Business Process
6 reasons not having an EHR will put your practice at risk
For many physicians who are not currently using electronic medical records are constantly being told through one form or the other of how EHR will help improve patient’s health, reduce their operational costs and allow them to see more patients. And study after study shows the benefits of capturing patient health information electronically.
But as we continue [...]
Task and Time Management Tools
For several years now I have benefited from using a centralized to-do list integrated with my Outlook calendar.It offers a complete view of what activities and items I needed to accomplish everyday in an easy to use integrated fashion. But as I started relying more and more on mobile devices and tablets to conduct everyday business, I found out quickly [...]
Last Call for eRx
With the electronic Prescription deadline fast approaching, there are still few organizations that are attempting to submit at least 10 electronic prescriptions by June 30th of 2011. This will allow them to avoid 1% penalty to their Medicare reimbursement. For some this maybe a simple task if they are already using EHR. This is the case since some [...]
Collaboration With Microsoft Lync
This week I spent some time with Microsoft’s new Lync 2010 or should I say the big upgrade of one of their existing application Microsoft Communicator. This product is very promising to mid and large size organizations in various ways. It is a tool that is designed to facilitate communication between different users in the organization.
But [...]
Tips That Will Help In Time Management
For many healthcare technology executives proper time management is one of the most important skills that help ensure success. And dialing with the daily distractions that constantly sabotages their focus on the tasks at hand. But like it or not, most distractions are a necessity and do also need some attention. But how to juggle [...]
Which EHR Products Will Outlast the Others
As we continue to see some sort of consolidation in the EHR market place, there is always the question about which product will be on top. But in my mind the question is not so much of who will be on top, but really can they sustain staying ahead and being constantly innovative and ahead of [...]
Value of New Nurse Call Systems in Hospitals
For many years hospitals have been working hard to eliminate communication challenges and improve nursing workflows. Whether it’s locating a nurse, or responding to a patient’s request for more pain medication — it has been notoriously time consuming and difficult to streamline these workflows. One of the approaches to resolving this is through the implementation of a [...]
Increased Popularity of CRM in Hospitals
For many years companies across different markets have adopted some sort of Customer Relationship Management (CRM). These products have helped companies’ track opportunities for new business, it also assisted in standardizing workflows, as well as tracking follow-ups as part of the overall cycle of prospects to clients.
With the ability to capture sales information and provide analysis [...]
The Faith of E-Prescribing Controlled Substances
With several medical organizations seeking to become paper-less with the implementation of an EHR, they are still dealing with paper based documents in many clinical areas. But fortunately, physicians are more eager to completely eliminate some of the paper documents, especially given 10% of their prescriptions written on Pads are for controlled substances.
Up until June of 2010, all controlled [...]
How Do I Delegate So the Work Gets Done?
Last Sunday I went to a birthday party where I met a medical office manager. Let’s call her Kim for the sake of unanimity. Kim manages 3 practices which employs ten providers and about thirty five support staff. Kim was very frustrated with her staff. As I was trying to understand her pain points she [...]
