{"id":5867,"date":"2013-04-12T19:09:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T23:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=5867"},"modified":"2013-04-12T19:09:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T23:09:51","slug":"weekly-checkup-april-8-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/weekly-checkup-april-8-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Checkup: April 8-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever have chocolate-covered bacon? How about chicken and waffles? Well, those odd combos are kind of like this week\u2019s PYP: <strong>vastly different components working together in perfect harmony<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>From a \u201cto-don\u2019t\u201d list for patient no-shows and physician rating websites, all the way to video games, the menu was quite eclectic. Hope you enjoy the Weekly Checkup. <em>Bon app\u00e9tit!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The physician\u2019s equivalent to getting stood up on a date is the patient no-show. Unfortunately, <strong>physicians often waste time or damage patient relationships trying to reduce them<\/strong>. Avoid that with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/reducing-patient-no-shows\/\">this \u201cTo-don\u2019t\u201d list<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How can Meaningful Use audits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/meaningful-use-audits-delay-incentive-payments\/\">delay incentive payments?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Statistics confirm that 4 out of 5 Americans use the web to look up health information online, with <strong>40% of these using physician review websites<\/strong>. We had the folks over at Vitals.com provide an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/physician-rating-websites-a-chat-with-vitals\/\">insiders perspective<\/a> on their rating site.<\/p>\n<p>The $39,000 Meaningful Use incentive is plenty nice, but it\u2019s nothing compared to what an EHR will save you over the long haul. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/roi-of-ehr-profitability\/\">This webinar<\/a> shows you how.<\/p>\n<p>From Pac-Man to the pediatrician\u2019s office, <strong>how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-video-games-partners-in-pediatrics\/\">video games are helping pediatricians<\/a> better treat their patients<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all for this week. Now time to eat, drink and be merry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever have chocolate-covered bacon? How about chicken and waffles? 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