Controlling expenses is becoming a priority at your medical practice, and you now have a mandate to examine your labor requirements in an era of cloud computing. If you have been relying on local servers to host your electronic health record software, your setup will naturally need people on staff to maintain the hardware, software,and network integrity. Depending on the size and scope of your organization, you may need your systems up and running 24/7, which adds to labor costs even more for your mission-critical software setup.

When practice administrators and independent physicians compare medical software, it's imperative to ask the right questions in order to find a best-fit solution. Naturally, every fiscally responsible decision-maker wants to know about costs, however, digging deeper into the functionality and features of any software upgrade will save precious time and money during the implementation process, and ensure long-term success.

Even small changes in practice workflow bring great benefits for practice support teams. Managing more patients with fewer resources is possible when you exploit each resource to full capacity.

Viruses, worms, malicious code, bad script. Business owners have a lot to deal with today as cyber-criminals try to sneak into your network to disrupt your daily operations. And, then, there is ransomware. As the name implies, ransomware is a string of code that attempts to take your data hostage and block your access until you pay ransom. The typical attack is similar to a "snatch and run" scenario, except that rather than siphoning off your data, cyber-invaders use a quick attack strategy that encrypts your data so you can´t access it. The primary goal is to build a fortress around your assets faster than you can identify a breach.

Tackling out of control denied claims volume is beneficial for practices of all sizes – from the single family doctor to large multi-specialty groups. Lower your practice's denial rate with these three tips.

Legacy electronic health record (EHR) software was engineered to facilitate building comprehensive patient records, primarily collecting clinical data. Electronic patient files compiled during the 1960's, 70's and 80's were definitely more complete, accurate and legible, but not necessarily easier to share. In the early 1990's as the size and price of computer equipment plummeted, more practice managers embraced the digital patient records concept and adoption rates soared.

The following excerpt is from an article found on Health IT News. It was written by Ryan Beckland, CEO & Co-Founder, Validic. ------------------------------ In my previous article, I identified four trends indicative of the coming surge in healthcare innovation and shift to value-based care. Delving deeper into those drivers of innovation, we have already witnessed examples and proof that the trends for 2016 are underway—and that the year ahead promises great progress with the potential only technology can provide.

Data breaches are becoming all-too common these days. It’s difficult to read the news without seeing yet another account of a major institution suffering from intrusions by computer criminals. Each such incident should serve as a reminder to shore up our own data stores. Of course, no system will be 100% foolproof, but when you own or manage a medical organization, it’s your duty to ensure that you are doing everything possible to secure the healthcare data that you maintain on each patient (within reason and by following current best practices).

You’ve been using your electronic health record software for quite a long time now, and at this point you are getting ready to compare the experience of using it with what you now about the offerings of competing EHR providers. Now you are tasked with evaluating new providers. The trick is in knowing whether you should stay with the old provider or move on to a new one. Here are hints to help you decide whether switching EHR providers is right for you at this time.

When considering the impact of medical billing mistakes in your organization, let’s begin by recognizing that to err is human and to forgive is divine. Discovering there are problems doesn’t need to devolve into a wave of finger pointing and blame. But recognizing that you are making mistakes with your medical billing can be positive because now you can make an effort to correct them. When you take care of the mistakes, the results should be less stress on your already busy staff, improved revenue flow and the confidence that comes with knowing you have set your system right. Are you and your team making these three medical billing mistakes?