PC vs. Tablets: Which is the Right Health IT Device for Clinicians?
One of the most important decisions that a doctor will make when in transitioning to an electronic health record (EHR) is their personal computing device. By personal computing device, I simply mean...
View ArticleCollaborative Care: Not there Yet, but Getting Closer (Finally!)
The best medicine is collaborative. Particularly with specialization and increasingly complex and powerful therapeutic technologies, providers have to work with each other and with patients and...
View ArticleMeaningful Use Stage 2: The Same Bike, But No Training Wheels
Meaningful Use was always meant to be a progressive process. The wise heads that designed the program had the good sense to realize that their lofty goals in shaping physician behavior around a piece...
View ArticleHelp! I Want to Switch EHRs…But How?
One of the more challenging aspects of electronic health record (EHR) ownership is switching from an old EHR and to a new one. This process of moving from old to new is called conversion, and it ain’t...
View ArticleEHR Contracts: 3 Basic Steps You Need to Know
It is hard to be good at something that you don’t do very often. For many doctors, reviewing electronic health record (HER) contracts fit into this category. If you are REALLY experienced, you may have...
View ArticleThe Medical Home: Will It Save Healthcare?
At a certain point in the lifecycle in any business, the predominant business model gets exhausted. Medicine is a case in point. The dominant U.S. business model—visit based, fee-for-service—is...
View ArticleManaging Care Transitions: Will We Move Beyond Phone and Fax?
One of the great strengths of our healthcare system is its specialization. It is also one of its great weaknesses. Here’s why: since there is such a proliferation of ‘-ists” (neurologists,...
View ArticleHospitals: EHR Friends or EHR Foes?
One of the ways that hospitals and health systems are attempting to woo independent doctors into their camp is by offering sweet deals on electronic health records (EHRs). Here’s how it works: the...
View ArticleCan We Share? A Look at Sharing of Patient Information
There are really two aspects of sharing of patient information—directly with patients and between providers. We are going take a look at both in the next couple of blogs, but let’s start with...
View ArticleHealthcare Payment Reform: A Look into the Future
It used to be so simple. A patient arrived at the office, the clinicians analyzed their problem, performed a service, and sent a bill. Next. Even though I am wildly overstating the simplicity of...
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