October 25th, 2011 by Bryan Vartabedian, M.D. in Opinion
Tags: Analog, Digital, Doctor Patient Relationship, E-Patient, Email, EMR, Innovation, Mobile, Online, Paper charts, Smart phone, Snail mail, Socially Connected, Tablet, Technology, Web-based
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While most of us fail to see it, doctors are changing. We’re changing as a result of the social and technological innovation. In 2050 what we do and how we do it will be very different from what we did at the turn of the century. We’re evolving from analog to digital. I think it’s important to consider the ‘digital physician’ as a concept worthy of attention. The training and support of this emerging prototype has to meet its different needs and workflows. Perhaps the criteria by which we choose medical students should take into consideration the anticipated skill sets and demands of this next generation. And we need hard information about the digital physician and her habits.
Here are some differences between the digital and analog physician:
The digital physician
- Information consumption is web-based
- Rarely uses a pen. Care and correspondence is conducted through an EMR.
- Socially connected. Comfortable with real time dialog at least on a peer-to-peer level. Recognizes Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at 33 Charts*
October 25th, 2011 by Happy Hospitalist in Health Policy, Opinion
Tags: Computerized Physician Order Entry, CPOE, Data Mining, EHR, Electronic Medical Record, Electronic Medical Records, EMR, Faster, Hospitalists, Patient Safety, Patients, Primary Care, Trade Off, Unintended Consequences, Work Flow
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With all the talk about how EMR/EHR resources will make practicing medicine better, faster and safer, I learned of an unintended consequence that is probably under appreciated these days. Hospitalists are being asked to admit more and more patients because, for primary care doctors, when they compare EMR medicine with the old way of doing things, EMR is just too time consuming to make it worth their effort.
That’s right, hospitalists are admitting more patients because the primary care doctors find their time costs for navigating their new EMR, which they bought to qualify for EHR stimulus funds under ARRA, are simply too great. In a business where efficiency must prevail, EHRs Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The Happy Hospitalist*
October 25th, 2011 by Dinah Miller, M.D. in Announcements, Opinion
Tags: Bipolar, Clinical, Diagnosis, Disorder, Mental Health, Personal Experience, Psychiatry, Psychology, Responses
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I’d like to ask your help for a moment. I’m going to write a blog post for this week’s Clinical Psychiatry News on Bipolar Disorder. I’d like to know how you see the term used, or the symptoms that are hallmarks of the illness for you. If you respond as my favorite commenter, “Anonymous,” could I ask that you define yourself…psychiatrist, psychologist, pediatrician, patient with bipolar disorder, friend of someone diagnosed with bipolar disorder….
Also, please just off the top of your head, I can read DSM or Google myself, and I’m more interested in Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Shrink Rap*
October 24th, 2011 by Michael Sevilla, M.D. in Opinion
Tags: Advocacy, California Academy of Family Physicians, Comprehensive Care, Data Collection, Development, Dr. Carol Havens, Family Medicine, Leadership, Medical Students, Residents
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Just wanted to get some initial thoughts down following the Family Medicine Summit organized by the California Academy of Family Physicians. I’ll have some more developed thoughts in a later post. These initial thoughts were from the plane going from that meeting to the Mayo Clinic Social Media Summit – the meeting I’m at right now.
First of all, thanks again to the California Academy of Family Physicians for the invitation to speak. The audience was mainly Family Medicine Residents and medical students. From my understanding, the registration numbers exceeded expectations (I take full credit for that – Hehe). It’s always energizing to me to present to residents & students.
The opening keynote was from CAFP President Dr. Carol Havens. She asked the audience for words that they think of when you hear “Family Physician.” And, as you can see from this twitpic, the audience came up with a huge list of Family Physician qualities. My favorites are “comprehensive care,” “revolution,” and, of course, “Love.”
My leadership & advocacy sessions Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Family Medicine Rocks Blog*
October 24th, 2011 by Stanley Feld, M.D. in Health Policy, Opinion
Tags: Aetna, Consumers, Healthcare Insurance Industry, incentive compatibility, Independent Health, Insurance Companies, Lodi Hurwicz, New York, Opacity, Pareto Efficiency, premiums, Price Transparency, Reform
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Truthful information (Price Transparency) is a huge issue in the healthcare system. Hospital systems, physicians, drug companies, pharmacies, the healthcare insurance industry and the government hide behind the opacity of information.
There is a mutual distrust among stakeholders.
This mutual distrust must be overcome and price transparency achieved before any progress can occur in Repairing The Healthcare System.
In order to achieve Pareto efficiency in the healthcare system all the stakeholders must agree to price transparency. The advantage of Pareto efficiency is that Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Repairing the Healthcare System*
