From the monthly archives:

February 2009

EMR 101: How To Get Good, Fast

February 28, 2009
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As promised, what follows is a working approach to Getting Good With Your EMR.
It’s informed by something over 30,000 patient contacts, and observations of what has worked and hasn’t over many implementations, many practices, and a handful of enterprises.
If you’re not quite sure what that all means, it translates thusly:
Been there, done that, moved on, [...]

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“We Are Living In Exponential Times”

February 22, 2009
Did You Know? video by Amybeth on Vimeo: a wakeup call for doctors, too, not yet on EMR, or encouragement for physicians already on electronic medical or health records.

Did You Know? from Amybeth on Vimeo.
Once in a while, there’ll be an info source that seems to have nothing to do with EMR’s, but is so mind-blowing and actually related that it must be acknowledged.
Hence: Did You Know?

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The Ultimate Secret To EHR Success

February 18, 2009
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Back in the day when I was a burgeoning kendo student, I read an account about a visiting fencing master.
The writer, an established member of a kendo club, was looking forward like everyone else to the visit of this celebrity sensei. While having practiced kendo for nearly seven decades, the guest was appallingly fast, and [...]

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Ah, Tom, We Hardly Knew Ye

February 5, 2009
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He had experience in Washington, and was aggressively lobbying for health care reform.
He was clearly pro-medical IT.
Most impressive, he emphasized the central role of primary care medicine in repairing our upside down physician reimbursement system.
Naturally, he was destined to fail.

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