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Vantage principal quoted in PT in Motion magazine

Carrie Grubbs — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:40:55 +0000

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA was quoted in an article in the May 2010 issue of the publication, PT in Motion. The article, titled “Contemporary Topics in Health Care: Data Mining,” quoted Mr. Quatre with regard to the use of data mining by physical therapists.

See an excerpt from the article below:

Tannus Quatre, PT, MBA, principal and consultant for Vantage Clinical Solutions, Inc., believes data mining is helping the practice of physical therapy.

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Healthcare in the future…a scenario worth striving for?

Kyle Fleischmann, PT, MS, OCS — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:58:59 +0000

What would the future of healthcare look like if we could connect provider and patient using technology on an even greater level than we currently do? What if patients were more engaged in their own care through increased access to their personal records? What if providers allowed for greater collaboration between themselves and their patients when making decisions? What if patient ‘consumerism’ was the norm? What if patients actually started taking care of themselves? These…

Electronic health records: Panacea or problematic?

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 17:00:40 +0000

I’m a big supporter of electronic health records (a.k.a. EHR, electronic medical records, EMR, personal health records, PHR, and on and on). The benefits are too many to do it justice in this short post, but efficiency, error control, speed, automation, and interconnectivity are among some of the most desirable aspects of the technology.

But is EHR / EMR all it’s cracked up to be? Are there reasons NOT to adopt? Are electronic health records for…

Massachusetts healthcare policy gets a shot in the arm – actually, it gets three

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:29:08 +0000

How’s this for a healthcare policy trifecta? – Gift bans for pharma reps, $25 million in EMR incentives for private practices, and university requirements to boost primary care graduates. Three big issues in healthcare today…one clean law to deal with them.

Tackling major issues in healthcare policy isn’t easy, and tackling three large ones with one fell swoop is quite ambitious. Pushed forward by Senate President Therese Murray, the new Massachusetts law was signed into…

Standards: The answer to widespread adoption of personal health records

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:00:22 +0000

As much as electronic medical records (EMR’s) have been the topic of conversation in the healthcare profession over the last 10 years, most of the buzz has been around the “potential” rather than “impact” of the technology.

One of the main reasons for this is that there exists a lack of standards that allow for the transfer of information between EMR systems. There are some great EMR systems out there, but for EMR’s to really…

Kaiser pilots Microsoft HealthVault

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:29:23 +0000

In a big nod to Microsoft HealthVault, the software behemoth’s independent, online personal health record (PHR), Kaiser is rolling out a pilot of the HealthVault system by allowing its 159,000 employees to trial the online PHR. Employees will be given the option of transferring data between Kaiser’s online PHR and HealthVault. A successful pilot may mean a roll out to Kaiser members, a member base of 8.7 million insured.

This leap of faith between Kaiser…

Google Health is here

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:21:51 +0000

After a successful pilot project at the Cleveland Clinic, Google Health is finally available for use by the public. Will this change the tracking of medical conditions, reduce drug interactions and improve the overall quality of healthcare communication between patients and physicians? We’ll find out shortly.

From The New York Times:

Google enters the field of personal health records with a leading online brand, deep pockets and a wealth of technical skills.

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Choosing the right practice management software for your practice

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:17:27 +0000

I wrote this article for the April 2008 issue Impact magazine, a professional journal that is read by owners of private practice physical therapy clinics throughout the U.S. The information is applicable to all types of healthcare practices with regard to choosing a practice management software package that is the right fit.

We all know that practice management software is here to stay. And while

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Change Management Key to EMR Implementation

Kyle Fleischmann, PT, MS, OCS — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:25:43 +0000

I have assisted with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) roll-out into a number of small to medium sized healthcare clinics. Careful planning and management of these projects is important for successful EMR implementation and seems to become even more critical as the number of employees in a practice rises. I came face-to-face with this recently as I assisted with the implementation of an IT infrastructure and a software package into a 7 physician practice with 33 employees. Planning, management, and communication at all…

Finding doctors (and appointment times) online

Tannus Quatre PT, MBA — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 23:32:28 +0000

Free market enterprise is daily finding more of a home in the healthcare industry. Of recent note are moves by Microsoft and Google to become big players in the personal health record (PHR) market, but it’s not just the big guns that are bringing consumer-friendly tools into the heart of medical practice operations.

The Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative blog posted recently about an