From the category archives:

Theory

EMR 101, Part 3: Abstract & Delegate

March 8, 2009

Closing thoughts on basic EMR proficiency: how to abstract key information and delegate workflow, to keep frustration to a minimum.

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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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“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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Why Avoid Documenting By Texting? Because You Don’t Mess Around With Slim

December 23, 2008

I’ve seen it in a variety of practices, my own being no exception.
Free texting to document a patient encounter.
You’ve got your clickers, the orientation spiel goes, and ya got your typers.
Me, I’m a typer, but the system allows you to document any way you like. To each his own, and I love the look of [...]

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From The 2008 NextGen Users Group Meeting, Part 1

November 11, 2008

Once again, I’m attending the annual NextGen EMR Users Group Meeting on all that’s new and shiny in the world of high-end, integrated electronic medical record and practice management systems.
New faces and new directions this year, of course. And a terrific keynote address by Pat Croce, former owner of the Philadelphia 76-ers.
But this year, the [...]

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