Archives : electronic medical records
Time to throw in the towel on private practice…or is it?
I don’t buy it.
An article in the New York Times today titled, “More Doctors Giving Up Private Practices,” told the story of an increasing number of physicians who are finding their “bliss” through employed, salaried positions, rather than at the helm of their own private practice. The reason – increased costs, decreased pay, and ultimately unhappier doctors in the private practice environment. Again, I don’t buy it.
The article spoke of the…
Electronic health records: Panacea or problematic?
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…
Standards: The answer to widespread adoption of personal health records
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…
Choosing the right practice management software for your practice
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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Value in finding the right IT person
More often than not, a medical practice will hire the IT “guru” or “specialist” down the street to handle their information technology infrastructure, deployment and ongoing maintenance. In addition, they may rely on this person to help make decisions for a new electronic medical records system or a clinically-related piece of electronic hardware. What often is missing in these processes is the person (or group) that has knowledge of efficient, integrated IT systems AND understands provider needs,…
