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published November 25, 2014

Software Vendor Faces HIPAA Fines for Data Extortion

Don’t let your software vendor hold your patient data hostage! While our blog title today may border on hyperbole many clinics have felt trapped by their software vendor when it …

published November 25, 2014

DISASTER – Averted!

Your clinic is under water… no literally, underwater, as in bubbles, mud, destroyed!  Where are your off-site backups? Sometime back I was sitting in a community health center (CHC) somewhere …

published November 25, 2014

Easy for Whom?

It should be obvious!  We should always strive to make it easy for those we serve.  Such a simple concept… yet, it defies our very nature. We spend our life …

published November 25, 2014

Tailwinds for Web-based Medical Systems

A guest post by Don Fornes, Founder and CEO of Software Advice Over the past couple of years, we’ve noticed a marked change in medical office’s views on the web-based, …

published November 25, 2014

Are Your Medical Records Safe from Theft?

A practice has its Fujitsu Lifebook tablets stolen – was patient data exposed? A practice in Oregon recently reported having their tablet computers stolen.  However, because they use an ASP …

published November 25, 2014

Another Example of the Danger of Paper Medical Records

Are yours “blowing in the wind”? Its unclear whether the records were dumped by the hospital or a third party charged with disposing of the records; but either way, the …

published November 25, 2014

The Danger of Paper Medical Records

In Richmond, VA, local news reported paper medical records literally blowing in the wind. Click here to see the story.  This one really needs no further explanation! Catherine Huddle, VP, …

published November 25, 2014

56 Things I Learned Working in A Doctor’s Office

Because we all need a little humor – a Guest Blog by Chris and Pam Kelleher, Practice Administrators (with tongue planted firmly in cheek).

published November 25, 2014

The Value of EHR to the Community

A fair amount has been written about the value of Electronic Health Records or Electronic Medical Records from the perspective of the provider and the patient – what about the Community?

published November 25, 2014

EHRs: Dead or Alive??

The healthcare system is in flux. It is dynamic. It is, without a doubt, changing. If you, as providers, constantly have to anticipate and respond to changes, then why shouldn’t your EHR?