Patient scheduling is one of the most important operational in private practices and Hospitals that help deliver care. It is a major tool for physicians, patients, and for overall staff satisfaction and also for practice profitability. Regularly, it does not receive the consideration it needs, to the detriment of the practice. Here are five ways …
Medical Software: Web-based or Offline?
Every medical office is required to run on a both cost-effective and well-organized medical billing software program. This software manages everything, from record-keeping of patients and planning appointments, placing payments, and distributing out weekly or monthly patient statements. Currently, billing is either paper or web-based. Paper-based consists of physical paper that has medical records in …
What is a Hospital Management System?
The IT system has revolutionised the field of medicine. In this fast-paced world of medicine, it is a daunting task to manage a multi-speciality hospital. A hospital management system (HMS) is a computer or web based system that facilitates managing the functioning of the hospital or any medical set up1. This system or software will help in making the …
Why Should Doctors Use a Medical Billing Software?
Modern healthcare is a complex system that integrates different services and activities not necessarily entirely pertaining to medical and by all means, not free of charge. Health costs money, so regarding medical side, practices must organize their finances and management. Time Saving The medical billing process is an intricate interplay between the health care providers …
Effective Ways Of Reducing Treatment Costs
India is a developing country, with the second largest world population. Ironically, a majority of people live under the poverty line, with meager daily wages. Hence, medical treatment is the luxury of the rich as it is unaffordable by the poor. Often people lose their loved ones due to expensive medical care. Against such a …
World Cancer Day: 5 Statistics and What They Mean
The theme of this year’s World Cancer Day is Not Beyond Us, which emphasises they importance of being proactive and raising awareness, which could potentially save millions of lives. On that note, we’d like to talk about the implications of some cancer statistics and how we can overcome the roadblocks to ensure better survival rates …
8 Cancer Trends Everyone Must Know – Infographic
World Cancer Day, an initiative by the Union for International Cancer Control, is created to promote a positive & proactive approach to the fight against cancer. The theme for World Cancer Day 2015 is ‘Not Beyond Us’. To mark this Day and create awareness about cancer, we have published a special post on emerging technology trends in cancer diagnosis and …
The rise of bioinformatics in countering cancer: How India can change the world
Special guest post by Austin Walters for World Cancer Day. At the tender age of 12, Elana Simon was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer whose treatment required doctors to remove much of her liver. Now 19, she is a healthy and thriving student at Harvard University. She is very lucky: It took doctors several iterations …
Do Electronic Medical Records Improve Patient Compliance?
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are vital for improving patient compliance. The outcome of any healthcare services depends on the compliance or adherence of patients to the recommended treatment regimens. If patients fail to adhere to prescribed treatment or drugs, then there is a high likelihood of causing a pervasive threat to their health and overall …
Medical Software for Doctors: Where is it Used?
As technology progresses, digitization becomes an indispensable need. In a healthcare organization, medical software, a form of digitization, is used for a wide variety of purposes. Its uses range from patient record keeping, insurance and billing to appointment scheduling and even electronic prescriptions. Medical Management and Administration: Medical software use for managing healthcare practice is …