From the monthly archives:

February 2009

Physicians Using “Mouse Calls” to Streamline their Practice

by John on February 9, 2009

Nice article in Freep.com on Michigan doctors embracing electronic communications as tool in their delivery of care: In a glimpse at how the practice of medicine is changing, Michigan’s doctor practices are adding electronic programs to cut telephone tag and unnecessary office visits for routine health questions, prescription refills, lab results and appointment requests. Patients [...]

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Cloud-Based EHRs + PHRs

by John on February 8, 2009

David Kibbe describes an interesting idea today on The Health Care Blog, an EHR service that providers can subscribe to, and allow data sharing with the patients. A hybridized EHR+PHR, if you will. Here’s his description: I call this Clinical Groupware. The term captures the basic notion that he primary purpose for using these IT [...]

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Fighting over Rural Broadband

by John on February 5, 2009

Businessweek just posted an article about the fight shaping up over the rural broadband provisions in the new stimulus package: Broadband Build-Out: Who Will Run the Show? Congress is debating which agency should dispense the stimulus package’s $8.2 billion for broadband expansion. At issue: how best to serve rural areas Well, it’s nice to be [...]

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