“A Luxury Beyond Belief”
Given all the complaints one reads from and about physicians using EHR systems, it is refreshing indeed to hear a physician voice appreciation for his hospital’s EHR. Listen to Dr. Stan Frochtzwajg,...
View ArticleLessons of Mercy
Process can be as important as technology in order to successfully deploy and gain physician adoption of a hospital EHR. That was the message conveyed by Rahul Agarwal, vice president of business...
View ArticleSee You at HIMSS16
We’re now a week away from the annual healthcare IT industry mega-event, HIMSS. For sheer spectacle, this year the show, back in Las Vegas, will be competing with the host city. But glitz aside, what’s...
View ArticleA Prescription for Physician Applications
The president of the AMA, Steven Stack, M.D., is spot on in his diagnosis of what’s wrong with most of today’s applications designed for physicians: “We live in a world where a 2- or 3-year-old can...
View ArticleRe-imagining Healthcare IT
The AMA’s CEO Dr. James Madara caused a stir recently when he likened today’s healthcare IT to “digital snake oil” during remarks at the 2016 AMA Annual Meeting. His analogy aside, the physician...
View ArticleFreedom (But No Fireworks) for Physicians
Tis the season for celebrating independence. In the world of healthcare, however, it seems there’s less of it all the time – for example, physician practices continue to be acquired by health networks,...
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