Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of a moderately strange (yet not harmful) primary care physician.
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Loading ...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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(+3 rating, 3 votes) Loading ...OK, I am an EMR fan-boy, I will admit it. I seem real “rah rah” in my approach to computers in the exam room, and to many I seem to have my head in the clouds; I seem to be out of touch with reality. In response to posts I have written on the subject, [...]
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Quiz: What does the term “meaningful use” mean? a. Using something in a way that gives life purpose and leads to carefree days of glee. b. It depends on your definition of the word “term.” c. It is not mean. It is really nice. d. A large number of rules created by the government to [...]
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(+4 rating, 4 votes) Loading ...I was talking to a fellow physician about a mutual patient. I had information that would help him in their care and he was taking the unusual step of asking me for my information. I was impressed. “Could you fax me those documents?” he asked. ”Here’s my fax number.” I scrambled to get a pen [...]
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(+3 rating, 3 votes) Loading ...Yesterday’s post generated a heated discussion on Twitter (and in the comment section here) about what exactly the patient should have access to see. Some readers have had bad enough experiences with physicians that they want to be able to see things themselves to assure what they are being told is accurate. I can’t say [...]
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(+4 rating, 4 votes) Loading ...I have heard a lot of talk about ownership of medical information. Bloggers like e-Patient Dave, and Robin are strong advocates for patient ownership of their information. To be truthful, I get nervous when I hear people saying they own something I have in my possession (and I’ve blogged about this). The charts in my [...]
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(+1 rating, 1 votes) Loading ...Really. No joke. I am going to be answering questions about EMR Live on Kevin, MD at 10:30 PM EST tonight. I will put the Java thingy on this blog, but his invitation to me to guest-host his question/answer session gives me cause to compel you to go to his blog to do the damage…I [...]
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Do patients own their medical records? Do doctors? Hospitals? Insurance companies? Area 51? Sanjay Gupta? You hear this question put out there often, although not necessarily as plainly as that. People want to “keep my medical records online.” Google and Microsoft are trying to become a big player in the “Personal Health Record” industry with [...]
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(+3 rating, 3 votes) Loading ...Our office has been on Electronic Medical Records (EMR) for nearly thirteen years. We see a high volume of patients, keep our overhead down, and are able to be quite successful financially. All of the “EMR is impossible” and “EMR makes things worse” stuff you read around the web are disproved quickly with a step [...]
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(+1 rating, 1 votes) Loading ...Electronic Medical Records are coming. The economic stimulus bill (furious spinning kittens notwithstanding) assured this. Under the terms of the bill, CMS will offer incentives to medical practices that adopt and use electronic medical records technology. Beginning in 2011, physicians will get $44,000 to $64,000 over five years for implementing and using a certified EMR. [...]
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