Technology Advice for Small Businesses

How Google Glass could reform healthcare

Advancements in medical technology allow doctors to provide better treatment and diagnosis to their patients. From electronic medical records to mobile devices, patients and physicians are reaping benefits from these new technologies. Additionally, a growing number of healthcare institutions are implementing Google Glass in their medical operations. Google Glass wasn’t originally designed for medical use,… Continue reading How Google Glass could reform healthcare

Things to keep in mind when implementing EMR

Electronic Medical Records (EMR) are growing fast in popularity among healthcare service providers. EMR eliminates paper-based medical information, therefore providing healthcare staff with faster accessibility and easier navigation through patients’ medical records. Although EMR has a user-friendly interface, it is a highly complex system to implement. And without proper planning and implementation, you may not… Continue reading Things to keep in mind when implementing EMR

Improve healthcare services with gloEMR

Electronic medical records, or EMR, are making their way into doctors’ offices and healthcare institutions all over the country. Because of their benefits in enhancing medical practice, EMRs are the perfect tools for busy practices. And in the field of EMR, the market leader is gloStream. This sophisticated software can take the quality of medical… Continue reading Improve healthcare services with gloEMR

Hackers target healthcare data

Medical institutions rely on their healthcare systems to facilitate the needs of their patients, whether through electronic medical records, prescription management or data entry software. Unfortunately, most healthcare service providers don’t realize how vulnerable their IT systems are to cyber attacks. One of the contributing factors to data breach is digitization. While there are several… Continue reading Hackers target healthcare data

gloStream for healthcare businesses

Healthcare professionals have always adopted high-end technology to provide better medical services to their patients. Whether it’s medical equipment, electronic medical records (EMR) or patient data management systems, they only use the best tools to ensure the safety and security of patients and their data. And when it comes to healthcare technology, gloStream is a… Continue reading gloStream for healthcare businesses

Wireless technology reforms health care

Healthcare organizations have an extremely dynamic work environment – doctors, nurses, staff and patients are constantly on the move. In spite of all the stress and pressure, the organization must do its best to lower costs while trying to improve patient satisfaction and safety. This is why healthcare administrators are increasingly relying on wireless technology… Continue reading Wireless technology reforms health care

What to consider when selecting EMR

Nowadays professionals in healthcare services use Electronic Medical Records (EMR) to gather a patient’s data and record medical information. EMR are more beneficial than paper records because they eliminate the problems of poor handwriting and allow users to organize and store data more efficiently. They are also one of the best tools to ensure a… Continue reading What to consider when selecting EMR

GloStream: Evolving to meet demands

Many health-care practices want to remain independent practitioners rather than merge with larger groups, but in order to do so, they need help managing their offices—specifically, addressing increasing regulation and decreasing revenue. In response, gloStream, which brought you gloEMR, has evolved from an information technology and consulting firm to a performance-management business. Now, in addition… Continue reading GloStream: Evolving to meet demands

How to improve patient satisfaction

Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) 2014 annual conference attendees were fortunate to get some tips for improving patient satisfaction from Joan Hablutzel, senior industry analyst with the MGMA—because doing so is essential to the success of a medical practice in an increasingly competitive health-care marketplace. Here are 10 of them. Say hello and smile when… Continue reading How to improve patient satisfaction

Products focus on revenue management

The September 2014 American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) event in Sand Diego emphasizes the importance of technology, including tools for computer-assisted physician documentation, information technology designed to ease the transition to ICD-10, and revenue-cycle management, with many of the new products being showcased focusing on those areas. Revenue-cycle management, in particular, is a buzzword… Continue reading Products focus on revenue management