No, it’s not an oxymoron.
From the monthly archives:
Guest post from Louis Wenzlow at the Rural WI Health Cooperative:
In discussing Open Source solutions for small hospitals, my focus is not on health information exchange but on hospital EMR implementation, which is where most small hospitals are concentrating their efforts. Two years ago, my group went through a multiple hospital EMR vendor selection process, [...]
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A recent post on the Health Care Blog begged Washington not to bail out the healthcare industry by funding EMRs across the country. Yep, you read that right – please don’t. However, the author makes a good case for funding innovation over the chaotic, Band-Aid Frankenstein that is our EMR marketplace. To paraphrase, instead of [...]
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from the iHealthBeat:
“Hand-held digital devices might be more effective in monitoring patient behavior in some instances than physician-patient interviews, according to a new study published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, the Kansas City Star reports.
The four-year study, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, looked specifically at people with borderline personality disorder.
Timothy Trull, [...]
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Here’s the rub for healthcare . . . if we stand on principle to “Continue Practicing as We Always Have” and cling to the principle that “We are the Ones Who Will Tell You How You’ll Receive Your Treatment, Because We’re the Doctors/Nurses/Hospitals”, then the public (who are becoming very accustomed to getting what-they-want, when-they-want-it, [...]
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this from Telemedicine and E-Health News:
“The healthcare industry could save nearly $30 billion annually by switching from paper-based business processes to electronic ones, according to a new Healthcare Efficiency Index. The index, launched by Nashville-based revenue cycle management firm Emdeon, notes that the healthcare industry currently saves nearly $24 billion each year [...]
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