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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 […]
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As if medical practices don’t have enough to worry about with EMR implementation, now they have to decide what kind of EMR system to get: a client-server-based system or a web-based system. The former is the kind that most of us are familiar with. You purchase a computer server, buy a license for the EMR […]
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If you Google “Pros and Cons of EMR” you will pull up a plethora of listings about why (or why not) you should consider switching from paper records to electronic ones. But, at this point, is this a pretty stupid debate? And, yes, I know, even here we have discussed both sides of the argument […]
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We have all heard about how many patients are killed or maimed by their seemingly trustworthy physicians. According to a blog on CommonSenseMD, the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care states that the five most common medical errors are: medication prescribing laboratory testing misfiling of medical records medication dispensing, […]
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That feels like it should be said with a German accent. But seriously, the date for registration for Medicare’s EHR incentive payment program begins on January 3, 2011. According to a report on MassDevice.com, the CMS and the ONCHIT (Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology) have announced key milestones for implementation of […]
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An oldie but a goodie. Here is a nice discussion of the pros and cons of using a laptop with an EMR system by Bill Horvath II, CXO of DoX Systems. Bottom line (my take, at least): if you are solo and/or travel a lot between practice and hospital, a laptop solution might be for […]
