60http://healthitgirl.comThu, 11 Mar 2010 14:35:55 GMTThu, 11 Mar 2010 14:35:55 GMTen jkittredge@voicecode.netnohttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/15/just-for-fun--wordle.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT Girl...e-toolshttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/15/just-for-fun--wordle.aspx#Commentsd8405eef-0ffa-4a93-820c-8f139de63b9aSun, 15 Nov 2009 16:27:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/04/10/cheap-netbooks--a-path-to-affordable-emr.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT Girl...EMRphysicianspractice managementhttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/04/10/cheap-netbooks--a-path-to-affordable-emr.aspx#Commentse00c6927-6fd7-4ec3-9d19-a3b6c2bf3df7Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:16:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/02/09/reduce-costs-let-the-patient-do-the-work.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlATMFandangoAirline boarding passesHotel reservationsOnline retail ordersComputerized phone helpOnline helpInformation technology has provided cost savings in the examples above by enlisting the help of the customer. Somehow, healthcare has not caught on to this. When I make an appointment to see the doctor, a live person researches the doctor’s availability, then tries to accommodate my schedule. When I arrive for my appointment, the front desk photocopies my insurance card while I hand write demographic and health information on paper forms. People are accustomed to entering their demographic data and payment information, navigating through lists, schedules and options, pressing buttons on their ...e-toolsphysicianspatientshttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/02/09/reduce-costs-let-the-patient-do-the-work.aspx#Commentsf1e41b0c-cf82-4dde-8dd9-6d019d42b558Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:18:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/02/02/adam-bosworth-how-to-spend-50-billion-on-health-it.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlAdam Bosworth spoke at the TEPR Conference today about how President Obama can best spend the $50 billion that will be available when the stimulus package is signed. Mr. Bosworth, one of the founders of Google Health, left Google in 2007 to create his own health IT company, Keas. Even though he has a long history as a techie (he worked at Microsoft before Google), he believes money could be better spent, not on IT, but on providing incentives for patients and doctors to work together to create health plans for healthy lifestyles. He believes ...e-toolshealth 2.0politicshttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/02/02/adam-bosworth-how-to-spend-50-billion-on-health-it.aspx#Comments5c59b30e-5b65-4f96-b9b4-5d7d1cc015baMon, 02 Feb 2009 17:14:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/29/2009-tepr-conference.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlNext week I will be attending the 2009 TEPR (Toward an Electronic Patient Record) Conference, blogging and tweeting from sunny Palm Springs. Here are some of the sessions that I look forward to: 1. Web based e-tools Patient Portals Start e-Visits in Your Practice Life in the eMail Age: A Case Study ...http://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/29/2009-tepr-conference.aspx#Commentse1c93a57-1991-4a01-bb6e-494251c5f551Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:29:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/26/5-questions-for-congress-before-doling-out-the-dollars.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlThe new stimulus bill is huge in terms of dollars, winners and losers.Once again, big corporations are the winners and the little guys can't get in the game. I take this personally, because I work for a small start-up that provides IT solutions to small physician practices at low to moderate pricing.Frankly, I do not see how this bill will encourage us to spend tax dollars wisely.One provision of the bill mandates that federal funds only be used for health information technology that is certified by the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology, or CCHIT. Mandating that physicians ...e-toolsphysicianspoliticshttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/26/5-questions-for-congress-before-doling-out-the-dollars.aspx#Comments47711f29-c91c-4157-92ec-0faa9f8ca035Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:03:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/22/patients-use-facebook-to-get-better-care.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlIf you are sick, one way to get better care is to consult the internet. Not by typing your symptoms into Google for self-diagnosis, but by tapping into social networks to find the best doctor and health care facility. Researching symptoms online can make you feel like you are doing due diligence, but your time is far better spent finding a person who has the education and training to properly diagnose your illness and provide you with the best care for your condition. Social networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin are perfectly suited for doing this type of research ...facebookphysicianstwitterpatientse-toolslinkedinhttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/22/patients-use-facebook-to-get-better-care.aspx#Comments9e029cdf-ff12-4694-b833-f54b6627ad27Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:21:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/19/7-ways-for-a-physician-practice-to-use-facebook.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlIn this post I noted that patients want more online access to their doctors. Most of the suggestions facebookphysicianspatientse-toolshttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/19/7-ways-for-a-physician-practice-to-use-facebook.aspx#Comments027954c8-9bcd-40e0-920b-2c2ddf1f6498Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:30:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/19/replace-paper-charts-with-this-tablet.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlTechCrunch recently posted about their prototype Crunchpad, a bare-bones tablet for web-surfing. e-toolsphysiciansEMRpatientspractice managementhttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/19/replace-paper-charts-with-this-tablet.aspx#Commentsc167fcea-7224-49c8-b135-9d7a2dd31d2cMon, 19 Jan 2009 12:17:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/15/7-killer-iphone-apps-for-doctors.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlI love this post by Joshua Schwimmer, M.D. where he lists his predictions for iphone applications that will be developed and rolled out in the future. While we wait for those,e-toolsphysiciansiphonehttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/15/7-killer-iphone-apps-for-doctors.aspx#Comments38a36faf-8304-46e2-9542-77e6d39f531eThu, 15 Jan 2009 21:29:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/09/the-best-medical-innovations-from-the-last-25-years.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlAs my 25 year college reunion draws closer, it has me waxing nostalgic for the <br>80s. I&nbsp;still love&nbsp;those old mix tapes that my boyfriend made for me. ...medical innovationtwitterpatientshttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/09/the-best-medical-innovations-from-the-last-25-years.aspx#Comments0b17d69e-ee1a-43a8-bbdb-087cad1620fcWed, 14 Jan 2009 08:30:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/12/web-20-for-physicians.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlIn this post I laid out what patients want in terms of communication and connectivity. It turns out that e-toolsphysiciansweb 2.0patientspractice managementhttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/12/web-20-for-physicians.aspx#Commentsfcfa9e33-b149-41ba-b206-4c21d9dfd671Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:00:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/07/easing-the-pain-in-the--of-getting-paid.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlOn average, a physician practice needs to submit a claim to an insurance company <br>two and a half times in order to be paid. ...e-toolsinsurancephysicianspractice managementhttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/07/easing-the-pain-in-the--of-getting-paid.aspx#Comments0f8a7026-de3e-41a2-9ab9-eb98973db9f9Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:46:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/05/9-ways-for-doctors-to-use-twitter.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlTwitter has been called a stupid, silly, time-wasting folly, &nbsp;but I <br>think&nbsp;it is a way to connect. For the uninitiated, Twitter is ...e-toolsphysicianstwitterhttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/05/9-ways-for-doctors-to-use-twitter.aspx#Comments29595f1f-6b27-4ba9-af65-014462c3c9ecMon, 05 Jan 2009 11:06:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/01/physician-shortages-how-to-stop-the-bleeding.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlYesterday’s article in the Washington Post about the Shortage of General Surgeons in Rural America comes on the heels of these stories from the past 2 months:insurancephysicianstort reformpoliticspractice managementhttp://healthitgirl.com/2009/01/01/physician-shortages-how-to-stop-the-bleeding.aspx#Commentsea9ead3f-3299-42d8-bf0b-8f4f155dcb45Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/30/internet-better-than-sex.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlSome 65% of US adults say they cannot live without internet access and nearly <br>half of women (46%, vs. 30% of men) would rather give up sex for two weeks than <br>give up the web for the same amount of time, according to a <A <br>href="http://www.marketingcharts.com/television/nearly-half-of-us-women-would-give-up-sex-before-internet-7241/">study</A>&nbsp; <br>conducted by <A href="http://www.harrisinteractive.com/">Harris Interactive</A> <br>and sponsored by <A href="http://www.intel.com/">Intel Corporation</A>. ...e-toolsphysicianspatientshttp://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/30/internet-better-than-sex.aspx#Commentsd60dae19-7f27-49a5-b9ba-86b81e468a07Tue, 30 Dec 2008 12:15:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/19/interview-with-william-rogers-md.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlDr. William Rogers is an emergency room physician who also works at&nbsp;The <br>Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).<br><br>At CMS, Dr. Rogers works <br>to reduce the regulatory burden on physicians who participate in Medicare. As a <br>follow-up to my post on <A <br>href="http://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/17/cms-santa-or-scrooge.aspx">CMS: Santa <br>or Scrooge?</A>, I spoke with Dr. Rogers about CMS's e-prescription <br>incentives.<br><br> ...physiciansPQRIe-prescribehttp://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/19/interview-with-william-rogers-md.aspx#Commentse6e85da5-1fff-4886-94a6-4a3bf561f6d2Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/19/i-need-an-operationnow-what.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlThe book, <A href="http://www.facs.org/public_info/patientguidebook.html">I Need <br>an Operation...Now What? A Patient’s Guide to a Safe and Successful Outcome</A>, <br>written by Thomas R. Russell, MD&nbsp;outlines what&nbsp;patients should <br>consider before&nbsp;undergoing an operation. ...e-toolsphysiciansEMRtranscription based EMRhttp://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/19/i-need-an-operationnow-what.aspx#Commentsb6af8260-c40d-4350-88d3-1d21e694851cFri, 19 Dec 2008 20:56:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/17/cms-santa-or-scrooge.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT Girl<br><P>The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, <A <br>href="http://www.cms.hhs.gov/">CMS</A>, on the other hand, is donning its Santa <br>hat for the coming year with cash incentives (2% in 2009) to doctors who <br>prescribe using electronic methods rather than paper prescription pads.</P> ...e-prescribehttp://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/17/cms-santa-or-scrooge.aspx#Commentsa89215d6-8ce4-4dc5-93f6-5ac8a3c9eaaaFri, 19 Dec 2008 02:25:00 GMThttp://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/17/the-best-doctors.aspx?ref=rssHealth IT GirlThe best doctors ask the question "Does this provide the best care for the <br>patient?" in order to make decisions about all aspects of their practice, from <br>how the phone is answered, to what IT systems they use, to what medical <br>procedures are performed. ...EMRphysicianspatientshttp://healthitgirl.com/2008/12/17/the-best-doctors.aspx#Comments4a31ea7f-a20c-47cf-9179-9b34eca60d73Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:43:00 GMT