Here are eight common mistakes for ASCs to avoid during electronic medical record implementation. Preventing these mistakes will make the implementation process smoother and allow the surgery center ...

Intentional governance, process redesign, change management and data strategy all must be addressed to achieve optimal ...

Revenue cycle leaders must review, update, and optimize their EHR systems regularly to ensure their efficiency over time. Revenue cycle leaders are on the hook for ensuring their organization can ...

Despite over 96% of hospitals having an electronic health record (EHR), a recent study showed alarming levels of dissatisfaction among physicians with their current EHR systems and an increased ...

Electronic medical record (EMR) implementations are expensive endeavors, and cost overruns can cripple the hospitals that experience them and cause havoc for the people who work there. In the case of ...

If there’s one thing athenahealth Cofounder and CEO Jonathan Bush values, it’s productivity — both in his personal life and when it comes to his company’s EHR. Mr. Bush, deemed a LinkedIn influencer, ...

Patrick Takahashi, MD, Chief of the Gastroenterology Section at St. Vincent Medical Center, discusses his role in spearheading the electronic health record implementation process at the medical center ...

Applying traditional project management methodologies to an ambulatory EHR implementation often yields unexpected and often unpleasant results. Why? Lessons learned in Project Management Professional ...

The Eye Care Center of Northern Colorado needed to implement a new EHR because its previous EHR implementation, one year prior, left staff and clinicians underwhelmed. The old EHR and practice ...

Electronic health record (EHR) systems centralize and streamline patient data, much like customer relationship management (CRM) systems organize customer data for small businesses. EHR platforms ...

The purpose of the joint VA and DOD audit was to see how well implementing the common EHR is helping data exchange between the departments and healthcare providers. The DOD and VA acquired Cerner's ...

Electronic Health Records (EHRs) are an essential component of the healthcare IT ecosystem as reflected by the continued growth of EHR expenditures throughout the United States. As a significant and ...