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Time Savings 101 – The Ivy Lee Method
At FormDr, we are fixated on saving time for our customers, our customers’ patients and even for ourselves. After all, our digital intake forms and form builder were created to make offices run smoothly and more efficiently. Beyond patient appointment reminders and automatically completing HIPAA compliant forms, we’ve compiled our favorite simple time management tips...
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10 of the Most Common HIPAA Violations – and How to Avoid Them
The term “HIPAA” is now commonly known and is thrown around a lot, even in everyday life. How do we know exactly who and what HIPAA actually applies to? Who needs to be concerned with HIPAA? While it is good for everyone to have a baseline understanding of how HIPAA works, the organizations that need...
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Remote Patient Monitoring Now and in the Future
Although RPM, remote patient monitoring, is still a fairly new technology, Silicon Valley AI and healthcare entrepreneur Robin Farmanfarmaian has some very concrete ideas about where it is headed. Like other remote and virtual healthcare solutions, RPM was embraced and accelerated during the pandemic years, and has now become part of healthcare ecosystem. Farmanfarmaian authored...
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‘Tis the Season to Prepare for a Tripledemic
As the country heads into winter, cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are on the rise, combined with the usual flu surges, and, of course, COVID-19. This simultaneous influx of illness has been dubbed in the news as a “tripledemic,” and unfortunately it is hitting the pediatric population the hardest. RSV is a fairly common...
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AMA Research Reveals Increasing Physician Adoption of Technology
A lot has happened in the world between 2016 and 2022, especially in the healthcare sector. When the AMA started this project in 2016, Kate Kirley, MD – a family physician and director of chronic disease prevention at the American Medical Association – was quoted as stating “Digital health is the sort of Wild West...
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Can Smart Technology Help Combat a Physician Shortage?
A new Mayo Clinic study presents some alarming findings for the healthcare world. It predicts that one in five physicians plan to leave medicine completely, and even more plan to reduce their hours or change course into a career track that is non-patient care based. The Mayo Clinic conducted this study with 20,665 respondents at...
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HIPAA: What Exactly is a Business Associate?
HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules require compliance from not only covered healthcare entities, but their Business Associates (BAs). HIPAA Business Associate (BA) compliance rules were introduced in 2013 in the Final Omnibus Rule. This important rule not only redefined what a Business Associate is, but also applied provisions within the HITECH Act TO BAs. To...
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Integration Update: Introducing Stripe and Square
FormDr is excited to announce our newest payment processing integration, allowing you to connect your practices existing Stripe or Square account directly to FormDr. Patients can then pay copays, subscriptions and make payments from a mobile phone, tablet, or computer. Increase Collections and Improve Cash Flow In a post-pandemic world, many healthcare providers are struggling...
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Time Savings 101 – Prioritizing the To-Do List
Do you find yourself wishing you could squeeze just a few more hours into your work day? You are not alone. People are juggling more work tasks, hobbies, and family commitments than ever before, and productivity expectations for work are always high. Whether your to-do list is contained on a written calendar, jotted down on...
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Are Telehealth Platforms the Newest Cyber Target?
A boom in telehealth has brought about disappointing consequences – increased exposure to hackers and ransomware attacks. The increased availability of telehealth applications is no doubt a huge benefit for patients, increasing access to care in a multitude of areas as well as other underserved areas of the country. Telehealth services were indispensable throughout the...
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