Death of an Evangelist

February 24, 2013 EMR

It feels like part of me is dying.  I am losing something that has been a part of me for nearly 20 years. I bought in to the idea of electronic records in the early 90′s and was enthusiastic enough to implement in my practice in 1996.  My initial motivation was selfish: I am not [...]

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Progress Report

February 17, 2013 My New Practice

I am not sure if my lack of blogging is a good sign or a bad one.  It’s been a week and a half since I started my new practice and I finally am getting this chance to come up for air.  It’s been an über hectic and very draining time, but I am happy [...]

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Happy Misfortune

February 7, 2013 My New Practice

I was furious.  I went to the office on Sunday to see what work the electrician had done (and to discuss decor issues with my wife), and my office was deserted.  The inspection was supposed to happen on Monday, allowing me to get furniture in the office and see patients on Tuesday.  A text message [...]

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Welcome!

February 4, 2013 My New Practice

This letter is being sent out to people who have signed up to be part of my new practice.  Links have been removed so I don’t get a lot of riff-raff filling out my forms.   Welcome! Thanks for joining my practice.  I hope it is a doorway to a whole new experience in health [...]

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Gouging

January 26, 2013 Health Care - How it's Broken

It has always been my assumption that my new practice will be as “digital” as possible.  No, I am not going into urology, I am talking about computers. [Waiting for the chuckles to subside] For at least ten years, I’ve used a digital EKG and spirometer that integrated with our medical record system, taking the [...]

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Getting Close

January 25, 2013 My New Practice

  I did it.  I finally got a logo I like.  I wanted a logo with a doorway in it, and probably spent days trying to get what I want.  It’s probably a bit of OCD or ADHD hyper-focus going on, but it’s nice to get done.  The doorway represents: Welcome – many practices give [...]

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Heroes and Villains

January 19, 2013 Personal Musings

“Lance Armstrong is a bad guy who has done some very good things.” These are the words of a sports radio personality I listened to yesterday.  He was obviously commenting on the confession (to my pal Oprah) by Armstrong about his use of performance enhancing drugs.  The sportscaster, along with many I heard talk on [...]

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Learning a New Language | An Insight into EMR

January 14, 2013 EMR

OK, I’ll admit it: I had no idea.  I thought that the whining and griping by other doctors about EMR was just petulance by a group of people who like to be in charge and who resist change.  I thought that they were struggling because of their lack of insight into the real benefits of [...]

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Progress

January 9, 2013 My New Practice

Finally. I can finally see progress in what I am doing.  Above is a photo of the front page of my new practice website (visit http://doctorlamberts.org). There still is a little “Lorem ipsum” here and there – like having labels you missed on a shirt you are wearing – but I am very happy with [...]

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Doing Little Things

January 7, 2013 My New Practice

Sorry for not posting for a while.  It’s not that things have been quiet; they definitely haven’t been. Here’s the update: The construction has been delayed, so the office will open on the 28th of this month at the earliest.  Inspectors are a pain in the buttocks. This delay has kept me from hiring staff, [...]

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