Physicians, hospitals and other providers are being misled by industry pundits claiming that more health information technology (as in EMRs, PHRs, Smart…
I did a dumb thing a couple of weeks ago. I fell off a ladder on to a cement floor and broke…
Patient-Centered Communications – Does “Lack of Time” Justify Physician Reluctance To Adopt It?
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I talk with lot of physicians about the need to improve the quality of communications between physicians and patients. Regular followers of…
Will Information Technology Squeeze Physicians Out Of Their Central Role In Health Care?
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Not by a long shot if patients have anything to say about it. Turns out that while most of us (90%) would…
The following is s post by Carolyn Thomas, a fellow 2012 Stanford Medicine X e-patient scholar, which she wrote for her award-winning…
Patient Portals. PHRs, & On-line Decision-Support Tools Alone Will Not Lead To Greater Patient Engagement
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Patient engagement is getting a lot of attention these days, particularly in the health information technology press. Anticipation of Stage 2 Meaningful…
One of the biggest problems with health care today is that there is way too much information and way too little communication…
I wonder how many problems like non-compliance, usually attributed to “poor patient behavior,” actually stem from long-term physician-patient relationships in which both parties…
Why We Aren't Ready for Patient-Centered Care
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The follow is a guest post by Aanand D. Naik, MD @empoweringpts. We hear lots of discussion nowadays about Patient-Centered Care. Most…