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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

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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How To Get Smart With Your EMR: What Your Vendor Can’t Tell You

January 24, 2008

Any New Year’s resolutions, yet?
We’ve got a good one floating around the office these days: becoming more adept with the EMR.
“For goodness sakes,” said our nurse practitioner after being shown a keystroke shortcut. “What a time saver!”
“THAT’S the kind of thing we need to share with each other — shortcuts and tips it’d take forever [...]

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Response To Medicare On Succesful EMR Adoption: NOT A Price Issue

November 8, 2007

There’s a fascinating article on the EMR and HIPAA blog that I couldn’t pass up.
It addresses one governmental (i.e. Medicare) solution to the traditionally low adoption rates of physicians of EMR’s: lower the upfront costs to essentially zero with the VistA system built by the Veterans Administration.
The clincher for me was the following observation:
While Medicare’s [...]

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