I had some questions the other day about tablets and thought a re-post was perhaps in order. Yes, I use a tablet as I don’t want to walk around with an “ open pizza box” notebook . It goes to meetings, takes notes, does my dictation and has a nice little stand where I can prop it up and put...
Why? They have money and subsidize the physicians. BD “The hurdle for most smaller physician practices has been the upfront cost,” said Dan Peterson, who oversees ProHealth Care’s EHR Advantage project. ProHealth will lease the software for its electronic health records system to doctors...
Below we have 2 different physicians, one who embraces technology so much to the fact that she has become an technology evangelist to help and convince other physicians to “buy in”, and she works as an emergency ER physician too. The second physician vowed to keep the paper trail going, that is...
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Just yesterday I posted about the news with Microsoft Amalga and Philips Speech Recognition. If you are regular reader of the blog here you will find posts relative to Nuance, Dragon Naturally Speaking and Speech Recognition all over the place, as everyone knows I like and use it myself, sure...
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California covers this type of examination, but the compensation leaves a lot to be desired, as well as the training process for physicians to become familiar with using a computer. Just for comparison sake, in the UK, telemedicine is a priority with various programs to reach out via cell phones...
During the hurricane evacuation process, each headed different directions, but the doctor’s Blackberry notified him that he was need by a patient, and being both were in network and with electronic medical records, he was able to fill a prescription for her from a distance via e-prescribing as well as...
Hat's off to the Wall Street Journal for mentioning this. Great topic and I'm going to rant and bring a few more details of this entire issue to light here. As any readers of this blog know I am a tech person that work with medical professionals and others to bring this to light and...
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I agree here with the context, with all the information that is flying at all of us at a speed of more than most of us can fathom half the time, how can a physician expect to keep on top of all of this as well? The mind is not as good as a computer for retaining information and when used as a ...
If you like SOAP Note formats and want to get started with charting with a software program that is affordable and easy to get started with, take a look at the OneNote2007 EMR Suite . $495.00. You will need One Note from Microsoft Office to use the software. This is ideal for the small...
One item of interest mentioned here is the fact that doctors spent money on EMRs/EHRs and never used them, and I have seen that too. It’s not an easy one day switch, it requires training and one big word, commitment. If you get that last one, the rest will usually fall in to place. ...