It seems that people are busier than ever these days, with their attention constantly shifting between the requirements of work, family, and other priorities. The busier people are, the less energy they typically have available to devote to cultivating relationships. However, as the owner or manager of a thriving medical practice, you know just how important and valuable each relationship is with your patients. It takes time and effort to begin a relationship with each new person who comes into your practice, and you don’t want to waste that by failing to cultivate it.

The world of healthcare is transforming, thanks to a revolution in computer systems and our capability to network computers with one another, connecting medical practices with insurance entities and other 3rd parties. Health Information Technology is an important topic that your patients should know more about. Your patients may not know much about the technology underpinning their healthcare, or they may have questions or concerns about healthcare IT that you will want to be able to address.

Advanced Data Systems Corporation will be attending AHRA's 42nd Annual Meeting and Exposition held at the Gaylord National Resort in Washington D.C. The event will be held on August 10-13th and will feature about 1,000 imaging leaders and 200 exhibitors. The Association for Medical Imaging Management is the professional organization represeting management at all levels of hospital imaging departments, freestanding imaging centers, and group practices. Top companies and influencers attend this educational event for radiology administration.

Since the U.S. government recently extended the deadline for the mandatory transition to the International Classification of Diseases version 10 from ICD-9, many managers at medical practices and other organizations are breathing a sigh of relief because they weren’t quite prepared to make the change yet. If you’re among their ranks, you will want to take advantage of the additional time to get all your ducks in a row and make sure your staff will be in a good position to implement and use ICD-10. Organizations now have until October 1, 2015 to make the switch to ICD-10, giving them one additional year to get ready to use the latest version of the code, which is developed and maintained by the World Health Organization. In the meantime, here are three things to do while waiting for ICD-10.

Here is a sneak peek into our whitepaper, "3 Vital Things You Should Know About RIS Software." The Digital Convience of Transcription Radiology practices need to operate as efficiently as possible. One way to do that is through the RIS’ scheduler. Today, a RIS scheduler needs to be used for much more than simply scheduling patients. It should be comprehensive enough to manage workflow throughout the practice, helping to keep things moving and identify where / when bottlenecks occur so that administrators can address and minimize, if not completely eliminate them.

You have recently recognized the importance of implementing Electronic Health Records software in your organization. EHR solutions are designed to help medical practices improve the level of patient care they deliver, speeding up a variety of activities, ranging from checking on a patient’s insurance status to entering in the codes for diagnosis and treatment. In order to get the most out of your EHR, here are four steps for putting it into action.

Inexpensive computers with astonishing processing capability, combined with advanced networking protocols and robust security and safety mechanisms to protect patients’ highly sensitive and confidential information have enabled a revolution in healthcare. More and more medical organizations are harnessing the power of networked computers with Electronic Health Record or EHR software to enable their staff to work better and faster while improving patient care. At the same time, the efficiencies that EHR brings to a practice have a positive effect on the organization’s bottom line.

When patients come to your practice, it’s only natural they may be apprehensive about their situation. Patients and their family members may only know that “something is wrong,” for example, or they could have a fairly good idea about what the problem is because they have gone through it before. Whether they have an injury or present symptoms of an illness or have run into a complication with a chronic condition that your staff has been helping them with for quite some time, you can expect that patients will have pressing questions that need answering as soon as possible.

The world of healthcare is constantly evolving, as researchers make new discoveries and invent new techniques to improve how we take care of patients. At the same time, there are changes in policy and advances in technology that can make it difficult to see very far into the future. However, we can imagine near-term changes more easily. With that in mind, here are five predictions for the healthcare industry in 2015.

Here is a sneak peek into our whitepaper, "3 Vital Things You Should Know About RIS Software." How The Right Software Gets You Every Dollar, For Every Exam Radiology practices need to use the right software to help ensure they get every dollar that is rightfully theirs for every exam. In an era of Medicare cuts, radiology practices are often seeing lower revenues. With a tight economy, radiology practices need to maximize their profits using every possible advantage.