{"id":7589,"date":"2013-06-14T18:00:26","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T22:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=7589"},"modified":"2013-06-14T18:00:26","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T22:00:26","slug":"weekly-checkup-june-10-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/weekly-checkup-june-10-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Checkup: June 10-14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winston Churchill once said, \u201cTo improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.\u201d We at PYP have a similar mindset to the revered British Bulldog. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve made a minor tweak to our beloved Weekly Checkups.<\/p>\n<p>From now on, in addition to a recap of the week\u2019s Power Your Practice articles, <strong>Weekly Checkups will include links to the pieces published on our sister site<\/strong>, the CareCloud Blog. Think of it as a bonus that will benefit your practice. We hope you find them just as informative as PYP.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->With that out of the way, let\u2019s dive into this week\u2019s articles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Power Your Practice<\/strong><br \/>\nPhysicians should be happy the nation\u2019s patient base is going to increase by 32 million patients in 2014 due to the Affordable Care Act. Yet, 48% aren\u2019t currently equipped to handle this flood of extra patients. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/practice-management\/3-tips-handling-aca-patient-influx\/\">Here are some possible solutions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Declining reimbursements, rising costs, the ACA, and coding and billing changes are seen as the biggest threats to practice profitability. Fortunately, <strong>practice management systems <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/practice-profitability-index\/practice-management-systems-help-doctors-overcome-hurdles-profitability\/\">may be the solution<\/a><\/strong> to combatting all four issues.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-practice-resources\/improving-roi-of-ehr\/\">The second installment<\/a> of our five-part whitepaper series explains why going with a cloud-based solution is the key to getting the highest ROI from your EHR.<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever heard of physician alarm fatigue? <strong>Well, it may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-technology-trends\/physician-alarm-fatigue-puts-patients-at-risk\/\">putting your patients at risk<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever had a patient bitten by a sea lion or stab themself while crocheting, we\u2019ve got a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/revenue-cycle-management\/the-most-bizarre-icd-10-code-awards\/\">chuckle-inducing list<\/a> that will help you code these ailments with ease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CareCloud Blog<\/strong><br \/>\nThis free webinar will show you the security, scalability, and cost-saving benefits that cloud-based EHRs provide, putting to rest the myth that cloud-based EHRs aren\u2019t as secure as their client-server counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>50% of practices are looking to replace their current EHR, <strong>but finding an EHR with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/blog\/look-for-purchasing-ehr-system\/\">these four attributes<\/a><\/strong> will keep you off of the market for a replacement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That just about dries out the well for this week. 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