EHR | Technology & Innovation | Clinical Efficiency
Electronic health records (EHRs) have evolved dramatically since they first began to replace paper charts decades ago. What began as a digital filing cabinet has transformed into a command center for practice operations, patient engagement, and clinical decision-making. Now, a new wave of innovation is reshaping how EHRs will power specialty care in the years ahead.
CMS | Coding | Clinical Efficiency
When it comes to Evaluation & Management (E/M) coding, even experienced medical coders can get tripped up over when to use time-based codes and when to use Medical Decision Making (MDM) codes.
Bilateral procedure billing can be a training challenge when your eyecare practice hires coders and billers from different specialties.
Patient Engagement | Healthcare Technology
Every healthcare specialty has different clinical needs, patient journeys, and treatment protocols. Despite these differences, many care providers in ophthalmology, plastic surgery, dermatology, and med spa face some of the same operational hurdles: keeping patients engaged, ensuring timely follow-ups, and managing increasingly complex administrative tasks.
It’s not just you: operating margins across the ophthalmology industry are rapidly narrowing. In an effort to exert greater control over their margins, eye care practices are increasingly turning to cash-pay ophthalmology services.
Every day, staff in healthcare practices spend hours manually slogging through tasks that could be automated. Especially in smaller practices, that’s time that could be spent seeing patients, bringing in revenue, and building morale through more fulfilling work.
System notifications are incredibly valuable in patient safety. Automated alerts warn humans — who may get tired, overwhelmed, or distracted — that something is not right, before a disaster occurs.
Interoperability is critical for healthcare practices in 2025. It’s how information systems, devices, and applications securely connect to share data.
