The Ambula Blog
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332 articles on healthcare technology, EMR software, patient engagement, and running a modern practice.
332 articles · page 4 of 14
How to Increase Patient Engagement in Healthcare
Practical ways to increase patient engagement through shared decisions, clear communication, accessible workflows, and dependable follow-up.
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EMR Privacy and Security: Risks and Safeguards
Understand common EMR privacy and security risks and build an ongoing plan for access, staff training, vendor oversight, and response.
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EMR System Training: Formats, Skills, and How to Choose a Program
Compare EMR training formats, understand what system training covers, and evaluate online courses, certificates, and vendor-led programs.
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Patient Engagement in Healthcare: A Practical Guide
Patient engagement is a partnership, not a portal login or a compliance score. Learn how care teams can support communication, shared decisions, access, and patient participation in ways that fit individual needs.
7 min read
Types of EMR Systems: Care Settings, Specialties, and Hosting
Compare EMR system categories by care setting, specialty, and hosting model—and learn why mobile and voice tools are capabilities, not separate system types.
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Evidence-Based Practice and EHRs: How They Work Together
Learn how EHRs can support evidence-based practice—and why current evidence, reliable data, clinician judgment, and patient preferences still matter.
6 min read
Practice Fusion EHR Review: Features and Fit
Review Practice Fusion’s current EHR positioning and learn what independent practices should verify about workflows, integrations, support, and total cost.
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Factors Affecting Nurse Patient Relationship
Communication, trust, respect, time, privacy, and the care environment can shape the nurse-patient relationship. Learn practical ways teams can support a respectful, therapeutic connection.
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Factors Affecting Patient Waiting Time
Patient waits can build at scheduling, check-in, rooming, or clinical handoffs. Learn how demand, capacity, variability, and communication affect waits—and how to measure them.
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Five things Paper and Electronic Health Records Have in Common
Paper charts and EHRs both serve as patient records, support care decisions, and require accurate, confidential documentation. Learn five shared purposes—and how their storage and access differ.
12 min read
Patient Relationship Management in Healthcare: A Practical Guide
Understand patient relationship management, how it differs from software, where technology can help, and how to evaluate patient communication and follow-up.
7 min read
Medical Coding: From Patient Encounter to Claim
Follow the medical coding workflow from clinical documentation through code assignment, claim submission, payment posting, and correction.
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EHR Decision Support: Uses, Risks, and What’s Next
Learn how EHR decision support works, what may change, and how to evaluate evidence, usability, data quality, and safety oversight.
4 min read
Healthcare Marketing Strategies That Build Patient Trust
Use accurate service information, helpful education, accessible digital experiences, honest reviews, and privacy safeguards to market a healthcare practice responsibly.
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Remote Patient Monitoring: Benefits and Considerations
Understand where remote patient monitoring may fit and how to plan for devices, patient access, data review, escalation, privacy, and coverage.
4 min read
Healthcare Errors That Impacted Patient Safety
Healthcare errors can involve medication, diagnosis, communication, or patient identification. Learn how teams can respond to safety events and improve the systems around care.
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Healthcare Marketing: Benefits and Best Practices
See how accurate, accessible, privacy-conscious healthcare marketing can help people find services and understand how to reach a practice.
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Ambulatory Surgery Centers: Care, Operations, and Quality
See how ASCs coordinate outpatient procedures, recovery, documentation, and operational improvement—and what to evaluate in an ASC workflow.
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How to Correct an Electronic Health Record
Learn how to correct EHR errors transparently, preserve the record history, handle patient amendment requests, and route uncertain cases appropriately.
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ASC Cost Pressures: Building Financial Resilience
Practical ways surgery centers can understand cost changes, reduce avoidable waste, strengthen revenue workflows, and protect quality.
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How EHRs Can Support Patient Safety—and Where Risks Remain
EHRs can support medication safety, information access, and follow-up—but usability, data quality, alerts, and workflow design determine whether those tools help.
7 min read
How Healthcare Scheduling Software Supports Resource Management
Scheduling software can help practices coordinate clinicians, rooms, equipment, and appointment demand. Learn what it can support, where human judgment remains essential, and which measures to track.
7 min read
How to Train Healthcare Staff to Improve Care Quality
Build practical, role-based staff training around real workflow gaps, patient safety, communication, privacy, and measurable follow-through.
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How Practice Management Supports Care Quality: 5 Operational Levers
See how access, referral follow-up, patient communication, reliable workflows, and staff capacity can support care quality—and how to measure the effect without overclaiming.
7 min read