All EMR software companies offering free Electronic Medical Records systems (EMR systems) seem to have disappeared with the most prominent vendor Practice Fusion EHR getting acquired by AllScripts earlier this year. This has meant that healthcare providers with a low budget and very basic requirements must now choose […]
Electronic Medical Records software, (also known as Electronic Health Records software), is a collection of patient’s health information and medical records stored electronically that can be transferred from one healthcare facility to another. Majority of physicians and healthcare organizations nowadays use EMR Software solutions to increase efficiency, reduce workload and improve patient care. [...]
Healthcare providers who refuse to treat patients in need just because of their religious or moral beliefs are set to have a new defending regulation in the US. It has been reported that the Trump Administration is working to protect doctors who refuse to treat patients if the treatment goes against their religious beliefs. [...]
U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order in favor of the veterans who have transitioned from military to civilian life. The executive order that was signed in the Oval Office at the White House on January 9, 2018, in Washington, DC will work to help prevent veteran suicide by improving their mental health. [...]
The new two-way data sharing is expected to assist hospitals in gaining ground on quality improvement initiatives. In a bid to assist hospitals in streamlining workflows for information governance and improving their clinical decision support, Wolters Kluwer Health has announced the integration of its ProVation Order Sets with Epic medical software. Announcing the new move, [...]
Many EHR vendors are offering billing services as well and this tend to confuse many of the difference between an EHR and medical billing software. In order to improve their usability and functionality, many medical billing and EHR software systems are designed to have overlapping features. The main idea behind this all is to offer [...]
It’s a fact that the U.S. spends more on health IT than many other countries. Interestingly, attitudes about interoperability here are still are mixed. A recent survey on this topic revealed that most providers (75%) think integrated systems are valuable. This was sadly lower as compare to other countries […]
With a high-end dual lens camera and wireless earphones, what else can you expect from Apple’s high-end smartphone? Assistance in Healthcare? Well. According to a report published in CNBC, the technology company is currently working on it. The report imagines people turning to their iPhone for all their health and medical information, which includes all [...]
According to a report released by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have actually overpaid more than $729 million worth of incentive payments to eligible providers that failed to meet meaningful use requirements. The officials said that this happened because the sample of [...]
With the Veterans Affairs secretary David Shulkin announcing on Monday that his agency will be using the same technology as the Department of Defense (DoD), people were concerned about the fate of Epic Corp. who won a similar contract in 2015. The system opted by the DoD is MHS Genesis, […]