According to an article on the AMA Med News online, increased age of a physician is not necessarily correlated with resistance to EMR use. A study at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston published in JAMA found that physicians who were at least ten years out of training and busier than their younger counterparts were […]
Medical Practice Technology Trends
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According to an article on Reuters Health, “Flagging medical errors through a system that emphasizes a lack of punishment and maintains anonymity yields more reports than a traditional method of reporting errors, a team of doctors has found.” After introducing the new system at a pediatric clinic in North Carolina, the number of reported mistakes […]
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From the HealthcareIT News blog comes an article on the top 10 things that readers hate about electronic medical records via a Twitter thread: It doesn’t measure up to paper It’s hard to use It doesn’t provide the basics It’s cumbersome It’s ineffective It doesn’t allow for patient interaction It doesn’t protect patient privacy It […]
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Most practices breathe a sigh of relief after their new EMR software is installed and running. But now comes the hard part: getting the staff and the doctors to accept and use it. The following is a list of ten “Commandments” borrowed from our practice administrator, Don Cushing M.Ed. MBA, who has years of experience […]
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Below is an actual letter received – and almost thrown away – by an employee of a medical practice. They almost threw it away because it looked like junk mail. It turned out to be a letter from a RAC (Recovery Audit Contractor) who was auditing their practice. They figured that the letter was purposefully […]