Electronic health records, otherwise known as EHRs for short, have the potential to transform a practice in the best way possible. Not only do they help improve patient care by making information available to all those who need it, but they also improve communication,...
At its core, a cloud-based EHR is exactly what it sounds like – a method for storing electronic health records not on a local hard drive or server, but in a secure fashion over the Internet. The most immediate advantage of this is that those records can then be...
When it comes to electronic health records, practices have two main options to choose from depending on their needs. They can decide to house everything on a totally on-premise environment of their own design, or they can invest in a cloud-based solution that...
Over the last decade in particular, cloud-based EHRs have become increasingly popular across the globe. A big part of this has to do with the fact that they’re simply more convenient – not just in comparison to the paper-based world that we’re now...
Over the last decade in particular, cloud-based EHRs (electronic health records) have become increasingly popular in the healthcare sector. But this isn’t just a case of organizations embracing modern technology just for the sake of it. They truly do bring with...
Fundamentals of Cloud EHR’s Choosing a cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) system offers many benefits. These include increased accessibility to your data from any location, reduced internal technology requirements, and not needing a large amount of...
Mistakes When Choosing a Cloud EHR Finding the right cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) system for your chiropractic practice can be a major undertaking. That’s why it’s helpful to know what to do, such as considering your office’s setup, the electronic...
Common EHR Buying Mistakes As a doctor of chiropractic (DC), you must make many decisions about the day-to-day operations of your business. It’s up to you to determine what hours you are open, the services you will offer if you will sell any products, what type of...
3 Common Myths About Cloud EHRs The average chiropractor sees between 20 and 50 patients per day according to the Association of Chiropractic Colleges. When choosing an electronic health record (EHR) system to use at your practice, you have two basic options: a cloud...
3 Common Myths About Server EHRs Choosing the right electronic health record (EHR) system for your practice is incredibly important because you and your staff will be interacting with this system daily, relying on it to keep track of and protect all of your...
Demystifying Online EHR Reviews According to the 2018 ReviewTrackers Online Reviews Survey, before doing business with a local company, 63.6 percent of consumers check Google first in an attempt to discover what people are saying about it. Numerous others take the...
Best Integrated Applications for Chiropractic Practice Management Software According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 86.9 percent of office-based physicians currently use some type of electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR)...
How to Hack-Proof Your EHR According to a Duke University/CFO Magazine Global Business Outlook Survey, “More than 80 percent of U.S. companies indicate their systems have been successfully hacked in an attempt to steal, change or make public important data.” This...
The Differences Between EMR vs. EHR vs. PM Software According to an article published by Epoch Times, there are many reasons that it’s great to be a chiropractor in today’s day and age. Among them are having a growing patient base (job security), making a comfortable...
What Leads To EHR Burnout? According to a review published in Administration and Policy in Mental Health, burnout—which the authors define as experiencing “emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced personal accomplishment”—is rampant in the medical field....
What EHR Companies Won’t Tell You According to an article published by Harvard Business School, there are a few telltale signs that a business is withholding important information from you when trying to negotiate a sale. Among them are using a minimal number of...
Patient Assisted EHR Applications Inefficient processes at your busy chiropractic office are not only a waste of time for both you and your staff but also a waste of your hard-earned money. In fact, in Business Efficiency for Dummies, it’s estimated that...
EHR Contract Essentials Business Dictionary defines a contract as an agreement between two parties that is “voluntary, deliberate, and legally binding.” It goes on to explain that, “while all parties may expect a fair benefit from the contract…it does not follow that...
EHRs Improve Patient Care Committing to provide nothing but high-quality care shows your patients that you’re a DC with a genuine interest in raising the quality of life for those you treat. It tells them that, as a healthcare provider, you put them first as you’re...
The Best Hardware to Use with Your EHR Maintaining your records via electronic health records (EHR) system offers many benefits for you and your chiropractic patients. The University of Florida’s Morsani College of Medicine outlines just a few of the advantages of...
Legal Benefits of EHRs When it comes to being a DC, many legal restrictions and limitations apply. For instance, in chapter 38 of The Florida Healthcare Professionals’ Medico-Legal Guide, author George F. Indest III, JD, MPA, LL.M, talks about how Florida’s statutes...
The Essentials of Practice Management Software Using practice management software provides a number of business-related benefits. According to Chiropractic Economics, the top five for chiropractors specifically include: 1) speedier reimbursement for treatment...
Simple Strategy for Switching Your EHR/EMR Software Have you ever driven somewhere you’ve never been before and gotten lost? Of course, you have. We all have at one time or another. And does this make the idea of trying to find a new location on future trips cause you...
Using Your EHR to Improve the Doctor-Patient Experience The Institute for Healthcare Communication (IHC) states that studies conducted over the last 30 years have found “that the clinician’s ability to explain, listen and empathize can have a profound effect on...
Why EHR’s Are More Secure Than Paper Records According to Security Week, there were more than 121 million database breaches in the first eight months of 2015 alone, an amount that is nearly double all of the breaches that occurred in the entire year before. This...
Have Better Health Records Accuracy Using Certified EHR’s HCPro, a healthcare education company, shares that incomplete patient clinical records can impact doctor and patient alike. For the practitioner, failing to put all of a patient’s personal and exam-based...
Improve Patient Communication Using Certified EHR In “Doctor-Patient Communication: A Review,” authors Jennifer Fong Ha, MBBS, and Nancy Longnecker, PhD, indicate that “Patients reporting good communication with their doctor are more likely to be satisfied with their...
What Doctors Hate About EHR Software With all the new legal mandates involving electronic health records (EHRs), many doctors can be heard grumbling over all the extra work needed just to get paid and avoid fines. Indeed, some of this resistance comes from the fact...
Inefficient Chiropractic EHR Software is Costing You More Than You Think When your chiropractic office doesn’t run as efficiently as it could, one of the most noticeable impacts is lower revenue at year’s end. In fact, some business experts suggest that 20 to 30...
The Fundamentals of EHR User Experience (UX) Introduction The use of electronic health record (EHR) systems have consistently been on the rise. In fact, in recent years, the number of in-office healthcare professionals using EHRs increased from a minimum 20.8 percent...
