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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 […]
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MPT Podcast 11 – Five Best Practices for EHR Implementation, with guest Chris Mertens, VP of the Personal Systems Group for Hewlett-Packard. This Issue: Why you should take a good look at your processes before purchasing an EMR system How to minimize lost productivity Why installation of an EMR system is not the final step […]
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In part 1, we discussed some of the nuances of registering for Meaningful Use (MU) reporting and why most practices would be better off waiting until 2012 – such as still being able to qualify for E-Prescribing incentives. In part 2, we give you an action plan for getting your practice ready for MU. How […]
