Quality Counts, but How Do We Really Measure It?
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) program is highly technical, making it difficult for community-based medical groups and most practitioners to understand. Incorporating an intelligent MIPS strategy into a post-acute/long-term care setting is significantly more difficult. Trying to take the technical details of MIPS and discuss them in a way that everyone can understand is a challenge — like trying to translate a thousand-year-old book from ancient Greek into modern English. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - January 31, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Rod Baird and Joanne Kaldy Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
IoT and AI Can Unlock Real Value Beyond the Hype, and Here & #039;s How
Everyone who works in healthcare is currently sitting in the center of a turbulent convergence. The drive toward value-based care is demanding better outcomes for less cost, while consumer-driven care demands patient self-empowerment and a more collaborative relationship between patient and physician. In my latest book, The Big Unlock, I discuss how the Internet of Things (IoT) and a connected healthcare ecosystem serve as a beacon for stakeholders within the convergence to help them navigate their way to the goals of value-based care. But many still struggle to see value in this approach as the technologies involved cont...
Source: MDDI - January 24, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Paddy Padmanabhan Tags: R & D Design Source Type: news
5 Things to Know about Physician Practice Management
How does a physician determine if a practice management arrangement with an MSO is right for the practice? Here are five things physicians should consider. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - December 28, 2017 Category: Practice Management Authors: Yulian Shtern, Esq. and Leonard Lipsky, Esq. Tags: Blog Practice Models Practice Management Systems Physician Productivity Source Type: news
LeanTaaS raises $26M to build up iQueue appointment software
Santa Clara, California-based practice management software company LeanTaaS announced $26 million in Series B financing, raised exclusively from Insight Venture Partners. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - November 14, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Using Data Tools to Improve Your Practice Management Reporting
Use Excel Pivot Tables and Microsoft SQL Server to enhance the way your practice creates reports from its PM and EHR systems. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - November 8, 2017 Category: Practice Management Authors: Lucien Roberts Tags: Pearl Health IT EHR Pearls Practice Management Systems Source Type: news
Carestream Dental Helps Doctors Make ‘Smart Choices’ for Equipment and Software
As a new freestanding digital dental company, Carestream Dental helps doctors make smart choices for their practices, whether they ’re looking for equipment or software solutions. At the ADA Annual Meeting, Carestream Dental is showcasing both the latest intelligent scanning features of its CS 3600 intraoral scanner and new practice management solutions that make everyday workflow more intuitive.“Smart technology is rapidly changing all sectors of industry, including digital dentistry,” Ed Shellard, D.M.D., Chief Dental Officer, Carestream Dental, said. “But being labeled as ‘smart’ doesn’t go far enough. Equ...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - October 25, 2017 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Intelligent Updates to CS 3600 Software Makes Implant Workflow Smarter
SAN FRANCISCO —When it was first launched in 2016, Carestream Dental’s CS 3600 intraoral scanner optimized the implant planning workflow. Today, the latest enhancements to the scanner’s acquisition software make introducing intraoral scanning into the implant workflow not just a smart choice, but a genius o ne.The new intelligent scanning features of the CS 3600 make it easier to capture scans correctly on the first try, making scanning more efficient and resulting in higher quality scans before they ’ve even been rendered. Missing information is color coded to indicate either holes or gaps and guide arrows recomme...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - October 17, 2017 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
CareCloud, First Data launch patient experience platform
Miami-based CareCloud, a developer of practice management software, and commerce technology company First Data have launched Breeze, a mobile and web platform that allows patients to flexibly view, manage, and pay for their care. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - October 4, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
New EPS Controlled Drugs scheme to be introduced in GP practices
NHS Digital has announced the launch of a new pilot in general practices in England. The scheme will enable five GP practices, which currently use the Vision system, to prescribe and deliver Electronic Prescription Service Schedule 2 and 3 Controlled Drugs (EPS CDs) across London and in the north west of the country. NHS Digital will be in charge of monitoring the prescription and dispensing of EPS CDs.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - September 29, 2017 Category: Practice Management Authors: llegraien Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Patient Access Patients Practice development Practice management Latest News Source Type: news
Thousands of GP practices to save time through innovative telephone technology
Thousands of GP surgeries in the UK are now able to release time to care with Surgery Connect telephone solution through their EMIS system. The cloud-based software, from telecommunications service provider X-on, allows GP practices to have access to the latest in telephone technology, save time and improve their patients’ experience. It provides services, such as call recording and appointment confirmation. The service is much cheaper than a traditional phone system, offering free calls and single monthly payments.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - September 19, 2017 Category: Practice Management Authors: llegraien Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Patient Access Patients Practice development Practice management Latest News Source Type: news
Nashville health care company makes another CEO change
PhyMed Healthcare Group, a Nashville-based anesthesia practice management company, has named its third new CEO in less than four years.
Marty Bonick, a veteran of struggling Franklin-based hospital giant Community Health Systems, is taking over the top executive role for PhyMed, according to a news release. Sami Abbasi, who joined PhyMed as CEO in 2015, left the company earlier this year to lead Dallas-based United Vision Partners .
PhyMed, which spun out of Anesthesia Medical Group in 2012, was… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - September 12, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Eleanor Kennedy Source Type: news
Medical Practice Tales from a Thunderstorm
This doctor shares her experience from a terrible thunderstorm and what happens when IT systems go down. (Source: Physicians Practice)
Source: Physicians Practice - September 11, 2017 Category: Practice Management Authors: Melissa Young, MD Tags: Blog Risk Management Technology Operations Practice Management Systems Source Type: news
Carestream is Aquired
BREAKING NEWS:Clayton, Dubilier& Rice and CareCapital Advisors Limited (part of Hillhouse Capital Management), completed the previously announced acquisition of Carestream Dental, the dental digital business of Carestream Health, on Sept. 1, 2017. The carve-out transaction establishes Carestream Dental as an independent global company, wholly owned by CD&R and Hillhouse/CareCapital funds. Carestream Dental is a leading provider of dental digital product lines and services, including imaging equipment, CAD/CAM systems and practice management software that enables oral healthcare providers around the world to advance...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 9, 2017 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
CS Airway Module Aids in Airway Analysis
Launching Aug. 24, 2017, at CDA North is the CS Airway module, Carestream Dental ’s latest enhancement for CS 3D Imaging software. This advanced tool aids general practitioners and orthodontists in quickly analyzing the airway in 3D for clearer visualization, faster analysis and enhanced communication with patients.The CS Airway module gives doctors a color-coded 3D view of the pharyngeal region to help them visualize constrictions in airway passages. Doctors can customize the color scale with their preferred threshold to suit their individual needs. Color coding is also valuable in patient education. Colored 3D renderin...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 1, 2017 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
NuSmile Announces Inaugural NuSmile Summit
CE event designed to take pediatric dentistry to “the next level” in a beautiful settingHOUSTON, TEXAS, August 8, 2017 —NuSmile Ltd., the worldwide leader in pediatric esthetic restorative dentistry, announced today that the first-ever NuSmile Summit will be held January 19-20, 2018 in Clearwater Beach, Florida. The event’s format allows attendees to create their own schedule by choosing the specific courses tha t best meet their individual needs. Attendees will receive up to 16 continuing education credits from courses offered by several of the world’s most respected experts in all facets of pediatric dentistry....
Source: Dental Technology Blog - August 18, 2017 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
