Technology Advice for Small Businesses

Creating a pacesetting practice

Are you looking to achieve previously unforeseen business goals that will allow you to excel beyond your peers? If no, you need more than technology; you need pacesetting principles, which give you a framework for managing the complexity of a medical practice using proven business strategies. Here are three of the most important: Principle 1:… Continue reading Creating a pacesetting practice

ICD-10 delayed?

In a surprising move, the House of Representatives approved a bill that includes a delay to mandatory ICD-10 implementation until October 2015. After the announcement we are sure that many medical practices breathed a long sigh of relief. The problem: Without a fix to the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) formula, Medicare physicians face a 24%… Continue reading ICD-10 delayed?

5 online presentation tips

Presentations are an integral part of any business, regardless of size. There is a good chance that you will have to give at least one presentation in your career, with many people giving so many they lose count. Many small businesses are starting to hire remote workers or carry out business over large distances, which… Continue reading 5 online presentation tips

Website design mistakes businesses make

The website is one of the most important marketing and branding tools a small business can utilize. Potential and even current customers visit business websites looking for information and will often judge whether they will purchase from this point. That means that your site needs to be designed properly. In order to achieve this it… Continue reading Website design mistakes businesses make

Focus on your core business by outsourcing your IT

Chief Information Officer (CIO) Denis Tanguay’s workload has quadrupled over the past few years, and he has been struggling to stay on top ensuring that systems are secure and available when his employees need it. How did he overcome these struggles? He found a solution in outsourcing. As the CIO for Central Maine Healthcare explained… Continue reading Focus on your core business by outsourcing your IT

How to search messages in Gmail

Gmail is a free email service from Google, which is supported by advertisements. Its beta version was introduced to selected users in 2004 and was made available for public beta in 2007. In 2009 it finally made its full and stable release. It used to offer 1GB free space for each account. Today, users can… Continue reading How to search messages in Gmail

Get your content seen on Facebook

With Facebook change is the rule not the exception. However, changes can be a challenge for business users to keep track of. One of the most common features that is changed or updated, is the algorithm that determines what content is shown on a user’s News Feed. With many of the recent feature changes many… Continue reading Get your content seen on Facebook

Build cross-department collaboration with ERP

When you started your business, everyone was probably working in the same room – or at least the same building. Collaboration was a given, and communication didn’t need much support.  As your business grows, a more dispersed workforce needs help to keep them connected. ERP can provide the foundation to share the information across departments… Continue reading Build cross-department collaboration with ERP

6 important iPad gestures

One of the biggest, and arguably most useful, hardware trends is touch. It seems like almost every piece of new tech, from computers to tablets, and even to fridges or car navigation, comes with touch screens. The main way to interact with the majority of these devices is through the gesture, and if you have… Continue reading 6 important iPad gestures

Set up Outlook.com on your tablet

Outlook is a Microsoft application that lets you access different email accounts and Microsoft’s own email service from one program. Aside from being included in the Microsoft Office Suite, it can also be accessed using your Web browser by going to Outlook.com. For those who would like to access their Outlook.com account on the go… Continue reading Set up Outlook.com on your tablet