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Information at the Surgeon’s Fingertips

Written by Scott Lull

For one health system, a PACS implementation is but a single step in a journey toward improved efficiency and patient care.

Doctors and nurses are demanding customers—and for good reason, as lives are at stake on a daily basis. As a result, healthcare IT implementations often face more than purely technical challenges. Even if a solution is technically perfect, physician adoption can prove to be a fatal obstacle if care providers do not see the value in evolving established routines and procedures to incorporate technology-based solutions. The ability to overcome end-user resistance through better process understanding, smart planning and stakeholder engagement can mean the difference between a healthcare IT implementation’s success or its ultimate failure.

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Better Phone-free Virtual Visits

Written by Robin Blair, Editor

Aetna covers online doctor-patient communication for insured members in Florida and California.

Has anyone on this planet not been frustrated by the typical call-routing system used by his physician’s office? Press “one” for this, press “two” for that, stay on the line to speak with an operator.

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Make a Difference

Written by Robin Blair, Editor

Louisiana-based solo practitioner uses information technology to make a difference in his medical practice.

Twenty years ago, Neil Notaroberto was an accomplished and well-paid computer programmer. He liked his work and he enjoyed information technology, but sitting in an office all day was, at best, not his proverbial cup of tea.

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EHRs and Information Availability:

Written by Jim Grogan

The EHR initiative is changing the face of disaster and the nature of prevention planning.

On April 27, 2004, the age of the electronic health records (EHR) in the United States took a major step forward. President Bush called for the creation, at the federal level, of a National Coordinator of Healthcare Information Technology within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Today, HHS has appointed the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) to coordinate the development of standards, and has awarded contracts to four companies to develop prototypes of a national health information network. The goal for these competing contracts is to see if by using standards-based architectures, information can be effectively shared across what, in essence, will be competing commercial solutions.

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The Home Healthcare Pot of Gold

Written by Mike McBride, Associate Editor

An at-home healthcare organization finds reduced accounts receivables and increased clinical efficiency at the end of a complete system-change rainbow.

Does anybody prefer the hospital to home when they are ill? Cold, impersonal and overcrowded, versus, familiar surroundings and loving care—not a tough choice. Just the thought of entering a hospital can impart stress, and stress impedes healing. That aside, some patients are simply too frail to leave their homes for treatment. As the country's aging populace grows increasingly dependent on primary care, what is an already stressed healthcare industry going to do? Clearly, organizations that treat patients at home represent a growing and appealing trend in American healthcare.

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Group Practices

Group Practices Feature Story

Information at the Surgeon’s Fingertips

For one health system, a PACS implementation is but a single step in a journey toward improved efficiency and patient care.

Better Phone-free Virtual Visits

Aetna covers online doctor-patient communication for insured members in Florida and California.

Make a Difference

Louisiana-based solo practitioner uses information technology to make a difference in his medical practice.

EHRs and Information Availability:

The EHR initiative is changing the face of disaster and the nature of prevention planning.

The Home Healthcare Pot of Gold

An at-home healthcare organization finds reduced accounts receivables and increased clinical efficiency at the end of a complete system-change rainbow.

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