In a sign of the times of the current political environment, the Montana senate initially rejected federal incentive funds for its state’s hospitals and community centers, but after consideration decided to reverse its decision. In an article on NextGov.com, John Pulley writes that Republicans took a hard line in the beginning, “rejecting the money as […]
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Previously I have talked about the perils of social media as it relates to its use between physicians and their employees. And if you haven’t already checked it out, we have a great interview (on our webstore) with Robyn Hankins, an attorney specializing in employment and contract law, entitled “MySpace in the Workplace”, that describes […]
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Financial incentives have been used before to try to get physicians to use EMR – with mixed results. As Eric Brown points out in an article on the Forrester blog, grants and such supplied physicians with money to offset the expenses of purchasing electronic medical records software and associated hardware. But as soon as they […]
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Just as medical practices are wrapping their brains aroung HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) standards, now they have to be worried about new PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards). Or do they? First, a little background on PCI-DSS. The PCI Security Standards Council was founded by major credit vendors including American Express, […]
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On American Medical News, a report on a meeting of the AMA National Advocacy Conference found CMS Administrator Donald Berwick, MD, answering some tough questions, including the effect that some reimbursement cuts have had on certain specialties and challenges to EMR adoption. Also on the agenda was David Blumenthal, MD, the outgoing national health information […]
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So you’ve been hearing all about the recent EHR buzz and decided to give it a try. Whether you are convinced that electronic records are the way to go, or you have reached a point where you are willing to give it a try, the first thing to do is buy one of those EHRs. […]
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One of my partners recently attended a medical meeting where they had a breakout session on EMR implementation. The speakers told the practices to expect to have an initial 50% decrease in productivity when they implemented EMR. Why? Because the consultants that help practices go paperless will tell practices to cut their clinic volume in […]
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Recently there has been some buzz about a study out of Stanford University, which appeared in the Archives of Internal Medicine, stating that there was no significant improvement in quality of care using electronic medical records systems compared to paper record, with the exception of diet counseling for adults. However, as pointed out in an […]
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According to a report by FiercePracticeManagement, one-third of physicians in the US today are over the age of 65. And there are concerns about the impact that cognitive impairment in these doctors has on patient care. A 2006 study found that “patient mortality for complicated procedures was higher when the surgeon was over age 60.” […]
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According to a post on FiercePracticeManagement, a study by the Mayo Clinic found “a staggering one in 16 surgeons has contemplated suicide.” This is about double that of the general population. Although surgeons have several factors which typically would make them less prone to these thoughts – highly educated, most are employed, and most are […]