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EMR 101, Part 2: The 80/20 Rule

March 6, 2009

Part 2 of a 3 part series on EMR’s, on the key principles of Stage 1 EMR proficiency. The 80/20 Rule, or The Pareto Principle, can save you gobs of time, with just a few changes.

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EMR 101: How To Get Good, Fast

February 28, 2009

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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Want Help Solving Your EMR Problems? Be Helpful!

March 13, 2008

To borrow a line from an old Paul Newman film, “what we have here is a failure to communicate.”
Whether you’re a physician, an office manager, an office staffer, or an EMR vendor/service provider, if you’ve ever sighed deeply or gritted your teeth, there’s a certain eye-to-eye linkage that just isn’t happening.
The stakes are too [...]

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What Medical Professionals Ought To Know About…Everyone Else And The Internet

December 3, 2007

Plain and simple, most medical professionals are dusty old farts when it comes to the Internet and modern technology.
You know: what everyone else is using to learn and talk about current events, their health, their job prospects, their friends and coworkers…the latest developments in their respective fields…
The critical stuff.
Health and Human Services Director, Michael Leavitt, [...]

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