by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 20, 2008 | Electronic Medical Records, Innovation
Five years ago I worked for a physician who used Dragon to dictate his office notes. He put in the time to teach Dragon his voice and successfully dictated, edited, and printed his own notes. He eliminated all transcription costs, and was a favorite of the staff as no...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Aug 20, 2008 | Innovation, Medicare & Reimbursement
Here are two of the newest healthcare games on the market. First up, Rite Aid: They’re giving $30 gas debit cards with the transfer of a prescription to their store. If the Rx stays with Rite Aid, consumer’s name stays in play to win the gas lottery...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 30, 2008 | Innovation
Under the category of using existing software for new purposes, radiologists at Renji Hospital and Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine are using iTunes to house and sort medical PDFs of images and research documents. Download Squad has the story...
by Mary Pat Whaley | Jul 8, 2008 | Innovation
HIStalk (an interesting healthcare IT blog written anonymously) has a great interview with Michael Nissenbaum, President and CEO of iMedica. Nissenbaum speaks about his 10 years in the field with Millbrook, GE and now iMedica, talks about Misys leasing the iMedica EHR...