What Is Telemedicine?

The American Telemedicine Association defines Telemedicine as "the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients' health status." The term "telehealth", "e-health" and "telemedicine" are often used interchangeably, the difference being that telemedicine involves using information technology primarily for the delivery of clinical services while telehealth and e-health also include the provision of non-clinical healthcare services like tele-education and tele-training for continuing medical education, practice management, research and administration. Telemedicine is practiced when medical services like health consultations, diagnoses, procedures, patient report analysis, monitoring and so on, are electronically provided by practitioners...

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How Can A Smartphone Help You In Your Practice?

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Why IT Companies Are Important For Doctors?

Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) has the potential to transform global healthcare systems ensuring safer and more effective treatments while increasing the productivity, profitability and efficiency of practices. IT companies have integrated path breaking medical research with ingenious information technology, giving us medical tools, data systems, applications and devices that can change the way healthcare is practiced. Not only has it enabled doctors to connect with patients and other doctors in different parts of the world, HIT makes it possible for them to access a global database of precious medical information.  Healthcare Information Technology promises to help doctors save money, attend to larger number of patients as well as allow them to implement a patient-centric model...

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How Much Are The Typical IT Expenses In A Medical Office With EMR?

The introduction of EMR and Meaningful Use incentives has made it necessary for practitioners to undertake effective measures for successful EMR adoption and implementation. In order to maximize returns on EMR and resultant IT investments, physicians must perform a cost-benefit analysis and determine ways in which they can lower costs, save on expenses and utilize IT assets as efficiently as possible. This can be done by charting out a ground plan that underlines all projected expenses and revenue based on realistically researched data and information.  Budgeting for EMR and IT Expenses A primary requirement for accurate and realistic budgeting is identifying and understanding various elements that are involved in setting up your EMR and medical IT infrastructure. A good way to do...

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The Use Of Tablets In the World of EMRs

With a growing number of physicians adopting tablet PCs for their EMR implementations, EMR vendors and IT manufacturers are looking to build compatible native systems to facilitate user-friendly and efficient EMR execution. From table desktops to thin clients and now the tablet, EMRs have been tried and tested on a variety of hardware, each bringing its own benefits and drawbacks. However, the striking surge in EMR adoption on tablet PCs has made providers sit up and take notice of this remarkably promising technology.  Evolution of Tablets in the EMR Space The tablet technology has found a significant number of users in the healthcare industry. A survey conducted by Manhattan Research reveals that practitioners are leaning largely towards mobile platforms in order to improve the productivity...

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What Type Of Support Do You Need When You Go On An EMR?

A number of EMRs in the market today are loaded with stunning features equipped to help physicians meet their Meaningful Use objectives. However, it is not possible to utilize these features to their maximum potential without adequate EMR support and training that must be provided by your EMR vendor. EMR Installation Support To begin with, your EMR provider must undertake the entire installation of your EMR system. In case of a client-server system, a qualified and trained installation team must be sent onsite to set up the software and assist you in going live. The team must ensure that your system is configured to meet the requirements of your practice. It must seamlessly and diligently integrate the EMR in the existing work system without leaving any loose ends or installation glitches...

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