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Technical support is one of the most challenging parts of implementing an EHR in your practice. What are technical challenges for the vendor and the practice? How do you meet the demands of the practice by accommodating your support services according to your client needs?  Let’s lay down some steps, on how you provide technical support for an EHR . Experts —If you are using a web-based EHR, technical support experts should be available 24/7 for their customers/users. Having expertise in ICD-10 codes and Meaningful Use gives a huge edge in providing the technical support. EHR that are ICD-10 and Meaningful Use compliant requires that support staff always ready to answer any query of their customer. So, you should always keep your experts ready. Storage —The major technical challenge for an EHR is storage. It can come in variety of shapes. For example, if the practice grows, they may need more storage space in their hard drive or more computer power. Likewise, the ...

Transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 is a challenge, undoubtedly. The codes are way more in number—68,000 to be exact. First and foremost, to overcome this challenge, EHR vendors will need to train physicians and their staff on how to transition from their old coding system to ICD-10. The users of EHR must be proficient in understanding the codes efficiently or else the whole process will suffer.  Physicians are still not ready for the transition, because the opportunity cost of transferring in terms of clinical support can be high, while on the other hand EHR covers the financial sector quite well. The coding in ICD-9 is improved beyond bounds from ICD-10, but still, factors such as the ability to write something that cannot or may not be written in shape of codes is missing. This is a major factor why providers find it difficult to shift to EHR technology.  The training on EHR allows the implementation process may slow down the process of shifting, but all of the I...

Healthcare means provision of health care services for the maintenance of physical and mental health. Health IT industry has changed the way we look at healthcare today. IT has played a major role in accumulating patient data and making use of it in our daily lives. EHR , and EMRs are some of the basic healthcare IT technologies being used today. But what are those emerging technologies that will shape the future. Let’s look into top 10 technologies that are going to revolutionize the way we look at healthcare IT today.  1. Live video consulting: Doctors are able to consult with other providers sitting virtually anywhere in the world and can discuss the situation of the patient: details about his/her present condition and treatments, or possibly a surgery if it is required. 2. The intelligent pills: A pill has been created by Philips Research to deliver a specific amount of medication to the patient, for patients who have Crohn’s disease or other digestive disorde...