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Eight Reasons Why Doctors Say They Would Recommend Wearables to Patients

By Josh Groth, 11 December 2014

Wearable health devices and health apps are stealing headlines left and right. It seems there are daily announcements from major brands about their latest wearable tech. With each announcement the headlines skew more towards how it looks than functionality.... READ MORE

Tips and stories

4 free tools that will benefit your practice

By Mike Hoaglin, 29 November 2014

Some of the bread and butter tools, apps, and services for independent medical practices can be free (like your Practice Fusion EHR). Free is made possible by shifting the cost burden from doctors to content and other service vendors.... READ MORE

Technology Blog

Windows Performance Counters for ActiveMQ

By Steven Padfield, 20 November 2014

A simple .NET Windows service to publish ActiveMQ queue stats as performance counters, with downloadable code Jump to: Introduction The metrics How the code works Installing and running the service Monitoring in PerfMon Best practices Download the code Introduction... READ MORE

EHR Industry

10 Ways an EHR will make your practice more efficient

By Josh Groth, 18 November 2014

Your day is probably filled with an abundance of inefficiencies. Patients will show up late (or not at all) to their appointments. Intake forms will be incomplete or illegible, slowing down their review. Let’s not forget about having to... READ MORE

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The Hidden Cost of Paper Charts

By Miles Buckley, 27 October 2014

In January of 2014, 39% of office-based physicians reported that they still use paper medical charts, with the assumption that it’s easier, more efficient, or saves their practice money. This is simply not true. Outlined below are just some... READ MORE

EHR updates

The new EHR: An upgrade for 21st century medicine

By Matthew Douglass, 27 October 2014

When we launched the Practice Fusion electronic health record (EHR) platform in 2007, we wanted to provide a comprehensive, web-based EHR system at an affordable price so that physicians and patients could access their clinical information anytime, anywhere. What... READ MORE

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e-Prescribing for controlled substances is coming to your EHR

By Practice Fusion, 22 October 2014

Practice Fusion is pleased to announce that we are actively developing e-prescribing for controlled substance (EPCS) so that our providers can meet the March 27, 2015 New York I-STOP deadline. Although we’ve already begun implementing back-end processes to allow... READ MORE

Tips and stories

Front office hacks for the best medical practices

By Mike Hoaglin, 20 October 2014

There’s much more to the patient experience than the medical exam, and the front office environment sets the tone upon arrival. Optimize this space to promote a healing—not waiting—environment and maximize patient satisfaction. It’s only a waiting room if... READ MORE

Healthcare news

Thinking outside the pillbox: Enabling patients to stick to their medication plan

By Mike Hoaglin, 17 October 2014

To the tune of 125,000 deaths and $300 million, medication non-adherence is a growing concern to clinicians and the healthcare system. In fact nearly two thirds of re-admissions are due to medication non-adherence. However, the use of interventions to... READ MORE

Tips and stories

Prescribing an easier pill to swallow with apps

By Mike Hoaglin, 10 October 2014

“Download these two apps and call me in the morning.” If these doctor’s orders sound a little far-fetched, it might be time to consider thinking outside of the pillbox. According to a recent survey, there is a possible preference among... READ MORE

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