eClinicalWorks Blog
- 7 February, 2020
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AI and the Future of Healthcare
It’s 2020. We’re already well into the 21st century. By now, wasn’t artificial intelligence supposed to have given us flying cars, replicators to produce our favorite foods on demand, and a society in which everyone enjoyed luxury, ease, and good health?
Continue Reading- 31 January, 2020
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A More Attractive Choice: Retaining Your Patients!
An October 2018 study commissioned by the referral management platform Fibroblast found that 87% of healthcare executives say that addressing the loss of patients to their competitors is a high priority. At the same time, the survey found that about a quarter of executives either do not track so-called patient “leakage” or don’t understand why it occurs and what to do about it.
Continue Reading- 29 January, 2020
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5 Innovative Ways Providers are Utilizing Their EHR
Choosing a strong healthcare IT partner like eClinicalWorks means having someone by your side that supports your practice’s goals and future plans. From small rural practices to large urban health centers, eClinicalWorks customers represent a varied group of healthcare professionals dedicated to transforming the art of medicine. Below are five customers who have utilized our comprehensive EHR in ways that have helped them grow and succeed.
Continue Reading- 22 January, 2020
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What Healthcare Consumerism Will Mean for Providers in 2020
Whether customers are scanning through user reviews to figure out where to get the best slice of pizza or reading up on which healthcare provider is right for them, the majority of consumers will make an educated decision before making a choice. As a healthcare provider, it’s your job to recognize and understand what your customer base’s needs are and how you will be able to solve their problems and keep them coming back for more.
Continue Reading- 17 January, 2020
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Teledentistry: Expanding Access to Dental Care
Many doctors and patients today are using telemedicine, connecting via computer or mobile device for a range of medical and behavioral health concerns, from assessing pain to examining a skin rash to discussing medications. But going to the dentist? Doesn’t that still mean a physical office visit?
Continue Reading- 15 January, 2020
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Why Choosing the Right EHR Helps Practice Growth
So, your practice has been doing well. You’ve got more patients, happy clients, and superb care. As your practice continues to grow, it’s fair to question whether or not your current EHR is capable of providing you with the tools and help necessary for a smooth transition.
Continue Reading- 10 January, 2020
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Great Tools + Great Attitude = Great Experiences
Today’s patients are fortunate to live in an era of remarkable medical discoveries and advances. Between 1920 and 2020, life expectancy in the U.S. grew from about 50 years to more than 75 years, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Thanks to early detection and better treatments, death rates for many forms of cancer continue to decline. Genetic medicine and new drugs hold enormous promise for curing even the rarest and most debilitating diseases.
Continue Reading- 8 January, 2020
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The State of Telehealth in 2020
It’s the last game of the season. The floodlights turn on – illuminating the crisp autumn sky and revealing the compact emerald turf. As you sit on the locker room bench, you hear the other high school students stamping their feet on the metal bleachers in anticipation. You stand up and rush through the tunnel, the nervous euphoria that was in your stomach now an all-encompassing focus on the game.
Continue Reading- 3 January, 2020
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A Direct Path to Better Security
Each year brings remarkable advances in healthcare technology and therapeutics. And healthcare providers are quick to seize on those advances to make it easier for millions of Americans to get the healthcare services they want, while improving outcomes and lowering costs along the way.
Continue Reading- 18 December, 2019
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How to Better Understand the Benefits of Health Data Standards
As the lights dim and you begin crunching on some buttery popcorn, the theater is illuminated by a forest green screen. After the first trailer ends, the screen changes to a dark red. The words on the screen say that it’s been approved for a restricted audience only.
Continue Reading- 11 December, 2019
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Closing the Data Gap to Improve Outcomes
Modern healthcare generates seemingly endless amounts of data, from Progress Notes, exams, and lab tests, to emergency room visits, hospital stays, health trackers, and more. By next year, according to an estimate from Stanford Medicine’s Health Trends Report, the U.S. will have more than 2,314 exabytes (an exabyte is a trillion megabytes) of data.
Continue Reading- 6 December, 2019
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Key Benchmarks for Process Improvement & Success
What if you were the new coach of the team with the worst record in the NFL? How would you improve the organization’s performance? One approach might be to benchmark what’s working for the best teams in the league and use available assets to adapt your processes to what makes those other teams a success.
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