EMR data archival projects At some point, every medical practice will need to confront the issue of old medical records: Paper charts that were never scanned into an EMR system Old PM/EMR systems that [Continue Reading]
How long should a doctor keep medical records from a legacy EMR system?
Practices ask us every day, ‘I have changed systems & want to turn off my legacy EMR system. How long should a doctor keep medical records?‘. For long term medical [Continue Reading]
Automating a Patient Recall System
Automating a patient recall system means healthier patients Practices need to use all of their data. Automating a patient recall system will allow the practice to identify and contact those patients for [Continue Reading]
5 Easy Ways to Reduce Patient No-Shows
If your practice is struggling with patient no-shows, you are not alone. No-show averages range from 15-30%, depending on the medical specialty! There are many reasons patients do not keep appointments. Some simply forget about the appointment. Others [Continue Reading]
Can MACRA help a practice?
MACRA can help a practice! MACRA is the next steamroller coming to healthcare, and its loaded with patient communication components. This is where MACRA helps. Before you run to a [Continue Reading]
EMR Data Conversions
EMR Data Conversions – In-house or Outsource? If you are an EHR or PM vendor, healthcare IT company or consultant you have helped many practices with EMR data conversions. When it comes [Continue Reading]
Statements Are Patient Communications Too
Billing as patient communications? It better be. Your statements to patients are part of your patient communications system. And a very important part where payments are concerned. Just like a [Continue Reading]
Patients too old for your portal?
Think your patients are too old for your portal? How surprised would you be to see that Facebook users over the age of 55 have exploded 80.4% over the past [Continue Reading]
Make it easy, accept patient payments online
Make it easy, accept patient payments online A few months ago I was visiting a friend of mine for the weekend. We discussed our different industries and I heard the [Continue Reading]
The frustrations of staying an independent practice
We see it time and again, a practice that calls us frustrated with the amount of work they have to do for an insurance company, just for the chance to [Continue Reading]