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Technology mandates ruining primary care
May 14, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding “Leap to ICD-11 not recommended: AMA board”: Our government is systematically decimating the practice of medicine in the U.S. It is past time to acknowledge the real costs and challenges of electronic...
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VistA overhyped
April 15, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding “Dear John Stewart,” I work in Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, the first merged...
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Communal data plan needed
March 18, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding “The next big app,” the patient needs access to everything that exists out there that pertains to them, the same way that the providers do.
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Examine training, EHR issues
March 04, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding “Diagnostic errors common in primary care, study finds”: This article brings up several important issues. Time is of the essence in medical care today. Physicians have a limited period of time to...
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Rural markets will still face challenges
January 10, 2013 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
There is some relevant information here, but stating "the impact of diverting a fraction of patient appointments to nonphysician professionals or of addressing some of the demand through electronic communication channels,...
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In disaster, EHRs still better than paper
October 31, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding "Superstorm Sandy knocks out power at East Coast hospitals, prompting...
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EHRs and political posturing
October 24, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
In an election year, and when public focus on "wasteful" government spending is ratcheted up, I'm not sure whether this is all that surprising.
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Culture of privacy needs patients' involvement
October 23, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding “Develop a culture of privacy, ONC's Pritts says”: I agree with the concept of a privacy culture in all medical facilities. I also believe that patients must also develop a culture of privacy.
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What's next for Allscripts?
October 03, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding "Allscripts mum on sale rumors": Will someone step up and take Allscripts out of its misery?
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Fax-forward
September 21, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding "Blog: A little patience for the health IT revolution": Thirty-five years...
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Data encryption a good start, but more needed
August 28, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding "Blog: In a flurry of rules, feds got a few things right": Great post,...
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No rules needed on work info in EHRs
June 29, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding "Feedback sought on use of work info in EHRs": Does the National Institute for...
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Breach penalties don't match prevention costs
April 03, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding "IT Everything: Info Technology Blog – Privacy breach shows little improvement":
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Mostashari is right on
March 16, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding "EHR study authors slam Mostashari response": I completely agree with Dr. Mostashari.
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It's time to stop postponing ICD-10
February 14, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Obviously many have speculated that ICD-10 implementation would be, yet again, postponed. I feel that it has been put off long enough and now it is time to stick to the timelines.
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Last on the bus?
January 27, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding "AMA chief asks Boehner to stop ICD-10": If we expect to be the leader in healthcare, do we...
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Meaningful-use beat goes on
January 20, 2012 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Thanks, Joe, for covering the WorldVistA conference for those of us who missed it.
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A deadline is a deadline
December 22, 2011 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
The reason people aren't ready is because they assumed CMS would offer extensions.
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Friction an apt analogy
November 29, 2011 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding "CHIME Time: Focus on friction in health IT": This is a fantastic posting; it leaves you with a...
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Time to oppose ICD-10 is past
November 17, 2011 | Basic Web Basic Web Subscription Details
Regarding "AMA opposes ICD-10": As my grandmother would have said, this is "a day late and a dollar short." The time to oppose ICD-10 is...
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