{"id":7885,"date":"2013-07-05T17:33:43","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T21:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poweryourpractice.com\/?p=7885"},"modified":"2013-07-05T17:33:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T21:33:43","slug":"weekly-checkup-july-1-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carecloud.com\/continuum\/weekly-checkup-july-1-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Checkup: July 1-5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, Independence Day. The day we celebrate our country with delicious barbecue, huge parades, and enough explosives to illuminate the night sky. It\u2019s a holiday befitting of our great nation.<\/p>\n<p>Come to think of it, we should probably celebrate our country every week. <strong>Kind of like the way PYP does with healthcare<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->So what valuable insights did we have on tap for physicians this week? Keep reading to find out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Power Your Practice<\/strong><br \/>\nCalled hybrid EHR-paper workflows, <strong>many physicians are still using paper workarounds<\/strong> in conjunction with their EHR. Unfortunately, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/electronic-health-records\/avoid-pitfalls-hybrid-ehr-paper-workflow\/\">this has negative effects<\/a> on quality of care, productivity, and profitability.<\/p>\n<p>Industry pundits have continuously forecast the demise of independent physician practice. But a joint study from QuantiaMD and CareCloud show that this isn\u2019t going to happen anytime soon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/practice-profitability-index\/are-independent-practices-headed-for-extinction\/\">if independent practitioners have their way<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-practice-resources\/improving-roi-ehr-maximize-meaningful-use-payments\/\">the final installment<\/a> of our ROI of your EHR whitepaper series, we explain <strong>how to maximize your Meaningful Use incentive payments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Even respectable physicians need to be concerned with Medicare fraud. If not, they could face <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/medical-practice-resources\/medicare-fraud-revocations-what-physicians-need-to-know\/\">some serious consequences<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CareCloud Blog<\/strong><br \/>\nPhysicians still have their doubts about EHRs, but the right EHR should overcome <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carecloud.com\/continuum\/blog\/3-reasons-physicians-doubt-ehrs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all major concerns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hope everyone enjoys the rest of the Fourth of July weekend. If you\u2019re looking for more from PYP, sign up for our email list today.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ah, Independence Day. The day we celebrate our country with delicious barbecue, huge parades, and enough explosives to illuminate the night sky. It\u2019s a holiday befitting of our great nation. Come to think of it, we should probably celebrate our country every week. 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