by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 21, 2008 | Innovation, Memes
Now for something a little bit different for my Monday morning resource post. I came across two recently published studies that I found interesting – both about people tapping into the Internet for health information. It doesn’t seem that long ago (it...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 21, 2008 | Innovation
Okay, I admit it. I am a Geek. I was so happy to be attending my first conference at Microsoft Headquarters in Redmond, Washington, that they didn’t even have to really impress me. But they did. I can’t say I was agog at the actual Conference Center; although...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 10, 2008 | Innovation
TED is Technology, Entertainment, Design and the TED Conference which began as a way to bring together thinkers from the three converging fields, will celebrate 25 years in 2009. My son told me about TED Talks a few months ago, and I loved the very first TED Talk I...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Sep 9, 2008 | Innovation, Memes
My practice spends about $9,000 a year going to the bank. That’s what it costs for the time it takes for one person to open the envelopes, separate the checks from the EOBs, add the check totals, stamp the backs of the checks, copy/scan the checks, write the...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 24, 2008 | Innovation
Yep, I’m heading to the Microsoft campus this week to take part in HUG, the Health Users Group Conference. I’m doing my homework and trying to get the most out of my visit by catching up on what Microsoft is doing in the healthcare sector. I found two...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 23, 2008 | Electronic Medical Records, Innovation
My August 20th post (read it here) noted that Dragon voice recognition software has been quietly gaining acceptance as a mainstream solution to hefty transcription costs and EMR integration. 10% of the healthcare providers in the United States are currently using...
