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10 Tips For Growing Your Health IT Strategy - Click To Read Article
Ten tips for your practice to grow it's health IT strategy effectively.

Modular EHR’s: Small Investment; Big Gains - Click To Read Article
Full-featured electronic health records are an intelligent choice for active physician offices with overwhelming amounts of data. In contrast, some practices in low population areas had no intention of going ‘electronic’ until the arrival of Meaningful Use. The majority of practices though tend to fall between the two extremes, and that’s where modular EHR’s are a perfect fit.

E-Prescribing For Controlled Substances Is Finally Here - Click To Read Article
The final e-prescribing barrier has been eliminated thanks to the release of EPCS Gold™. This fully certified e-prescribing software meets the prescription processing requirements for controlled substances set by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the identity proofing requirements of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Best of all, it’s available right now to all eligible providers nationwide.

Boost Profitability Through Meaningful Use - Click To Read Article
Did you know there’s a facet to Meaningful Use software that equates to larger office profits? These funds don’t come from the federal government though. It’s rewards thanks to the functionality of the product itself.

Health Care Legislation Hard To Defund - Click To Read Article
Mandatory versus discretionary spending key factor in blocking Affordable Care Act and HITECH Act funding appropriations

Maximize Your Practice’s ROI - Click To Read Article
Select a low-cost, feature-rich application and participate in the Meaningful Use Medicare/Medicaid incentive programs.

Improve Your Medical Practice - Click To Read Article
Three Ways E-prescribing Puts An End To The Patient “Waiting Game”

Starting Your Practice With The Right E-prescribing System - Click To Read Article
Choosing an E-Prescribing System: All Software Solutions Are Not Equal

A Brief Summary of the HITECH Act for new medical practices - Click To Read Article
Starting a new medical practices? Make sure you under the HITECH Act and how your practice can earn incentive payments and increase quality of care by adopting e-prescribing and other health IT systems.

ARRA HITECH Act: Headache or help for new practices? - Click To Read Article
New medical practices have decisions to make that will affect their bottom line. With so many incentive programs and acronyms out there, how can you be sure you're making the right choices? Get the scoop on the ARRA HITECH Act and make sure you use it to your benefit.

Medical Practices Beware! Time is Running Out To Avoid Electronic Medical Records Stimulus Penalties! - Click To Read Article
In less than three months, providers who haven't generated at least ten e-prescriptions will get hit with electronic prescribing MIPPA penalties - and believe it or not, many physicians practices have no idea this deadline is looming. Here's what doctors need to know to avoid electronic prescribing MIPPA penalties and earn e-prescribing incentives instead!

Office Managers Guide To Preventing E-Prescribing Penalties for Your Practice - Click To Read Article
Providers that still aren't e-prescribing by June 30, 2011 are facing Medicare payment reductions in 2012. That's less than three months to buy, learn, and become an expert at e-prescribing! With that in mind, choosing the right electronic prescribing solution is essential to avoid these upcoming MIPPA penalties. Here are 3 simple tips to ensure you make the best decisions for you practice!

Question of the Day: What will you do with your failure? - Click To Read Article
"Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

Is your Practice Getting your Share of the Federal Governments Electronic Medical Records Stimulus Package? Check out Three Easy Steps to achieve Meaningful Use - Click To Read Article
Sometimes, the bigger the change, the more complicated things can get. Consider Meaningful Use of EHR, the government health care IT initiative that has physician practices everywhere in a panic. We know you became a doctor to treat patients, but you shouldn't lose sight of the fact that it is indeed a business! And these changes will soon affect your business. Many practices wonder, "Does it require an entire team of IT professionals to teach the office how to meet it? Will everything about how the office is run have to change? And how much is all this going to cost, anyway?"

The Truth About Under Promising and Over Delivering - Click To Read Article
"Under promise, then over deliver!" - seems like a reasonable philosophy, perhaps even a wise one. Understand how to implement this effectively in the workplace and avoid being a one-hit-wonder.

Taking the Tiger Mom Approach to Mentoring: 5 Ground Rules To Grow Strong Employees - Click To Read Article
In the society we live in today, so many people have low expectations of themselves and what they can achieve. With my team, I assume strength, not fragility; therefore, they learn to behave very differently.

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About the Author: Irene Froehlich
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Irene Froehlich has a unique business perspective as she has been the head of the DrFirst marketing department for more than 11 years. DrFirst began in 2000 by offering e-prescribing solutions to physicians and has grown to provide physicians with options for meeting Meaningful Use criteria and qualifying for federal incentive payments. DrFirst was bootstrapped from day one and successfully navigated the dot com bust which provided numerous challenges that Irene overcame, growing the DrFirst brand into an industry defining company that shows year over year growth. In such a unique market as health IT, Irene has successfully positioned DrFirst as a company that gives physicians options for exhibiting meaningful use of EHR - setting DrFirst apart from the competition. Irene's experience with DrFirst as a start-up, to present day as a booming small business affords her a unique perspective focused on results and minimizing cost. You can follow Irene's posts on the DrFirst blog at blog.drfirst.com and at www.twitter.com/DrFirst.

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More from Irene Froehlich
Taking the Tiger Mom Approach to Mentoring 5 Ground Rules To Grow Strong Employees
Office Managers Guide To Preventing EPrescribing Penalties for Your Practice
10 Tips For Growing Your Health IT Strategy
Improve Your Medical Practice
Question of the Day What will you do with your failure


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