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With smartphones dominating the telecommunications market and tablets growing ever more popular in the medical setting, the latest advancement in healthcare is the advent of mHealth – the use of mobile devices and applications in support of the practice of medicine. The technologies may be getting smaller and smaller, but the scope of their capabilities [...]

Health IT evangelists often dismiss physicians as technophobes, claiming their aversion to EHRs results from a fear of adopting technology among doctors. However, the use of robots during surgeries, MRI technology and even the surge in popularity of higher-level technological devices for personal use among physicians suggests otherwise.

To the relief of doctors across the U.S., federal lawmakers have now agreed to a tentative deal that delays the 27.4% cut to Medicare physician payment rates. As long as the deal goes through, the current rates will be extended until 2013. Concerns over the “doc pay cut” measures have been plaguing providers, so the [...]

Over the past decade, many medical industry experts have been espousing the development of a more transparent, consumer-driven healthcare system. Advocates for healthcare consumerism seek a truly patient-centered medical environment, in which patients can make decisions about their treatment options, have easy access to their health data, get multiple insurance options to choose from and [...]

Health care’s prognosticated transitions in recent months and years have spurred a series of questions that healthcare providers and practice managers would’ve never dreamed of asking just a decade ago. The cloud versus server question is a behemoth among EHR-related questions.

Will ‘big data’ change the way health care is delivered? All signs are pointing to the healthcare industry serving as big data’s next big frontier, which could lead to a more connected and complete healthcare experience. Health care has been traditionally delivered by one doctor examining one patient at a time, with whatever information has [...]