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From the KevinMD blog comes this post posing the question, Does using an EMR system cause emotional detachment from patients? I have often heard the remark from colleagues who don’t use EMR that they are concerned about sitting behind a monitor and losing that personal connection with their patients. My reply is this: haven’t we […]
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From the Boston Childrens Hospital comes an innovative web-based tool for disease management, the eDMC or electronic Developmental Medicine Center. This came as a result of the challenges inherent in obtaining information from parents on their children with health-related social problems. It is difficult enough, as they point out, to get family members to fill […]
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Mac EMR Software Guide – Bonus Resource. Many healthcare professionals are looking to Apple products such as the iPad, iPod, and iPhone to complement their medical practices. But how many are looking to actually run their practice’s EMR on a Mac? While many are investigating the feasibility of running a Mac-based practice, they’re finding that there are […]
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The variety of new technology coming into the market can sometime make one’s head spin. Physicians are especially vulnerable to the call of the latest, greatest gadget. The Apple iPad certainly fits the bill when it comes to the consumer – entertainment, apps, great design. But can that translate to the environment of the medical […]
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Hidden on the second page of an article on Information Week on healthcare IT was a quick comment regarding adoption of electronic medical records and their effect on malpractice insurance premiums. We all are aware that for the past several years, doctors have been told that if they implement EMR – with their superior documentation […]
