Email sign-offs – are they important?

While email is without a doubt one of the most useful communication tools out there, it can be challenging to master. Sure, you probably write many a day, but because emails lack face-to-face communication, it’s easy for these messages to be read the wrong way,...

5 safety steps to online shopping

Have you ever bought something online? There is something compelling about browsing an online store, filling a virtual cart, checking-out and having it arrive on your doorstep a few days later. E-commerce is quickly becoming one of the most popular forms of shopping,...

Three questions to ask your payers about ICD-10

It’s impossible to know what will happen on October 1, 2014, but you can get a head start on your preparations by asking your payers some questions about their ICD-10 plans. Will you conduct external testing? Medicare says CMS contractors will not conduct full...

The 6 different shutdown options

One of the more essential and useful buttons on any computer, or technical device for that matter, is the power button. However, when it comes to shutting down your computer there are a number of different options you have if you use Windows as an operating system...

Reconciling the meaningful use stage 2 conundrum

Health care, which has always been based on the doctor-patient interaction is facing a challenge in the era of meaningful use stage 2: How do you reconcile the importance of in patient-doctor interactions with the need for standardized structured data capture? For...