From the monthly archives:
July 2008
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What Makes a Great Pediatric EHR?
July 31, 2008A great pediatrician is caring, attentive, available and knowledgeable; a great pediatric office is full of people with these qualities; and a great pediatric EHR allows the doctor and staff to demonstrate what makes them great. Being able to express a caring persona by ...
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Open and Closed Medicine
Medicine is practiced essentially the same way now as it was several hundred years ago. There are new techniques, equipment, tools, materials, etc. However, the way a patient interacts with his/her physician is essentially the same. A patient goes to see his/her doctor. The doctor ...
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Who’s Who – Vulnerabilities and Threats
July 21, 2008As we saw last time, Section 164.308(a)(1) of HIPAA requires you to conduct a risk analysis. We covered some basic definitions to help you understand what a risk analysis is, and what it involves. This week, we cover some basic categories of vulnerabilities and ...
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PHRs: The Next Big Thing?
July 14, 2008Magazines and newspapers are spilling much ink over Personal Health Records (PHRs), the latest piece of IT that will fix healthcare. I asked my small-practice doctor a few weeks ago what he would do if a patient presented him with a PHR. Not ...
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