With many organizations making the switch to tele-commuting and working from home, you want to make sure you’re enabling yourself to be as productive as possible. Working from home has a variety of pros and cons, and not having the right materials can set you up to start off on the wrong foot. By bringing in some of these items, you’ll set yourself up for success in your changing work environment.
In terms of Electronic Health Records (EHR) adoption, dental providers consistently lag behind other healthcare providers by almost 20 percent. In part, this is due to lack of allocation of meaningful use dollars preventing the creation of a singular driving force for conversion, dental provider preference for open-ended communication (while EHRs specialize in close-ended questioning used to improve efficiency) and the disconnect between dental health and clinical and medical health (as dental care overall is “taught, practiced, billed, and managed separately from the rest of the medical realm.”). However, the number of dental practices adopting EHRs is expanding as dentists increasingly pursue EHRs “to improve practice efficiency.” In fact, dental EHR adoption has consistently increased over time with 52% adoption in 2017.
When you hear the term “blockchain”, the first thing that comes to mind might be the cryptocurrency, bitcoin. While it is certainly a buzzworthy topic, bitcoin isn’t the only use for this emerging technology. From transportation to banking and even healthcare, many industries are discovering the benefits of blockchain technology.
