Everybody Loves A Story –What’s Yours?

November 14, 2009
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At the latest NextGen Users Group Meeting in DC, I saw examples everywhere of storytelling par excellence.
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich and Vermont Governor Howard Dean sprinkled stories of constituents and personal experiences throughout their keynote addresses, as they made their respective (and mostly complementary) points on the healthcare reform debate.
The first day’s keynote speakers, [...]

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Who Else Wants To Think Outside Of The Healthcare Reform Box?

November 13, 2009
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I want to preface this with something I should have said a long time ago:
All posts reflect my own opinions, not those of anyone I’ve had the good fortune to learn from, work with, and otherwise spend time around.
It could hardly be otherwise with my own blog. But addressing folks in healthcare, you’ve [...]

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The Ultimate Secret To EHR Success, Part 2

October 31, 2009
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This is more along the lines of “can’t get this meme out of my head,” it’s so important.
Being steeped in something of an Eastern mindset by family and martial arts background, I’ve always believed that “calmly living in the present” was a high calling. It’s a recurrent theme in Zen and other Asian belief [...]

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Working Hard

October 26, 2009
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Right now, things are a bit busy around here.
Lots of swine flu prep happening for the office and the group, including an upcoming talk at a local college campus. I can’t emphasize enough how important it is to get ahead of this thing using education. You can argue with irate patients demanding Tamiflu when it’s [...]

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Do You Make These Mistakes And Run Behind?

July 13, 2009
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I’ve alluded to this in a past post: it’s not easy outlining the fatal features that will sink an EHR implementation.
Most EHR vendors prefer to focus on the success stories, the “best practices” of their star performers, and rightly so. “Never repeat a mistake,” my French teacher used to tell me (if “mademoiselle” isn’t pronounced [...]

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