Practice Management Software

HIPAA compliance issues are a big part of healthcare that many patients are unfamiliar with. Chiropractic clinics can inform their patients of how compliance issues impact their care by initiating compliance conversations with patients, answering their questions and offering resources for more information.

Choosing chiropractic software that fits your practice is often very overwhelming. We’ve compiled a list of questions to ask vendors when shopping around for an EHR system or if you are looking to upgrade your current system.

If trying to understand the acronyms with the new quality payment program and MACRA makes your head spin, consider this your unofficial cheat sheet.

As you provide excellent patient care, your EHR vendor partners with you to keep patient records accessible, secure, and efficient. To get the most from your software, build a strong relationship with your vendor by facilitating good communication. Demonstrating that your clinic is interested in maximizing your return on investment will likely lead to more productive conversations and fewer headaches in the future.

Before you begin creating and running your own clinical trial in the U.S., you should review the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) guidelines for using EHR to record participant information.

If your practice received Medicare or Medicaid EHR grants, then it may be subject to an audit from a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) contractor. These audits ensure that your practice is fully compliant with meaningful use standards.

Long after a patient leaves your clinic, you are required to keep their X-ray records in storage. The films themselves are heavy and take up valuable space, so many chiropractors store the records digitally.

MACRA is full of acronyms and unusual-sounding programs. But it actually reduces down the great number of quality measurement programs within Medicare and attempts to incentivize better care. The Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS), the Value Modifier Program (VMP) and the Medicare EHR Incentive Program all disappear.

With many doctors experiencing burnout in their practices, some perceive EHR as yet another stressor facing chiropractors. While additional work created by regulatory changes and administrative tasks can certainly create stress and increase burnout, you can actually use EHR strategically to become more efficient and shorten your work day.

Many practices plan to free themselves from paper records forever, then end up using EHR and paper together as they encounter problems. Paper records may cause problems for your practice, but they still present a certain degree of flexibility that software cannot replace just yet. Unfortunately, using paper as a workaround often negates the benefits […]