Medical

Software as a Medical Device, or SaMD, can be described as a class of medical software designed to carry out one or more medical functions without the need for actual hardware. This can comprise of software or applications intended to treat diagnose, cure, mitigate or prevent disease. SaMD is typically used with non-medical computing platforms connected to virtual networks or other general-use hardware.

With the increasing popularity of electronic health records (EHR software), you’ve most likely heard of an EHR incentive program — government incentives that come with the implementation and use of such systems. While software solutions already provide a number of advantages for a variety of health organizations, these monetary incentives provide additional benefits for healthcare professionals.

EHR software (electronic health records) is commonplace across hospitals and single physician practices alike. However, creating and implementing an EHR system can be tedious and complicated. Conducting an EHR readiness assessment is essential prior to implementation to ensure that your practice is ready to support the new system.

These assessments evaluate preparedness across each organizational component.

Value based care is doing more than change the way healthcare is reimbursed; it’s transforming how physicians use technology. Can your EHR solution handle what’s coming?

From a technical perspective, a specialty EHR may be appropriate. But don’t overlook key business considerations.

Selecting your first EHR, or switching to another, involves many technical and business considerations. This is one of the biggest technology decisions your specialty practice or clinic will ever make. It’s not easy to evaluate complex software applications, let alone sort through the hundreds of vendors each touting its self-proclaimed “best solution.”

Electronic Health Records, or EHR, allow health care providers to combine all of the data needed to manage patients’ medical records. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality states that EHR software can improve quality of care and lower costs. Instead of keeping everything filed away in a manila folder, providers can now collect information in one place and make it accessible to everyone in the practice.