

Technical Support for EHR's
A recent conversation at a highly-respected and decades-old EHR vendor brought up the issue of tech-support for EDs and clinics, and how...


COMPARTMENTALIZING, PRIORITIZING, ACCUMULATING, AND COORDINATING: A BIT OF HISTORY:
As an emergency medicine resident in the (very) late 1970’s I serendipitously happened to create one of the earliest renditions of an ED...


Reimagining the Electronic Health Record
In the article What Will EHRs Look Like in 2020? and my associate’s recent blog on “2020 Hindsight”, both identify the need for...


Why the Consumer “Loves” the Emergency Department
The article US Emergency-room Visits Keep Climbing posted in the Wall Street Journal reports the not unexpected rise in Emergency...


Is Lack of Interoperability a Factor in Emergency Department Revisits and Readmissions?
In the revisit rates and associated costs after an emergency department encounter article, discusses the revisit and readmission results...


We're on the "Eve of Destruction"
In the song We're on the Eve of Destruction, singer Barry McGuire laments the end of western civilization due to endless worldwide strife...


Avoiding the Potential Legal Quicksand of Opening an Urgent Care
Opening an urgent care can be a fulfilling experience but to be successful takes more than good medical care. The Top Four Legal Issues...


Cost of a Click
In the article, The Hidden Cost of a Click, the author states, “A bad user interface can turn an EMR/HER into a minefield of medical...


Danger, Danger Will Robinson
As Electronic Medical Records mature, the legal community is getting the handle on how to use the volumes of data, timelines, and...


The Distracted Provider!
The article Is Your Doctor's Distraction a Good Thing tackles a complex problem in the era of the electronic medical record. A major...