On March 9th, 2020, the Health and Human Services (HHS) released a press bulletin related to the 21st Century Cures Act for interoperability between Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems as well as Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). This work by the ONC is a step forward to further enhance patient ability to have their data…
DetailsCyber criminals target small businesses with inadequate or “dated” security. Most independent Pediatric Practices are small businesses with less than ten Pediatricians plus support staff. When choosing an E.H.R. for a Pediatric Practice, the leaders/owners should evaluate cloud-based E.H.R.s vs. an E.H.R. on a Server. This article is to compare the security, management…
DetailsThe annual Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) Technology Forum is a two-day conference that includes participants from academics, IT managers/leaders and team members of Health Systems, payers and E.H.R. Companies like PhysicianXpress, Inc. Physician Xpres, Inc. participated in the 2020 ONC Technology Forum this year on August 10th – August 11th. The…
DetailsThe COVID-19 Pandemic continues to impact operations of a pediatric office. From the business perspective of total visits to the office, the average practice continues to see less well and sick patients when compared to the pre-COVID-19 Pandemic. While the United States economy moves forward since the original lock-down, the COVID-19 disease has spread…
DetailsAs the business model continues to migrate from Fee For Service (FFS) payment toward quality care payments, the incentive payments and approach of Pediatric practices can change. It is interesting to note that many quality programs provided by payers have a minimum practice panel size. The reason for this is there needs to…
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