When I took on TriStar Centennial Medical Center as their IT Director, I inherited a team of nearly 30 seasoned, dedicated team members that …
Healthcare
Urgent, Not Emergent
A statement in a recent article from The Motley Fool attributes the rapid rise of urgent care clinics to failures by hospitals. Long waits …
Motivating the Right Party
Patient engagement is a popular buzz word in healthcare circles right now. Motivation to increase the engagement of a healthcare provider's …
Contrasting Practices
I recently completed a short training course produced by a colleague of mine, Dr. Mark Radlauer, who is both an emergency room physician in …
Why Are Electronic Health Records A Challenge to Implement?
A couple of weeks ago I was privileged to participate in a discussion panel presented by the Nashville Technology Council whose broad topic …
A Well Designed EHR?
A dirty little secret about a lot of EHR implementations is that there are often negative impacts on productivity post implementation. This …
You Don’t Always Get What You Pay For: Part 2
Several months ago I wrote a post about how we don't always get what pay for in regards to healthcare. To follow-up on that theme, today I …
Patient-Centered Spending
Want more proof that lifestyle choices are driving the majority of healthcare expense in the United States? A recent study highlighted by …
Patient-Centered EHRs
In recent years (especially with the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) and new (actually really old) term came back …