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Healthcare reform legislation awash in IT

March 25, 2010

Healthcare reform legislation awash in IT
via govhealthit.com
It’s fascinating — and a little scary — to see things come to pass that were predicted so many moons ago.
This post by John Moore, from yesterday’s Government Health IT, describes how the legislative reform package just signed by President Obama sets the stage for many long predicted, eagerly [...]

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Thought provoking lightbulb, people! “Twitter Helps Find Missing Family Member After Chile Earthquake”

February 27, 2010

via mashable.com
I can’t think of a better example of a technology working so quickly, so directly, so without any kind of special prep or FEMA-approved infrastructure, to help individuals connect in the most catastrophic of conditions.
Usually, communications are the first things to implode in times like this!
There are lessons to be learned, [...]

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United Healthcare Subsidiary Offers Interest Free Loans for Their EHR System, But…

January 7, 2010

With all the money they make it appears that is the least they can do with doctors and hospitals struggling to survive in many areas of the US. There are also many other EHR vendors who are not financed or part of an insurance company that can help as well.

via ducknetweb.blogspot.com
Interesting and disturbing post from [...]

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I Hight A Medical Scribe, Sirrah. Hast Thou Need Of Such Arte As Mine?

November 30, 2009

It’s not quite the world’s oldest profession.
More like civilization’s.
It predates EHRs, paper, papyrus…even clay.
So long as there has been writing, even on stone tablets, there have been scribes.
Folks trained to commit words to a more durable medium than fallible memory.
Folks who did nothing else besides that special act of translation.
Because the movers and shakers [...]

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7 Quick Tests To Pick EHR Features That Doctors Will Like: Part 2

November 23, 2009

You’re halfway home. Part 1 discussed Tests 1-4, for picking physician-friendly EHR features — and avoiding those that would incite a riot.
5. Pare With Care
Eventually, you’ll feel tempted to carve away what seem like excesses — don’t do it! Not without checking at least three times!
Scut step reduction always gets a PASS, if [...]

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