by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 12, 2013 | General
The healthcare industry has gone through a lot of change very quickly in the past five years, with still more to come. Independent practices and smaller physician groups have a lot of reason to “seek higher ground” in mergers, partnerships, and buyouts by...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Oct 3, 2010 | Electronic Medical Records
Everybody has been holding their breath to see which EHR software will pass the ONC-ATCB (Office of the National Coordinator for Healthcare IT – Authorized Testing & Certification Body) 2011/2012 certification. Some will buy a system based on this...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Mar 14, 2009 | Electronic Medical Records, Headlines
I think WalMart selling EMRs is a good thing and here’s why. This challenges standard thinking about EMR vendors. You can’t deny that this has given all of us a lot to think about as far as what company can sell what products to what customers. This...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 23, 2008 | Electronic Medical Records, Innovation
My August 20th post (read it here) noted that Dragon voice recognition software has been quietly gaining acceptance as a mainstream solution to hefty transcription costs and EMR integration. 10% of the healthcare providers in the United States are currently using...