I have had multiple conversations recently with people who were genuinely trying to understand why their doctor’s office operates the way it does. They wonder why it takes so long to get an appointment with their doctor, and then why the actual appointments seem so rushed. Many of them suspect the physician is pre-occupied with [...]
Regardless of your position on health care reform, recent legislation will change the way we operate our businesses. Small companies will have to determine whether they want to grow and thereby become responsible for additional requirements under the new laws. Companies will need to determine if they want to add wellness programs to their benefit [...]
I recently had breakfast with an IT colleague who was venting about one of her healthcare clients. She was amazed at the vastness of the paper mess in their environment. She couldn’t understand in 2010 why a healthcare entity would still be surrounded by stacks of paper. I have to admit it—I laughed at her [...]
Be honest. Has it crossed your mind to sell your practice to a hospital or retire rather than deal with the pain of implementing and using a new electronic medical record (EMR) system? Two of the biggest reasons physicians are hesitant about implementing electronic medical records are 1) the cost of implementing a system and [...]
