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How to win a patient for life
Deb Beaulieu
Earlier this week, I spent a total of six hours driving to, attending and driving home from a 20-minute annual checkup, and I don't regret a second of it. As I mentioned in a
ACOs must be ready to manage populations with tech, staff
For accountable care organizations (ACO) to succeed in their goal of providing improved care at reduced cost, participants are being asked to use data to more effectively manage populations of
Patients email docs about conditions, complaints
Despite the years-long debate over the pros and cons of physician-patient email , there's been little insight available to doctors about what kinds of messages to expect from patients or vice versa.
Behind the EHR headache is patient care
I first started writing about physician practices shortly after we'd all survived Y2K, and electronic health records (EHR) were predicted to be the next big thing to revolutionize healthcare. Early
EHR incentive programs in 2011: A letdown?
The Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive programs seem to be getting mixed reviews, to some extent. Many laud the initiatives as a way to jumpstart the adoption of EHRs and move
Few practices using regional extension centers, despite EMR struggles
EMR implementation is no small feat for any healthcare organization. Small practices, in particular, tend to really struggle in not only ditching paper in the first place, but also in optimizing the
MGMA: HIT, ACOs top medical practices' struggles
For the fourth year, the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) polled its members to find out what issues have been keeping physician group leaders up at night. According to the MGMA 2011
Med groups take 'wait-and-see' approach to ACOs
The challenges of creating or optimizing an accountable care organization (ACO) currently rank among the top five pressures faced by medical groups, according to a recent survey from the Medical
Sebelius: HIT key to ACOs, improved care
Health IT is essential not only to accountable care organizations (ACO) but also healthcare in general, said HIT advocate Kathleen Sebelius, MPA, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health &
Reverse mentoring: The secret to retaining seasoned docs?
My dad, a seasoned businessman, taught me the secrets I'd need to have neighborhood newspaper customers start calling the company to ask for me by name as their carrier. I was nine years old,
