By next month all the emergency room physicians will have a scribe at their service with entering information into a lap top or a tablet computer. The article below states that across the country over 200 hospital emergency rooms are using scribes. There are 3 big companies who provide them...
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The joint venture with Tenet was announced in May of 2009. You can also read more on the Med3000 website here with their activities with Tenet. This involved a medical records system as well as practice management software and below is a short quote on how they are successfully managing...
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Why is this happening, time is one element and complicated medical records systems are another. Almost every doctor who has converted will tell you that in beginning there is a loss of productivity and this is due in part to the learning curve anyone has with software. That part is not unique...
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I am foremost and upfront all about having medical records and if you have read this blog long enough you know that I developed and wrote one years back, thus my comments tend to be realistic and I comprehend the fact that we can’t just jump on every new piece of software or algorithm that appears. ...
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My latest post on www.healthsystemCIO.com. Here’s an idea I think merits consideration. http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/07/30/how-to-revive-a-failed-ehr-implementation/ What do you think? Read More...
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Today is the day most in Health IT have been waiting for with the new regulations and rules. The New England Journal of Medicine has condensed the 864 pages (embedded below) of the new rules and regulations into a simple graphic format, and you can right click and use “save as” or view the image...
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This is good news here as San Diego is somewhat of an area that focuses on wireless and devices that report data. I have said before and I still think that this rapidly emerging area of healthcare is growing faster and far beyond what anyone initially anticipated. Devices are reporting data...
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The one eye catching issue here is that admissions are down and the link below from February of this year somewhat tells the story as a light flu season, combined with people that can’t afford healthcare today with uninsured leading the way to more debt. Tenet Commercial Hospital Admissions Down Over...
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We have one more EHR project acclaiming to build the best and easiest software system to use for clinicians. The Mayo Clinic currently uses VitalHealth software in house and several solutions. You can also follow this link to view an online demonstration on how the portal worked for diabetes...
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Back in May of 2009 Tenet made the announcement at the link below with their own MED3000 group. I’m not sure how all of this comes together but this could be further integration of multiple systems with adding Cerner to the ranks. Some of their facilities as I have mentioned before use some...
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Dr. Winn is the founder of e-MDs ambulatory electronic medical records systems located in Austin, Texas. After seeing the post on my blog and watching the video, he offers his response. By the way, this is the last evening you can watch the documentary for free and for a reasonable fee you...
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