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- [IT due diligence before you acquire a practice: how to spot a mess before you sign](https://focushcs.com/articles/healthcare-it-due-diligence/): When you're rolling up practices, the technology environment you inherit is either a clean handoff or a hidden liability. Here's how to know which one you're buying, before the deal closes.
- [The four things every medical practice has to protect from a cyberattack](https://focushcs.com/articles/medical-practice-cybersecurity-program/): Cybersecurity in a practice isn't really about the tools. It's about four outcomes: patient care, patient information, compliance, and staying open. Here's how they fit together.
- [Proactive vs. reactive IT support: what it means for your medical practice](https://focushcs.com/articles/proactive-vs-reactive-it-support/): There's a backwards way to judge your IT, and it might be the truest one I know. Judge it by how often you have to think about it. If you think about it all day, something is wrong.
- [AI governance in healthcare: why it belongs with the team that runs your systems](https://focushcs.com/articles/ai-governance-in-healthcare/): 
- [What “AI-ready” means for a practice right after go-live](https://focushcs.com/articles/ai-readiness-after-ehr-go-live/): 
- [EHR go-live checklist: 7 things to confirm before you switch](https://focushcs.com/articles/ehr-go-live-checklist/): 
- [Focus Expands Its Unified Healthcare Platform with the Acquisition of GuideIT](https://focushcs.com/news/focus-expands-its-unified-healthcare-platform-with-the-acquisition-of-guideit/): FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
- [How to choose an EHR conversion vendor](https://focushcs.com/articles/how-to-choose-an-ehr-conversion-vendor/): If you're working out how to choose an EHR conversion vendor, these are the questions we think matter most when you're evaluating who's going to handle your data. Here's why each one matters, and what the answer tells you.
- [What your first 90 days on a new EHR look like](https://focushcs.com/articles/what-your-first-90-days-on-a-new-ehr-look-like/): But for the next 90 days, there's a lot happening underneath that most practices don't see coming. And the reason it catches people off guard is that nobody walks them through what the EHR post-go-live period looks like before they get there.
- [EHR data migration: what’s included (and what isn’t)](https://focushcs.com/articles/ehr-data-migration-guide/): Here's the short version. An EHR data migration isn't one thing, it's three: demographic, appointment, and clinical, each on its own timeline. Two of them tend to surprise practices. Your clinical data moves after go-live, not before, and your financial data doesn't move at all. The rest of this page walks through what transfers, what doesn't, and what to have ready before your first call.
- [How a 38-location podiatry group got to one source of truth](https://focushcs.com/results/case-studies/how-a-38-location-podiatry-group-unified-its-data-across-9-emrs-and-11-instances/): Pacesetter Health was managing a fragmented data environment built on years of acquisitions. Focus cleaned it up, consolidated it, and gave their team a single source of truth they could build on.
- [How a 39-location dermatology MSO consolidated IT under one partner](https://focushcs.com/results/case-studies/skin-aesthetic-managed-it-case-study/): Skin & Aesthetic Centers moved to Focus after their prior vendor left firewall breaches and provider lockouts unresolved for weeks.
- [Delivering Secure, Scalable IT for Urology Specialists](https://focushcs.com/results/case-studies/case-study-how-focus-solutions-transformed-it-support-for-urology-specialists/): A 35-provider urology practice across 8 Carolinas locations replaced years of reactive, undocumented IT with a fully inventoried, secure infrastructure. The first 30 days told the whole story.
- [How Valley ENT Gained IT Visibility and Trust with Focus Solutions](https://focushcs.com/results/case-studies/how-valley-ent-gained-it-visibility-and-trust-with-focus-solutions/): One of Arizona’s largest ENT groups gained control over their infrastructure after four failed MSP relationships
- [How Apex Skin moved 11 years of patient data without dropping a single chart](https://focushcs.com/results/case-studies/apex-skin-moved-years-of-patient-data-without-dropping-chart/): How a 52-provider dermatology practice migrated 11 years of patient data to ModMed on schedule while maintaining operations across 30+ locations
- [From data overload to actionable insights for Dakota Eye Institute](https://focushcs.com/results/case-studies/dakota-eye-institute/): A 13-provider ophthalmology practice added dedicated analytics to their ModMed environment, built real-time leadership dashboards, solved a cross-platform recall tracking gap, and gave their team full reporting independence.
- [How SUMC Unified Four Practices Under One Technology Partner​](https://focushcs.com/results/case-studies/how-sumc-unified-four-practices-under-one-it-partner-2/): Southeast Urology Management Company put all four of its practices on a single Azure platform under one IT partner, cut costs compared to their previous model, and built a practice onboarding process that gets more efficient with every new group.
- [Bridging the gap between data and patient care](https://youtu.be/UcJuX6XaQUs): Tim Coan and Dr. Jill Goldenberg talk about what actually works when presenting data to clinicians and why the numbers need a story behind them.
- [The Unglamorous Side of AI: What Healthcare Organizations Get Wrong Before They Deploy](https://youtu.be/UPyQ-b06lZg): Healthcare IT veteran Dave Haight breaks down what provider organizations need to get right before deploying AI — from data governance and workflow to treating agents like employees.
- [Rural Dialysis Care: How TeleNeph Keeps Kidney Patients Close to Home](https://youtu.be/RDh6arA7kDM): How TeleNeph is helping rural hospitals keep kidney patients close to home — and why it matters for communities across America.
- [Your Google Ads May Be Violating HIPAA Right Now — Here’s What to Do About It](https://youtu.be/yMpLlnuQy-M): What your practice's Google Ads are doing with patient data right now, and the compliance risk most practice leaders don't know they have.
- [How to Get Physician Buy-In When You’re Leading Change in a Medical Practice](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4bjvIopL6k): Learn how Denver Arthritis Clinic's COO gets physicians to embrace change — even the resistant ones.
- [AI is bringing cardiac care closer to patients](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXbAUO1GfE0): Tim Coan and healthcare consultant Ron Guillot get into the reality of cardiac care access in America and where things are headed.
- [AI in Healthcare Billing: The Untold Challenges of Automating Revenue Cycle Management](https://youtu.be/UPyQ-b06lZg): Healthcare IT veteran Dave Haight breaks down what provider organizations need to get right before deploying AI — from data governance and workflow to treating agents like employees.
- [How Healthcare Leaders Can Use AI To Improve Productivity](https://youtu.be/eHl6JZDFHOk?si=Lc0Pwy16ccP7YHuH): In this episode of Vital Conversations, Tim Coan speaks with Jeff Freedman, the Director of Private Equity Engagement at ModMed, about the transformative impact of AI in healthcare.
- [How to Avoid Revenue Leaks as a Private Equity-Backed Practice: Advice from a 30-Year RCM Leader](https://youtu.be/TJbGri2I-FE): In this episode, Tim Coan sits down with Pete Martinez, Vice President of Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) at National Partners in Healthcare, to unpack what happens after an acquisition.
- [Navigating Pediatric Leadership Challenges](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b76NGkVIYok&ab_channel=FocusSolutions-YourHealthcareTechPartner): What happens when a healthcare CEO never stops seeing patients? Dr. Kerry Fierstein shows us how staying close to the work creates stronger leadership, better decisions, and a deeper connection to care.
- [Bringing People Together in Healthcare Leadership](https://youtu.be/wkxwJMAPJM4): In this episode of Vital Conversations, Tim Coan interviews Jim Haveman, who shares his extensive experience in healthcare management.
- [Navigating the Complexities of Multi-Location Healthcare](https://youtu.be/STCPIxmqLKQ?si=TWgia9y4ObGI5bpo): In this conversation, Tim Coan speaks with Bill Duke, CFO of Connecticut Skin Health, about the complexities of managing a multi-location dermatology practice.
- [Can Functional Medicine Fix Healthcare? Dr. Daniel Urcuyo Breaks It Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d9bpNA5AEQ): They discuss the importance of nutrition and lifestyle changes, the role of technology, and the impact of political influences on the field.
- [Doctors, Data, and the Future: How AI is Changing Healthcare](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0awMC7JBZY8): Explore how AI is transforming the doctor-patient relationship, streamlining medical documentation, and reshaping clinical research and education with Dr. Jensen.
- [Automating Healthcare RCM: Lessons from InnoBot’s CEO Natasha Schlinkert](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhHrDRlRLIE&t=2s): Natasha shares her journey in founding Innobot Health. Explore how combining domain expertise with advanced technology can transform operations, reduce inefficiencies, and improve outcomes.
- [Reimagining EHRs for Collaborative Care: Healthie’s Innovative Approach](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZuQnotjfIg&t=2s): Hear Healthie's start-up story and discover how Healthie’s clinician-first design streamlines workflows, supports hybrid care models, and sets it apart from legacy EHRs.
- [House Calls Reimagined: Personalizing Senior Care](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfyvf8L6XtU): Explore how personalized, on-site care improves outcomes, reduces costs, and enhances patient compliance while addressing the challenges of value-based care.
- [Building Better Healthcare – Process Excellence](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im0Qaq0vZLA): Kelly provides insights into bridging gaps between clinical care and technology, overcoming implementation challenges, and fostering collaboration.
- [Urology Alliance: A New Era of Collaboration](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUZ34dP5Lyw): Explore how the uses of shared data analytics enhance patient care, reduce costs, and tackle key initiatives, like advanced prostate cancer care.
- [Cybersecurity: What Happens When a Breach Occurs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWi7gxWAf4g): When a healthcare breach hits, the instinct is to unplug everything and tell staff what's happening, and both moves can cost you. This webinar walks chronologically through a real breach, from the first alert to notifying regulators, covering when an incident legally becomes a breach, why you call your cyber carrier before anything else, whether paying ransomware actually helps, and how your business associate agreements decide who's on the hook. The throughline: nearly every good decision in the crisis depends on preparation you made before it, from tabletop drills to audit logs to the BAA language you never read.
- [Four Myths About Your Cybersecurity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeMj5KrGYoU): Most physician practices believe four things that quietly leave them exposed: that they're too small to target, that HIPAA compliance equals security, that cloud vendors handle the risk, and that cyber insurance will cover them. This webinar dismantles all four, with a security expert and a healthcare advisor explaining why small practices are actually prime targets, why insurers deny claims, and where the real threats now come from. The clearest takeaway: cybersecurity is not a tool you buy but a system of people, policy, and constant reassessment, and the human at the front desk is often your biggest vulnerability.
- [How Leaders Build the Right IT Infrastructure and Capability](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHlStpP53Vs): As a medical practice grows, IT stops being a utility you can ignore and becomes a strategic decision: what to run in house, what to hand to a partner, and how much to spend on security you hope you never use. A practicing physician CEO and a managed services technology leader walk through how they made those calls through mergers, standardization, and the constant pull between overspending and leaving the practice exposed. Their shared takeaway is simple: start with the business problem, then work back to the technology.
- [AI and HIPAA compliance: What your practice needs before AI touches patient data](https://focushcs.com/articles/ai-hipaa-compliance-healthcare-practices/): The way we think about it, AI HIPAA compliance breaks into two halves. One half is the technology controls: is your Microsoft environment configured correctly, are the right security settings in place, do you have the licensing you need for the compliance features to even work? The other half is the policies and procedures: does your practice have written rules about AI use, has your staff been trained, is someone accountable for keeping it current? 
- [95% of healthcare AI initiatives fail before they deliver. The problem isn’t the AI. ](https://focushcs.com/articles/healthcare-ai-failure-data-foundation/): That gap is where most healthcare AI failures start. The tool gets bought, the data underneath it is never ready, and the project quietly stalls after a few months. 
- [Insource or outsource? How to make the right call for your healthcare IT](https://focushcs.com/articles/insource-outsource-healthcare-it/): 
- [Healthcare data warehouses: what mid-market practices actually need to know](https://focushcs.com/articles/healthcare-data-warehouse-guide/): A healthcare data warehouse is a centralized system that pulls data from your EHR, billing platform, scheduling tools, and other operational systems into a single environment built for reporting and analysis. Instead of logging into four different platforms to answer one question, you query one data source that has already organized the information into a consistent model.
- [What is an MSO in healthcare? A plain-English guide for practice leaders](https://focushcs.com/articles/what-is-an-mso-in-healthcare/): An MSO (managed services organization) in healthcare is a business entity that provides non-clinical administrative and operational support to physician practices. That typically includes some combination of billing, HR, IT, compliance, vendor management, and payer contracting. The physician practice retains control over clinical care. The MSO handles the business side.
- [AI readiness for healthcare practices: What it actually takes](https://focushcs.com/articles/ai-readiness-healthcare-practices/): An AI readiness assessment evaluates whether your organization has the data infrastructure, security posture, governance framework, and operational maturity to adopt AI tools effectively and compliantly.
- [The first 90 days as a healthcare CIO: a field guide](https://focushcs.com/articles/first-90-days-as-a-healthcare-cio/): 
- [Your practice just hired a CTO. Here’s what to expect](https://focushcs.com/articles/hired-healthcare-cto-what-to-expect/): 
- [How to evaluate a healthcare MSP (without getting burned again)](https://focushcs.com/articles/evaluate-healthcare-msp/): A healthcare MSP (managed service provider) is a company that manages the IT infrastructure, security, and technology operations for a physician practice or healthcare organization. That typically includes helpdesk support, network management, device management, cybersecurity, HIPAA compliance, and some level of ongoing strategic guidance about your technology environment.
- [EHR data conversion: what to expect when you switch systems](https://focushcs.com/articles/ehr-data-conversion-what-to-expect/): An EHR data conversion is the process of extracting clinical and operational data from your current electronic health record system and migrating it into a new one. It typically takes 14 to 18 weeks from kickoff to completion, involves multiple phases of data extraction, transformation, and validation, and it is almost certainly more complex than you're expecting it to be.
- [Why we’re now simply Focus ](https://focushcs.com/articles/why-were-now-simply-focus/): An evolution reflecting who we've become 

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A plain-English guide for practice leaders AI readiness for healthcare practices: What it actually takes The first 90 days as a healthcare CIO: a field guide Your practice just hired a CTO. Here’s what to expect How to evaluate a healthcare MSP (without getting burned again) EHR data conversion: what to expect when you switch systems Why we’re now simply Focus  HIPAA compliance vs cybersecurity: what’s the difference Should you pay or not after a healthcare ransomware attack? How to prevent data breaches in healthcare: a strategic defense guide for growing organizations Major AI Risks in Healthcare: What Growing MSOs Need to Know About Securing Patient Data Phishing Detection in Healthcare: A Practical Guide for Busy Clinical Staff How to Prevent Social Engineering Attacks in Healthcare 8 Cybersecurity Tips for Healthcare Practices How to implement multi-factor authentication in healthcare Why Small Medical Practices Are Prime Targets for Cybersecurity Attacks 7 Healthcare Cybersecurity Myths Risking Patient Data The Myths Behind Cybersecurity: You Can’t Secure What You Can’t See The Cyber Pulse Check: Is Your Healthcare System at Risk? 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