By Doug Striker As automated email filtering gets better at screening for phishing attempts, criminals are responding by looking for attack techniques that evade those tools. Believe or not, their newest tactic is to fill out online contact forms and then use the response process to sneak malware into your system. By now, we are all familiar with email phishing. Most medical … [Read more...] about Is your contact form providing a back door for cybercriminals?
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3 key training initiatives for healthcare staff in 2022
By Tolu Ajiboye Every year presents a new opportunity to upgrade your employees’ skills. This year the opportunity for staff growth is even greater than normal. With the pandemic and staffing upheaval overwhelming practices over the last two years, routine training exercises (understandably) fell through the cracks for many. Moreover, having to hastily adopt new protocols and … [Read more...] about 3 key training initiatives for healthcare staff in 2022
Not ready for clinical analytics? Try operational analytics
By Aaron Brandwein Up until this point, our discussion about analytics in healthcare has revolved heavily around clinical analytics—and understandably so. The potential promises it brings to the table are huge, especially when you look at things like predicting clinical outcomes, identifying the risks for diseases and ailments, and helping practitioners choose better treatment … [Read more...] about Not ready for clinical analytics? Try operational analytics
How to choose a healthcare analytics provider: A checklist
By Kevin Keenahan An effective analytics provider promises to bring novel data sets and insights to the table, optimize workflows, build efficient processes, and deliver superior financial returns in evolving value-based payment models. The challenge for buyers The “analytics” is a complex, nebulous family of functionality and the marketing noise surrounding many … [Read more...] about How to choose a healthcare analytics provider: A checklist
Updating protocols for rep engagement and communication
By Jeremy Gilman bio We have heard from many practices how difficult it is to stay on top of the ever-evolving guidelines and best practices for how to provide excellent patient care in a pandemic. Here are some patterns we’ve seen emerge within our community of thousands of medical practices: 1. Vendor/rep-specific protocols: As your practice continues to monitor the risk of … [Read more...] about Updating protocols for rep engagement and communication
5 purchasing tips that can save money for your medical practice
Cutting purchasing costs doesn't have to be difficult. Here are five approaches to purchasing your medical practice should consider. 1 Join other offices and take advantage of group discounts. Because the group represents a lot of business, it can tell a vendor it will use it exclusively in exchange for an overall, sizeable discount. The group can also get individual … [Read more...] about 5 purchasing tips that can save money for your medical practice
Top 4 trends shaping the healthcare industry
By Leora Borgenicht bio Before the healthcare industry can ambitiously transform to offer more accurate and personalized patient care, certain stepping stones must be reached. These four trends are inevitable if the healthcare industry is to reach its goals. Trend #1: Interoperability The transformation towards value-based healthcare care and a more personalized … [Read more...] about Top 4 trends shaping the healthcare industry
Don’t put your vendor contracts on autopilot
It's easy, to say nothing of convenient, to get comfortable with business relationships and not to question what the vendors are doing. But in the meantime those vendors have every ability to slip in added costs the manager does not notice. Don't just renew vendor contracts automatically. The practice can often save money and get better service by putting those contracts out … [Read more...] about Don’t put your vendor contracts on autopilot
What? Not another upgrade!
How to ensure a smooth transition when you upgrade your EMR software or install a new system Just when everyone is trained and comfortable with your EMR system, along comes an upgrade. Keeping up with the demands of meaningful use and changing regulations has software vendors sending out upgrades with alarming frequency. This means that you may be spending far more time and … [Read more...] about What? Not another upgrade!
Use weekly meetings with doctors to keep office running smoothly
Meeting every week with the doctors makes a tremendous difference in how smoothly – and also how successfully – an office operates, says the manager of a pediatrics practice in Colorado. For her office, it's an 8 a.m. meeting every Monday, a good time, because it sets the tone for the week. It also keeps everybody on the same page. And it ensures that the doctors know all the … [Read more...] about Use weekly meetings with doctors to keep office running smoothly