If you don’t know by now, I am an EMR evangelist. A poorly implemented EMR is a nightmare – slowing people down and increasing frustration. A well-implemented product, however, will give a huge improvement to workflow in the office, benefitting both doctor and patient. Here is our EMR in action (with HIPAA censorship present). I [...]
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15% offscrub jackets with code “jackets_save” Moving to the south is an eye-opening experience. First, there’s the friendliness of everyone; I remember the first time a stranger talked to me in the grocery store, it made me nervous. In Philadelphia, where I went to med school, anyone talking to you in the grocery store was [...]
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I walk into the exam room and the patient looks up at me with a surprised expression. ”Wow! I didn’t expect to see you so quickly!” I smile and turn around to walk out of the door, saying: “Sorry! I’ll leave then and come back later.” “No, no!” They respond, smiling. ”I’m happy to see [...]
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I got a flat tire this weekend. There were clues that I chose to ignore – the alignment going out suddenly, the steering wheel jiggling when I drove – but the sudden thwacking sound as I sped down I-20 was a clue I couldn’t ignore. I pulled off, then unknowingly stood in a fire ant [...]
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Dear Student: Thank you for your consideration of my profession for your career. I am a primary care physician and have practiced for the past 16 years in a privately-owned practice. (At some point I intend to stop practicing and start doing the real thing. It amazes me at how many patients let me practice [...]
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So I was walking down the hallway in my office, mildly distracted, when I kicked something. It was a USB “thumb drive.” I picked it up and inspected it, trying to figure out who had dropped it. The side of the drive had a picture that I couldn’t make out, as it was all smudged [...]
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I have to confess something to you: I like blogging more than I like podcasting. There are a number of reasons for this: my podcast has a deadline, my blog does not; my podcast doesn’t have direct feedback from listeners like my blog does; I have more freedom in topic selection for my blog. But [...]
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You may have noticed the ads on the site/newsfeed. I am sorry to those who I offend for wanting to earn some money from blogging. I am doing my best to keep the ads as reasonable as possible; let me know if there is something way off-base. Please note that I have a new tab [...]
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From Wikipedia My recent post on the subject of emails from patients raised more eyebrows than I expected. It also put me in a position I am unfamiliar with: looking like a luddite. Perhaps I am not forward-thinking enough in my reluctance to embrace this advance. Perhaps I have gotten conservative as I grew grey. [...]
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