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Surgimate Practice – Our New Cloud Application
April 14, 2018We’re delighted to announce the launch of a brand-new cloud application that promises to make surgical management easier for everyone involved. It might even make it fun. Surgimate Practice replaces ESRM, the legacy client-server application that’s been powering surgical...
Losing the Paper Weight: Can Software Improve the Patient Experience?
March 28, 2018Back in the 90s, my cardiologist father once bemoaned that administration and accountability had replaced what he considered to be the fundamentals of medicine: The care and healing of patients, face to face. Thirty-odd years later, the administrative requirements and...
Affordable Cyber Security Tips to Protect Your Surgical Practice
February 26, 2018Data breaches are expensive, but protecting your practice doesn’t have to be. The heightened value of sensitive patient information makes the healthcare industry an attractive market for hackers. To discourage criminal behavior, and avoid claims of corporate negligence, healthcare providers...
How Sleep Deprivation Affects Surgeons
February 14, 2018There’s a new drug in style and chances are you already know someone who’s fallen into its clutches. Side effects can cause hypertension, cardiovascular disease, neurological impairment, insulin resistance, and a host of other serious disorders. In fact, it’s been...
18 Trends That Could Affect Your Practice
January 11, 2018At the onset of 2017, the healthcare industry was antsy as it awaited legislation changes from the new administration. Would we say goodbye to the ACA? Would MACRA and CMS regulations send payment models into a frenzy? Would providers manage...
Medical Practices Must do More to Fight Sexual Harassment
December 19, 2017Time magazine named the #MeToo movement, the social media campaign that prompted millions of women to share personal stories of harassment and abuse, “Person of the Year” for 2017. Among the women featured on the front cover is a hospital...
Ten Bad Habits to Kiss Goodbye
December 14, 2017It’s amazing how quickly things go from “the next big thing” to “seriously, I spent money on that?” While your old iPod or computer could become a vintage must-have, the same can’t be said of outdated admin practices. It’s time...
How to Improve Your Patient-Reported Outcome Measures
November 16, 2017Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) have become an important part of the reimbursement process for practices since being incorporated into the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) requirements. With the Health Department aiming to...
Improved Surgical Coordination Workflow Saves Practices and Healthcare Money
October 22, 2017At least once a year, every surgical practice should examine how efficiently their organization is running to see how they can improve. Practices that operate without thinking about proper workflow, risk hemorrhaging time and money. The following simple steps can...