Category: Articles

  • Appointment Scheduling Demystified

    A Medical Practice Management Software (PMS) is a type of software designed to manage and perform daily operational tasks within a healthcare organisation. The main purpose of using a PMS within a medical practice is to be effective, efficient and accurate. There are several types of PMS available in the market today, ranging from basic…

  • 4 ways to get Practice Managment Software to yield Higher Profits

    Practice Management systems come with a host of features and workflow enhancements. However, the true test of a great system is the Clinic’s bottom line. Can your system increase new patient footfall, reduce no-shows, effectively manage your inventory, kick-start new revenue streams and give you higher profit for the existing operations? I will explore with…

  • 5 Questions to ask your EMR Vendor about IT Infrastructure

    When buying a house, the location, the open space, community area, and interiors, all together combine and go towards the decision to purchase. However, even if everything else ticks the right boxes, would you ever consider buying a house, and putting your family under a roof, where the structural integrity is questionable?   Why do…

  • How use of EMRs by Doctors end up helping Patients

    Doctors undertake the Hippocratic Oath, to help the patients to the best of their ability. While the basic needs of the Patients off the Doctor remains unchanged, the expectations of the patients from their Doctors have indeed changed significantly over the last decade. Our world has been radically changed through technology – smartphones, tablets, and…

  • EMR for small clinic chains and singular clinics- expensive or profitable

    EMR and Digitization of Healthcare Systems Electronic medical records (EMRs) are the digital representation of a patient’s healthcare information. With everyone and everything going digital these days, healthcare is by far, one of the most important segments where digitalisation is essential. From patient identification to setting up patient appointments, to having access to patient medical…

  • EMR’s in Kenya – OpenMRS vs Clinicea 2

    [Guest post by clinicea – cloud software for clinic management] Which is better? OpenMRS OpenMRS is a patient-centric application, meaning data is captured about interactions between a health care provider and a patient. If you primarily intend to capture data about something other than the patient (for example, about lab specimens), you should consider other…

  • EMR’s in Kenya – OpenMRS vs Clinicea 1

    [Guest post by clinicea – cloud software for clinic management] Healthcare software has seen unprecedented development in IT-related products that have closely matched the general trend in the industry. Software is used in areas like patient care, nursing, pharmacy, public health or clinical trials and research. The most common practical appliances of this technological advancement…

  • 6 Rules to choosing a broadband connection for your Clinic

    Choosing a broadband connection has the single biggest impact on the smooth functioning of the practice management software. I will show you 6 rules for choosing the right broadband connection. 1.    Bandwidth Required Estimate the number of concurrent users at your clinic. (If you have a user accessing the medical software from outside the clinic…

  • Price Doctors have to pay for Free EMR

    Nothing in life is free. In spite of knowing that there is no such thing as a free lunch – you will often find clinics signing up to a clinic management system that has no licensing or subscription fee. Ever wonder how such EMR companies make their living? Here are a few of the revenue…

  • Desktop EMR Pricing, a descent into the snake pit

    Figuring out the real pricing of EMR is like a game of catch 20. The thing is you do not know you are playing the game when buying an EMR. I will share with you the right questions to ask and win the game.   Database License and Limits Most desktop solutions come with database…