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An EMR frustration that is still torturing us

KevinMD

I have written, or more accurately ranted, about electronic medical records (EMR) systems throughout this blog. Of course, EMR has brought tremendous advantages to the medical profession, and we are all […].

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5 steps to fix our EMR disaster

KevinMD

The EMR has become a focal point in the physician burnout discussion. Although I believe EMRs are a necessary evil, current iterations of them are just not good. Each click on a mouse is a prick on the many good souls that figuratively bleed until they are physically and mentally burned out. Scribes are not […].

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@HIMSS, physicians don’t want hype. They just want sensible EMR solutions.

KevinMD

A few years ago, I wrote a KevinMD blog post about how cumbersome it was to complete notes in the electronic medical record (EMR). I proposed a solution in our residency clinic but encountered resistance in the adoption process that eventually led to its abandonment. For someone just trying to solve a problem, it was […].

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How today’s EMRs are like self-driving cars

KevinMD

EMRs with decision support will improve the quality of healthcare. Drivers are distracted klutzes and computers could obviously do better. Self-driving cars will make all of us safer on he road. Doctors have spotty knowledge and keep illegible records. The parallels are obvious.

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When EMRs crash: It’s time to push back

KevinMD

Now, when our electronic medical records (EMR) freezes, malfunctions, or simply goes on strike, our office is paralyzed. The computerized era has introduced all of us to a genre of errors that never existed during the archaic pen and paper era. The paper medical chart I used during most of my career never "crashed." Read more.

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WELL Health to Acquire EMR, Billing and Clinical Assets from CloudMD

Healthcare IT Today

WELL Health is acquiring CloudMD’s Cloud Practice entity which includes OSCAR based Juno EMR or “Electronic Medical Record” and ClinicAid billing Software applications as well as three primary care clinics located in the province of British Columbia. WELL will pay approximately $5.75

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Direct Primary Care Well Represented at #HLTH2022

Healthcare IT Today

It was a pleasant surprise to see Direct Primary Care (DPC) well represented at the recent #HLTH2022 conference. There is real momentum building for this alternate form of care. Two leading DPC technology innovators, were prominent in the exhibit hall and on the main stage: Hint Health and Elation Health.