{"id":4911,"date":"2013-02-13T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=4911"},"modified":"2013-02-13T20:00:34","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T01:00:34","slug":"practice-management-system-switch-replace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/practice-management-system-switch-replace\/","title":{"rendered":"Time for a Switch: Replacing Your Practice Management System"},"content":{"rendered":"

As change reshapes the healthcare industry, it is placing an ever-increasing strain on the technologies that practices use to manage their operations, sustain profitability, and support patient care.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the same time, the arrival of modern technologies in healthcare \u2013 the same ones that power Facebook and Twitter, rather than the Nixon-era coding that dominated decades past<\/a> \u2013 is enabling entirely new capabilities.<\/p>\n

The result: medical practices are increasingly voting with their feet. They are stripping out outdated systems and replacing them with modern alternatives, ones that can adapt to change.<\/p>\n

In fact, a 2011 Capsite survey found 38 percent of physician practices planned to upgrade or replace their current practice management (PM) system<\/strong> in the next 12-24 months.<\/p>\n

Of the roughly 1,300 physician groups polled in the survey, 63 percent said they would look to replace their existing system with an integrated PM and EHR solution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Is it time for you to do the same? Outdated software and hardware not only create more work for doctors and staff. It can also cause serious inefficiencies and cash-flow interruptions when not equipped for the changes facing the healthcare industry in the coming months and years.<\/p>\n

This easy-to-use, weekly series will help you to:<\/p>\n