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 ...

With 2012 around the corner, the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology has outlined five steps for hospitals, physicians and other providers to start the transition to an ...

Here are six aspects of electronic medical record implementation for ambulatory surgery centers to consider and plan prior to adoption. 1. Perform facility-wide assessments. After getting your ...

ASCs that have purchased and implemented a practice management system or EHR software can take additional steps to reduce cybersecurity risk, according to an HSTpathways whitepaper. 1. Continuously ...

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology at HHS outlines best practices for selecting and implementing a new electronic health records system as part of its health IT ...

Editor's note: This is part 1 of a 2-part series of articles on EMR implementation. Electronic medical records (EMRs) have evolved from their early days of command-line text entry to point-and-click, ...

Implementing an electronic medical records (EMR) system at an orthopedic clinic may have unanticipated effects on clinic efficiency and productivity - including a temporary increase in labor costs and ...