This post was originally published on 4/25/2012 Implementing an EMR is not supposed to be easy, but after you implement and learn, your clinical life is supposed to be easier. At least that’s the hope. I’ve talked to several providers who have found, and continue to find after a long time, that documentation is harder,…
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Making the Future Happen
This post was originally published on 2/28/2012 “When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” John M. Richardson I’ve been thinking about how I started my career in medicine. In grammar school, I had vague…
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Badges? We don’t need no stinking badges!
This article was originally published on 1/24/2012 I was recently reminded of the fable of the straw that broke the camel’s back. The Pennsylvania Medical Society website received a flurry of comments – more than 50 in about a week – on (what we thought) was a rather innocuous article outlining new interim regulations for…
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The Conflict Triangle
This article was originally published on 1/17/2012 “I’m as mad as hell, and I am not going to take this anymore!”* I think I know why physicians seem so ticked off right now. You may say physician discontent is an old story, but right now it feels different. I know this from almost a year…
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