In 1950, the most popular names in America were James, Michael, and Robert for males, Mary, Linda, and Patricia for females. Now lets pair those names with a popular surname such as Smith, Johnson, or Williams. Do you have a few patients with any of those names? Turns out, it’s causing a growing problem in healthcare organizations.
There’s a problem with the current EHR systems in today’s medical practices. According to an Annals of Internal Medicine study, for every hour a doctor spends with her patients, she spends double the amount of time working on paperwork.
And that’s not where doctors’ time should be.
Just a few years ago, most medical practices operated with paper records. As electronic records moved in to replace paper, the benefits were many.
Leaving paper files in a room is risky. By digitizing the records, you can keep them under lock and key.
You can’t go anywhere online without finding an article on the up and coming blockchain technology. And if you’re like most people, you’re still a little fuzzy on what it is and what it means for your business. Sure, it’s the technology behind Bitcoin.
A new survey shows the state of how medical practices view their electronic health records (EHR) system.
According to results from The Harris Poll:
59 percent of the physicians surveyed think EHRs need a complete overhaul
40 percent think there are more challenges than benefits
What’s more, more than half of primary care physicians believe it detracts from their professional satisfaction, contributes to longer working hours, and is the cause of professional burnout within their lives.
How often do you travel for business? Do you take your laptop to coffee shops? Or out with you to lunch to meet a potential client? Or to another building to do a presentation?
Every time you open it up and start working with your data, you open yourself up to potential problems.
What does the term “Wi-Fi” mean? Wi-Fi is a way of referring to a wireless version of a wired Ethernet network, a way of connecting computers and electronic devices to each other and the internet.
Even a few years ago, the number of connections within a facility wasn’t difficult to handle.
There are a lot of reasons you may be sharing your passwords with other people on the job.
A resident may not have the proper credentials to access the files she needs.
A nurse may not have the proper credentials to access the records requested.
Making it easy for your customers to pay is good business. That’s why ease-of-use on the billing section on your website is essential. It's also critical to your bottom line.
When we think cybersecurity, we tend to think of the biggest attacks such as Equifax or Target.
Remember when our desktops worked solely from the use of floppy disks? We couldn’t imagine ever needing more storage.
How things change.
Back in 2015, Cisco Systems estimated by the year 2020, we would have 50 billion connected devices generating 44 zettabytes, or 44 trillion gigabytes of data every year.