Friday, April 3, 2009

The 80-20 Rule of Healthcare

Seeking to understand what patients are using emergency departments most frequently and find solutions, the nonprofit group Integrated Care Collaboration discovered that 9 Austin-area patients accounted for almost 2,700 ED visits over 6 years - an average of one visit per week. Read full article...

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

A Visit With EMR From the Patient's Perspective

In the EMR business, we often talk about the EMR experience for clinicians, but not as often about the experience for patients. This article from the Huffington Post blog gives us perspective on the positives and negatives (mostly positives) of EMR from the patient's point of view. Read full article...