Good news: as of January the nationwide EHR adoption rate for family physicians was at nearly 70%. The bad news is that non-adopters point to an increase in security risks for digital files as the reason why they continue to use paper health records.
But it’s actually paper records that leave your practice in serious threat of a security breach.
When things change in the healthcare industry, such as diagnosis or procedure codes, a new version of your practice management software must be written and offered for sale. Therefore, one of the most important factors to consider when looking for a new PM system is where your system will live.
We’re here to tell you that web-based practice management systems offer many advantages over client-server software. By using technologies like cloud computing to lower costs, increase security and strengthen patient connectivity, PM systems have improved considerably over the past decade.
Would you allow someone with no previous dental experience perform a root canal on your son or daughter? Of course not.
Likewise, having an understanding of your practice’s workflows and processes is essential when selecting an EHR vendor. You’ll see it’s easier to recognize issues in advance and use procedural knowledge to choose the EHR features and functions that will streamline your workflow.
Prior to March, you could count on receiving your Meaningful Use incentive payment within 8 to 12 weeks of successful attestation. Not anymore. In March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services began conducting Meaningful Use prepayment audits, which will delay payments.
According to CMS, between 5% and 10% of attesting physicians will be chosen for prepayment auditing. This is in addition to the post-payment audits that CMS has conducted since 2012, which will continue to affect another 5% to 10% of physicians.
Too often, providers implement EHRs without taking full advantage of their revenue making potential.
If you didn’t get a chance to attend Tuesday’s ROI of EHR webinar, this month, we spoke on how to generate long lasting profits with your EHR software beyond the initial investment.
Fun was in full effect last week when 25,005 runners took to the streets of Downtown Miami and Brickell Thursday night for the 2013 Mercedes-Benz Corporate Run. Whether walking or running the 5k course, CareCloud employees participated to promote fitness in the workplace and raise money for a good cause.
Let’s give Andres Gomez and Isirett Aguilar a hand for the fastest CareCloud mens and women’s times of 22:39 and 26:03.
Nothing brings a community together quite like a winning sports team. The bars are filled every game night, the water-cooler talk is dominated by statistics and the bandwagoners descend upon the local Sports Authority in droves to buy the jersey of their newest favorite player.
The funny thing is, the success of a sports team doesn’t lie solely in the hands of the freakish athletes who run like gazelles and can seemingly jump over buildings. Oftentimes, a team’s fate is determined by the behind-the-scenes physicians, who don’t receive any credit from the casual sports fan.
Imagine a neurologist treating a stroke victim in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in the morning, another in New York City before lunch and one more in San Diego thirty minutes later — all without ever leaving his office.
Impossible, you say? Not quite. Now, with advancements in telemedicine robots, this happens all the time.
So you’ve implemented a new EHR software and collected your Meaningful Use incentive. We salute you.
But did you know that your EHR can continue to sustain profits?
Eventful is an understatement. CareCloud was out in full force last Thursday morning at Jungle Island as CEO Albert Santalo stepped off a plane from San Francisco and into a Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce (GMCC) panel on the future of South Florida’s tech ecosystem, then later accepting the top award at the Chamber’s Annual Technology Leaders of the Year Awards.
Joined by other luminaries of Miami’s IT and educational communities, Santalo waxed poetic on the need to retain local talent, bring in investors throughout the country and the significance of growing CareCloud at home.
