Potential and Problems of E-Prescribing
For several years, health care industry experts have urged physicians to adopt electronic prescribing, to improve quality and contain health…
Category: Practice Performance
The rules for subsidizing an EMR purchase
Editor's Note: Health care attorney Patricia King discusses the new rules for hospital subsidies of a physician practice's purchase of…
Online video information for patients
Editor's Note: Video is rapidly becoming a preferred medium for patient education. We've asked eMedTV, a leader in patient education…
Hospital Quality Rankings
Hospital Ratings in your neighborhood {snippet hospital_rankings} Ratings are based on benchmarks set out by the U.S. Department of Health…
Google and Electronic Medical Records
Rumor has it that Google is entering the EMR business. Rumor also has Microsoft entering the EMR business. Well,…
Performance-related financial incentives not associated with improved outcomes
CHICAGO—A pay-for-performance program at hospitals was not associated with significant improvement in processes of care or outcomes for heart…
Physician Profiling
Do you know that there are methods in progress to change your (practice) behavior and improve your efficiency and…
Medical Billing Clearinghouses
Getting paid in a timely manner may be one of the most difficult aspects of your job. As you already…
Training Your Medical Billing Staff
A practice's billing staff can be one of its strongest assets or its weakest link. When the staff members are…
Physician Computer Security
In this article and the accompanying sample computer security policy, Dr. Peikari outlines the steps you can take to secure…