As a medical provider, you work tirelessly to provide care for your patients, juggling the responsibilities of interacting with other healthcare professionals and families, while navigating an ever-growing demand for documentation. One thing is certain, however, you cannot afford to miss out on compensation for the work you have done. Unfortunately, the current processes [...]
With advancements in technology and a recognition of patient privacy needs, healthcare providers and practices now have secure electronic options for messaging. To ensure that sensitive patient information is protected, HIPAA laws were established at the federal level. The use of traditional modes of communication, such as texting or faxing, no longer meet privacy [...]
Inpatient medicine is a complex field where patients are often cared for by a team of doctors and APPs, with responsibilities and patient censuses constantly changing. Relaying information between providers can be time-consuming, especially without a streamlined solution in place. This results in a fragmented workforce, with a lot of wasted time and potential [...]
Gone are the days when the role of a doctor was romanticized as a healer, now it has been replaced with mountains of paperwork, long hours of data entry, and a struggle to reconcile the need to see patients with administrative tasks that are necessary for the healthcare industry. A recent study by the [...]
We’re all guilty of it at one point or another: Unable to find our password and in a rush to send a quick note to a colleague, we open our smartphone messaging app and fire off that message. As that urgent missive makes its way through cyberspace, a cabal of hackers standby, waiting to [...]
Doctors who work with athenahealth need a mobile rounding workflow solution like HybridChart for several reasons. One of the key benefits of HybridChart is that it syncs seamlessly with the athenahealth electronic health record (EHR) system. This allows for patient visibility, which is critical for doctors who need to access patient information on the [...]
As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, cardiologists face increasing challenges in managing their practices efficiently. They must keep track of patient data, communicate with other healthcare professionals, and ensure that they are capturing all charges accurately and completely. To meet these demands, many cardiologists are turning to mobile rounding workflow solutions like HybridChart [...]
Inpatient medicine is unique. Unlike the singular relationship between patient and provider in the office, hospitalized patients are often cared for by a team of doctors and APPs, sometimes changing on a daily basis. How are these providers to relay information to each other? With each day there is another chapter of a patient’s [...]
Long gone are the good old days of pagers and fax machines to help doctors and practices communicate (thank goodness). With the recognition of patient privacy needs and advancements in technology, there are now secure electronic options for messaging. Which should you choose? What do you really need? Privacy Is the Priority Providers and [...]
One of the most frequent complaints from practicing physicians is the erosion over the past 20 years of time spent with patients. Direct patient care now only accounts for 30% of total provider time. So, what’s the other 70%? Charting and clerical work. And for the doctors rounding at multiple facilities, throw in driving [...]
