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If you’ve adopted an electronic health records system at your practice, you may be considering the next step: joining a health information exchange. Perhaps you’ve even been approached by a local, state, or regional HIE or rural health information organization
In the early 1990s, Barbara Starfield, a pediatrician and health services researcher, identified the four key attributes of primary care: ?rst-contact care, continuity of care, comprehensive care, and coordinated care. Two decades later, primary care providers are still working –
Many more practices are considering the cloud computing option. After all, it’s more than just a buzzword – it’s fast, less clunky, highly efficient, scalable, and usually cheaper. Not to mention, when cloud-computing options are secure, they minimize privacy issues
When I left medical school for a brief period to complete my MBA, colleagues offered variations of the question “What do MD and MBA degrees have to do with one another?” I can only speculate about the origin of such
Experienced physicians know there’s a lot about practicing medicine that doctors-to-be don’t learn in med school. The only way for students to truly learn the ins and outs is to engage in some on-site training… and somebody’s got to give
There’s a mass in your lower back and its edges are rough to the touch. You’re anxious, naturally. Perhaps you’re struggling with depression after a divorce. However, you live in a rural area, and finding a specialist would require an
How huge is healthcare? The United States spends over 17% of its GDP on it, so it’s no surprise it’s an evergreen topic in the national conversation. It’s also changing rather quickly – if you think patients engaging with their
As news about the physician shortage abounds, with many predicting that the health care law will exacerbate the problem, you may think the issue only has the potential to cause access problems for patients and overcrowding in hospitals. But don’t
Definitions of ‘cloud’ among providers and other members of the healthcare industry differ wildly – not unlike the principles of chaos theory that define weather forecasts. But here’s a difference. With regards to cloud computing, overcast is best, and the
Tele- is a Greek prefix meaning “distant.” Using the prefix for a growing field of healthcare technology shouldn’t be taken literally, however, or you’d be faced with the difficulty of justifying a misnomer. Telemedicine can bring physicians closer to their
