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Currently, around 66 percent of physicians say they use electronic health records to meet meaningful use stage one requirements, according to the Deloitte 2013 Survey of U.S. Physicians.

Here are four practice technology trends that are becoming more popular today, according to a Medscape report.

Transformation of the healthcare industry has increased significantly over the past few years, driven by several converging factors. These changes are creating a climate of uncertainty for private practice orthopedic and neurosurgeons resulting in a trend towards selling their practices to hospitals or other healthcare organizations.

The Bush Tax Cuts have benefited physician practices for the past decade, but now with President Barack Obama's re-election they will likely expire at the end of the year, according to a report in Physician Practice.

This article is written by Zubin Emsley, CEO of ChartLogic Inc.

Erie, Pa.-based TriState Neurological Surgeons recently selected the ChartLogic EHR Suite to transition its offices from paper records to an electronic system.

More than 90 percent of physician group practices in a recent MGMA study said the Department of Health and Human Services' proposed HIPAA "accounting of disclosures" rule would be very or extremely burdensome to their practice and should be withdrawn, according to an MGMA news release.

Independent practice associations, or networks of small medical physician practices, might be able to offer different ways to adopt the newest health information technology, according to a news release from the National Institute for Health Care Reform.

A small but growing number of doctors are asking patients to pay new fees for uncovered services, according to a report by USA Today.