{"id":6939,"date":"2013-05-17T18:34:31","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T22:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=6939"},"modified":"2013-05-17T18:34:31","modified_gmt":"2013-05-17T22:34:31","slug":"weekly-checkup-may-13-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/weekly-checkup-may-13-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Checkup: May 13-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Frequent readers of PYP already know that <strong>we have a thing for health IT<\/strong>. Some may call it an obsession, but we prefer the term intense fondness. And this week, our fondness was on full display.<\/p>\n<p>We not only covered what to look for in an EHR but also how to make implementation go as smoothly as possible. Just for kicks, we gave you technologies that will make practice management easier.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Don\u2019t become fixated solely on features. The<strong> design of your EHR is just as important<\/strong> when trying to become a paperless practice.<\/p>\n<p>Does your practice need medical scanning software? Solaris Imaging, a medical scanning software company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/q-a-solaris-imaging-healthcare-needs-medical-scanning-software\/\">provides expert insight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>66% of CIOs report achieving Meaningful Use<\/strong> at their organizations as a result of ongoing health IT efforts. This is just one statistic from the HIMSS 2013 survey showing that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/himss-survey-shows-health-it-investments-paying-off\/\">health IT investments are paying off<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/what-role-should-nurses-play-in-ehr-implementation\/\">Involve nurses in the EHR implementation process<\/a> to make for a smoother transition.<\/p>\n<p>Managing a practice can be stressful, but <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/5-gadgets-make-practice-management-easier\/\">these 5 gadgets<\/a> will help make it a little easier<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019ll do it for this week. Keep it real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frequent readers of PYP already know that we have a thing for health IT. Some may call it an obsession, but we prefer the term intense fondness. And this week, our fondness was on full display. 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