The Future

• WHAT'S NEXT FOR PRIMARY CARE PRACTICES?
  
  Clients ask us often for our thoughts about structural models that will assure the future success of primary care practices. Hospital acquisitions, for-profit PPMCs, IPAs, PHOs, and MSOs have all had difficulty in providing effective solutions for managing and delivering primary care in the 21st century. Here are some thoughts about the necessary elements for a new primary care paradigm ... (more)

• THE PAPERLESS OFFICE IS HERE! 
  
  HealthPower principals have witnessed many steps toward the paperless office during our 16 years in business. The first step was replacing ledger cards with computerized billing systems. The second step was eliminating appointment books with computerized practice management systems that included scheduling modules. Now we are able to replace the patient chart with an electronic medical record (EMR). While most physicians know intellectually that EMRs will be in their futures, they have been slow to accept this technology for their practices. Now that EMRs have come of age, we are enthusiastically recommending conversion at the earliest possible time. ... (more)

Contact us if you are interested in talking further with us about this paradigm. We are always happy to partner with physician leaders who can embrace change.