Featured ACO Articles

1. Case Study: Multi-Specialty Practice Cuts Costs With EHR 8/2/2010
   This case study highlights how Florida Medical Clinic utilized an integrated EHR and practice management solution to reduce annual transcription costs by nearly $1 million and decrease accounts receivable to 27 days. By Sage Software
2. Accountable Care Trends, Strategies, And Best Practices 11/30/2012

   Movement within the nation’s healthcare system has been swift and broad-­‐based since the October 2011 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Shared Savings Final Rule.

3. Physicians Expand Practice Through New EMR 6/5/2012

   This case study outlines how one specialty practice used a new EMR, coupled with mobile access, to expand the practice and also recapture more personal, family time.

4. From Customization To Collaboration: Matching Mobile Devices To Clinicians' Workflow 8/29/2012

   This white paper from Intel discusses mobility in the healthcare industry and selecting the right mobile solution.

5. Achieving Success With The 5010 / ICD-10 Change-Over 2/8/2012
   SuccessEHS is a nationally acclaimed vendor providing Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Practice Management solutions with Integrated Medical Billing Services.
6. Providing Accountability: Accountable Care Concepts For Healthcare Providers 4/5/2011
   Healthcare expenditures in the United States totaled $2.5 trillion in 2009. Researchers estimate as much as 30 percent of those costs, or $750 billion, may have been due to overuse, underuse, misuse, and/or inefficiencies of healthcare services. By RelayHealth
7. Samsung Cloud Displays Unlock Efficiencies For Physicians And Accelerate EHR Adoption 5/6/2013

   Regulatory requirements and government incentives to improve healthcare quality and efficiency through information technology have prompted healthcare providers to focus on achieving faster EHR adoption by implementing a virtual environment. However, for programs to be successful, the virtual solutions need to help make the work of physicians easier and more productive, while maintaining the reliability and security of patient data.

8. Balancing The Scales: Selecting The Right EHR For The Life Of Your Practice And Your Patients 3/25/2013

   If we are at or approaching a technological tipping point in the history of healthcare, then it has never been more important for physician practices to select the right electronic health record (EHR) – and there are tangible reasons to believe so.

9. Brigham And Women's Hospital Saves Over $9M, Improves MT Productivity 123% 4/16/2012

    

   A 730-bed nonprofit teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School and a founding member of Partners Healthcare System, Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a world leader in patient care and research. The organization wanted to upgrade its existing transcription process to eliminate multiple medical transcription service

   organizations (MTSOs) contracts and to address increasingly complex technical and billing infrastructures. The expensive, slow system hampered clinicians’ ability to maximize use of transcribed reports to diagnose and plan patient care.
10. White Paper: Providing Accountability: Accountable Care Concepts For Healthcare Providers 4/5/2011
    Healthcare expenditures in the United States totaled $2.5 trillion in 2009. Researchers estimate as much as 30 percent of those costs, or $750 billion, may have been due to overuse, underuse, misuse, and/or inefficiencies of healthcare services. By RelayHealth