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MPT Podcast 14 – Getting the Most Out of Your Medical Software, with guest Mary Pat Whaley of ManageMyPractice.com This Issue: We only use 10% of the features of most software If you don’t push training, no one will get any better Some basic principles apply to most software
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From our partners at Software Advice comes this nice summary of the recent history of HIPAA violations and breaches. Physicians looking at EMR systems are concerned about the the security of patient records, particularly those systems that reside on the ‘cloud’ – basically, this is when the data is stored remotely from where the practice […]
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What is the quickest way to figure out how to use a new electronic device? Read the manual? No – hand it to a child and let them play with it for a few minutes and show you how it works. But the converse is true as well: if you hand it to an older […]
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Nobody is safe from hackers these days – even your grandmother. In a post on Engadget, scientists from MIT have developed a “shield” to protect pacemakers from being hacked. Since practically any electronic medical device can be tampered with, the scientists have developed a “cloak” that keeps the device protected until the doctor downloads the […]
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A study in the journal Canadian Family Physician found that family physicians like the perceived benefits of Personal Health Records (PHRs), but still have some serious questions about them, according to an article on Information Week HealthCare. Primary care physicians like the potential benefits of PHRs such as making healthcare data more portable and opening […]
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MPT Podcast 13 – Mobile Devices and Apps in Medicine, with guest Mike Meikle, Hawkthorne Group. This Issue: Why are doctors turning to mobile devices? Is the iPad all it’s cracked up to be? What are some drawbacks to these devices? Future trends
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Could Canadian physicians lose their jobs if they don’t go paperless? In an article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, a leading health administrator, speaking at an e-Health conference in Toronto, proposed that physicians in Canada face stiff penalties, including firing, if they do not adopt the use of electronic medical records systems. According to […]
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In MedCity News, Samantha Gluck discusses the ubiquity of social media in medicine – from medical schools to medical practices to hospitals – and some of their pitfalls. Many physicians and physicians-in-training lack some of the etiquette necessary to keep from landing in hot water when it comes to their blogging or tweets, and most […]
