Most Peer reviews are still done on paper and this hospital is testing the software to gather all related information to begin generating peer reviews of doctors with software. Electronic Medical records used in conjunction with the process would be a big plus if not a necessity. Peer reviews are...
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The Medical Quack .... by Barbara Duck
on 12-04-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, EMR, Hospital, Medical Records, EHR, Business Intelligence, software, Heatlhcare, pilot program, Peer Reviews
Dana Blankenhorn of ZDNet does a nice write up here on his visit to the physician and yes, us “geeks” find our way there too We are probably some of the most curious patients to arrive, as we are looking constantly to see what technology is being used in the medical offices, as it is a known fact...
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on 10-15-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, Hospital, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, McKesson, Common User Interface, HealthVault, integration, Amalga, Stark Law, NextGen, ZDNet Healthcare
This is probably one of the sweetest subsidized arrangements with 60% of the cost being absorbed by the hospital, which is by the way one of the best in Orange County and I have worked on fundraisers for the hospital in the past. Doctors choosing ECW will have remote access using the application...
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on 10-07-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, EMR, Hospital, Medical Records, EHR, Patient, Orange County, Stark Law, Healtcare, Hoag Hospital, integrated healthcare, Eclinical Works
The comment below from a vendor is interesting, as he comments on the fact that a physician can make an extra $125,000 in 5 years, well some family care practice doctors today in California would like to just be making that in one year, as all the recent contracts with insurance companies are getting...
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on 10-01-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, EMR, Hospital, Medicine, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, Common User Interface, Charity, CMS, Linux, Donations, bankruptcies
Congress had paved the way with relaxed Stark rules and regulations for subsidies to take place from the hospital level, but what's still wrong with this picture? It all comes right back around to money. Hospitals are not in a position to spend the money either, so now where do we go...
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on 08-11-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, EMR, Hospital, Kaiser, Medical Records, EHR, Start Laws, Epic, IT Health, Hospital Records
The hospital chain is going to try it’s hand at retail clinics…with nurse practitioners. Medical records will be integrated with the hospital. Electronic medical record for a patients will connect the retail clinics to the hospitals, emergency rooms, and thus the retail clinics will have...