Cyber hack on NHS shuts practices down
A major cyber attack on the NHS computer system has shut down GP practices around England.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - May 12, 2017 Category: Practice Management Authors: aharrold Tags: *** AskTheExpert: Insurance *** AskTheExpert: IT *** AskTheExpert: Legal/HR *** Editor ' s Pick Complaints Patient Access Patients Practice management Latest News Source Type: news
Tablet-based EMR-maker DocuTAP acquires scheduling software company Clockwise.MD
Souix Falls, South Dakota-based DocuTAP, which makes tablet-based EMR and practice management software, has acquired Atlanta-based Clockwise.MD, a maker of mobile appointment-booking software. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - April 27, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Gold standard 4.2: New features added to Sidexis 4 imaging software
The award-winning Sidexis 4 image processing software from Dentsply Sirona Imaging is ready for the IDS. With numerous new features, its capabilities are enhanced: upgraded ease of use, even more shortened practice procedures, and increased flexibility. All of this means significant improvements, in particular for intraoral X-rays and when communicating with patients.Bensheim/Salzburg, March 22, 2017. The 4.2 version for the IDS is an update for the Sidexis 4 imaging software that primarily makes intraoral X-rays more convenient. Additional functions make the procedure even easier and faster, and also contribute to be...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - March 22, 2017 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Digital, flexible and open – CEREC, a complete system for restorations, implantology and orthodontics
With CEREC, Dentsply Sirona provides a comprehensive and proven digital system that can be used in a variety of ways: For delivering restorations in a single visit, guided placement and restoration of implants and also for orthodontic solutions. In order to make it even more flexible, the data from the digital impression can now be exported in STL format and used for additional applications.Bensheim/Salzburg, March 21, 2017.More than30 years ago Dentsply Sirona brought CEREC to the market, a system which pioneered single visit dentistry. CEREC has been continually developed in that time so that not only restorations, but a...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - March 22, 2017 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
The performance-boosting technology that is changing practices
There ' s an app for everything it seems with practices implementing software fro everything from administrative work, to generating income, to improving patient experience.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 20, 2017 Category: Practice Management Authors: aharrold Tags: *** Editor ' s Pick Patient Access Practice management Latest News Source Type: news
Practices to be compensated £250 for dealing with Capita
The additional work undertaken by practice managers and administrative staff as a result of Capita ’s overhaul of the patient records system last year will be compensated, NHS England has said.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - March 3, 2017 Category: Practice Management Authors: aharrold Tags: *** AskTheExpert: Finance *** Editor ' s Pick Practice management Latest News Source Type: news
OhioHealth acquires practice management group representing 2,100 docs
OhioHealth Corp. has acquired Medical Group of Ohio, a practice management organization with 2,100 member physicians.
The longtime joint-venture partner has been renamed OhioHealth Group.
Dr. John Schmeling, named Medical Group CEO in 2013, became the Columbus hospital system's executive liaison for practice transformation when the merger was complete Jan. 1. Other administrative staff joined OhioHealth as well, either within OhioHealth Group or at the parent office depending on role.
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Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 6, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Carrie Ghose Source Type: news
Start Preparing Now for MACRA Changes to Come
The Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) replaces current value-based performance reporting and establishes a new Quality Payment Program (QPP). QPP essentially creates two pathways forward: the Merit Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Models (APMs). Currently, every physician-led post-acute/long-term care medical group probably knows it is likely enduring a minimum of a 2% Medicare Part B payment cut for 2017. (Source: Caring for the Ages)
Source: Caring for the Ages - January 31, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Rod Baird Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Practo raises $55M to expand digital healthcare platform, practice management software internationally
Bangalore, India-based startup Practo, which offers an app and web-based platform for people to access healthcare information and locate doctors, has raised $55 million in Series D funding in a round led by returning investor Tencent. Thrive Capital, Ru-Net, RSI Fund, Sequoia, Matrix, Capital G, Altimeter Capital and Sofina also contributed. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - January 17, 2017 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Athenahealth to add 500 jobs in Atlanta, double footprint
Healthcare tech company Athenahealth (Nasdaq: ATHN) will add about 500 jobs in Atlanta.
As part of the expansion, Athenahealth will double its office footprint, taking an additional 40,000 square feet at Ponce City Market in Atlanta's Old Fourth Ward, where it currently leases 98,000 square feet.
Athenahealth provides Internet-based electronic health records, practice management, an d care coordination services to medical groups, hospitals and health systems. The company takes on non-core functions,… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - January 4, 2017 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Urvaksh Karkaria Source Type: news
Capita records system “chaotic mess”, says BMA
GP leaders have warned that the GP patient record system in England is “in chaos” following a BMA survey that revealed widespread problems with Capita services.Hide related content:
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Source: Management in Practice - November 14, 2016 Category: Practice Management Authors: aharrold Tags: IT Patients Practice management Latest News Source Type: news
New Innovations from Carestream Dental Enhance Workflow in the OMS Practice
LAS VEGAS—Carestream Dental’s newest intraoral scanner, the CS 3600, is designed with oral and maxillofacial surgeons in mind, with an implant-borne restorative workflow, fast scanning to save on chair time and an open system for easy sharing of files. The implant-borne restorative workflow of the CS 3600 is designed specifically for handling implant scanning, supported abutments and scan bodies. A dual scan mode allows the user to scan the same implant region of interest twice —once with the scan body in place and one without—to capture more precise data. Also, the scanner’s software allows for split-screen view...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - October 3, 2016 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
Curve Dental Announces Online Forms that Automatically Update Patient ’s Digital Record
Curve Dental has added online forms to its practice management software, providing doctors with the ability to create any form that can be accessed by any device with all data written automatically to the patient ’s record.“Our online forms are the easiest way to collect, process and manage patient information,” said Ian Zipursky, President of Curve Dental. “The level of automation we have added will significantly reduce the time a practice spends entering and updating patient information.”Curve Dental uses drag-and-drop functionality to minimize the time required to create a form. Any information can be gathered...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - September 8, 2016 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
AthenaHealth acquires care coordination app Patient IO
AthenaHealth, a provider of cloud-based EHR, practice management software and population health services, has acquired Austin-based care coordination platform Patient IO (officially known as Filament Labs), which allows patients to access their care plan through a series of actionable daily tasks on a mobile or web-based application. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - August 29, 2016 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news
Send‐TheDocTM celebrates 2nd anniversary!
Send‐TheDocTM 6.0 now available for medical professionals! Share with your peers and colleagues so they may benefit. Ann Arbor, MI, June 2, 2016– Do‐TheDoc Inc. celebrates two years of successful operations and released Send‐TheDocTM version 6.0 opening up new horizons for the medical professionals to be able to send & receive documents to other Doctors and patients for FREE in a HIPAA compliant manner (emailing PHI is no longer HIPAA compliant as of September 2013 – Omnibus Rule). This valued service is offered for FREE as it is sponsored and paid for by medical and dental vendors. Foun...
Source: Dental Technology Blog - June 7, 2016 Category: Dentistry Source Type: news
