In an attempt to make up for decreasing reimbursements, physicians are starting to branch out into areas outside their specialties

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So, you think your practice is ready for EMR but don’t know where to begin? Before you make an expensive decision you will regret, get expert advice on choosing an EMR system from Don Fornes, founder and CEO of Software Advice. He tells us the systematic process that a medical practice should take before opening its checkbook.

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Frank Polack of Eviton LLC, a project management firm, created this handy one-sheet for us with the basics of data backup. Keep it on file or laminate it and post it where your staff can refer to it as needed.

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Are you shopping for an EMR system? Before you open your checkbook, be sure to use this detailed checklist of important features your future software platform should have, thanks to the folks of Software Advice, Inc.

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So, you’re thinking about getting rid of paper charts and switching to an EMR system. Is it really worth the cost and aggravation?  Will it bring your people together or tear them apart? In the first of our EMR Video Tutorial series, we introduce the concept of “Going Paperless”. We take a brief overview of the thought process which led a practice to take the plunge and move forward with EMR implementation. In subsequent videos, we’ll break that process down into digestible phases.

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Every day, businesses lose valuable data due to everything from a broken water main to a natural disaster. Most of the time, there was no process in place to recover that data. Frank Polack of Eviton LLC discusses what businesses in other industries already know about disaster recovery and business continuity and how your practice can quickly get back up and running after an unexpected event.

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Get the Inside Track for Your Practice

The “Medical Practice Experts Alliance” offers medical professionals a practical, hands-on look inside some of the most successful medical practices across the U.S.  By becoming a member, you’ll gain access to premium content that reveals:

• A simple method of using your least qualified staff member to increase revenue
• How to restructure your office hierarchy so you never have to deal with petty staff complaints
• Ways to negotiate the best deals on reducing office and medical supply expenses
• How to get outside vendors to give you unadvertised perks and bonuses

Every month, we will send you a 45-60 minute audio CD interview with different experts in fields related to medical practice management.  You will learn not only what it takes to keep your practice afloat during difficult times, but to actually enable it to thrive and flourish.  For example:

• A nationally-recognized expert in healthcare law reveals the ins and outs of Stark regulations.
• The head of project management for an international bank teaches you how to create a practical disaster recovery and business continuity plan for medical practices.
• An attorney who specializes in high-net worth individuals discusses the most common mistakes made regarding asset protection.
• The leading expert on E-Discovery reveals the latest legal issues with EMR that could wreck your practice.

Here’s what you receive as a premium member of the “Medical Practice Experts Alliance“

• Audio CD mailed directly to your address each and every month.

• Access to exclusive premium content, including articles, video tutorials, productivity tips, and more.

• Transcripts and audios of previous interviews you can download at any time.

• Notification of upcoming interviews and the opportunity to suggest questions on topics that most interest you.

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Membership growth tied to new tools provided to medical professionals

The International Association of Dental and Medical Disciplines (IADMD) is a grass-roots organization whose main focus is to push for industry and legislative changes in the health care system, while at the same time bringing its membership up to date on technology. One initiative is to provide doctors participating in local community health services the tools to track and account for the free services they provide. A recent article in Information Week explains how the IADMD hopes to benefit in several ways from technology awareness; among them increased membership and a larger group to support its lobbying efforts.

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Free computers not enough to convince doctors of investing in EMR

An article in Information Week described an attempt by WellPoint Health Networks Inc. to encourage its physicians to switch to electronic records or prescriptions by giving them a total of $42 million worth of PDAs and PCs. Alas, about one in four of the doctors did not take the offer. And only about 10% of the group bothered to use the PDAs for ePrescriptions.The federal government has proposed a plan to have a national health IT infrastructure supporting electronic health records for most Americans within a decade. Dr. David Brailer, the government’s first health IT czar, says that it is critical for small and solo practices to adopt EMR otherwise the plan is doomed to failure.One major reason cited for resistance by physicians is the ongoing cost of IT support for EMR in a medical practice. Not only is there no reimbursement to doctors for the capital investment for EMR systems, but physicians must also add IT support to their practice overhead, with no tangible return on investment in the foreseeable future.

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