks to the many practical advantages it presents, the global telehealth technology market is set for a boom, estimated by BCC Research to reach <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bccresearch.com\/pressroom\/report\/code\/HLC014E\">27.3 billion by 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cIs Your Patient Data Safe?\u201d <\/strong>That intimidating question opened Wednesday\u2019s story on how \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/is-your-patient-data-safe-data-breaches-nearly-doubled-in-2011\/\">Data Breaches Nearly Doubled in 2011<\/a>.\u201d Hopefully, it didn\u2019t scare you too much, since the ANSI resource highlighted in the article can help you find the right level of investment to put into data security at your practice.<\/p>\n<p>Marketing is sometimes an afterthought at smaller doctors\u2019 offices, so hopefully, Thursday\u2019s entry of the \u201cActionable Analytics\u201d series served as a good reminder to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/actionable-analytics-develop-marketing-plan-practice\/\">Develop a Marketing Plan for You Practice<\/a>,\u201d and track the referral sources of new patients.<\/p>\n<p>And I closed out the week with \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/shelflife-can-you-trash-old-records-eobs\/\">Shelf Life: Can You Trash Old Records &amp; EOBs?<\/a>\u201d My research for this one led me to some surprising material: docs are required to retain the medical records of veterans for <strong>75 years after the last date of service<\/strong>! Can you imagine how much patient data is housed in your local VA hospital?<\/p>\n<p>Next week, we\u2019ll tell you how to identify clinical workflows in advance of EHR implementation, advise you on how to handle patient or payer overpayments, and give you some jazz-inspired pointers on how to infuse creativity into your leadership style.<\/p>\n<p>Trust us \u2013 you won\u2019t want to take a \u201cSpring Break\u201d from reading our content. <strong>See you next week!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; As we close out this week at Power Your Practice, we also, as of Tuesday, closeout another winter. So as you enjoy your first Saturday of Spring 2012, let\u2019s take a look back at the five great pieces of content that went up on PYP as we inched closer to April. 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