Some consider use of a social networking site such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Plurk a fundamental tool for their business. They use it to advertise, connect and collaborate. It is a wonder that anyone has time to keep up with all of them, especially busy doctors. Many professions such as lawyers, marketers and real estate agents have their own dedicated social networking sites. And, believe it or not, so do physicians, sites such as doctorshangout.com , imedexchange.com , and sermo.com are gaining in popularity with physicians. Even the Canadian Medical Association has launched their own physicians networking site, Asklepios. Read more...

Most healthcare providers agree that Health Information Exchanges are changing the face of medicine. It has been proven that a successful Health Information Exchange enables doctors to reduce medication errors, cut overall healthcare costs and improve patient outcome. Read more...

Medical offices have come to rely on computers.  Doctors now find that every aspect of their day is in some way connected to the computer; calendars are online, patient information is stored electronically and a lot of interaction with specialists and other medical support personnel is done via a computer. Read more...

Busy practices are always on the lookout for ways to streamline their procedures. One way to increase efficiency and save time is to use paperless faxing, sometimes called digital faxing. Paperless faxing uses software such as Zetafax of WinFax to send documents from your computer to a fax machine. The hardware needed is a fax modem in your computer and a dedicated fax line. Read more...