Physician Practices Consider Replacing Their EHRs
More than 25% of small and large physician practices are considering replacing their electronic health record systems, according to a new KLAS report, Clinical Innovation & Technology reports.
More than 25% of small and large physician practices are considering replacing their electronic health record systems, according to a new KLAS report, Clinical Innovation & Technology reports.
Although the census of private practices has contracted, practice buyers – including physicians, medical groups and private equity groups – are driving continued deal activity in this space. These are players in existing markets or entrants into new markets who are seeking improved position and negotiating power. Here’s what you need to know if you are considering a purchase or a sale.
The federal government won’t release data next month on some research payments to doctors. Health officials had acknowledged previously that the database wouldn’t include one-third of payments made by pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
The Office of Professional Medical Conduct (OPMC), a branch of the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH), has recently undertaken a more aggressive approach to investigate and, in some cases, begin disciplinary action against physicians who have failed to update their New York State Physician Profile.
If you blame Obamacare for the awful defects in our healthcare system, you are indeed naïve, since any cost-effectiveness or fairness in our system disintegrated long before Barack Obama, or even George W, came to office. I am not a partisan person. I have voted as often for a Republican candidate as for a Democratic one. Given the current character of our healthcare system, I would not advise most to enter the field of medicine, until they enter school with a real understanding of their bleak future.
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