January 18, 2013
This is the first post in a series, in which I'll chronicle our health system's implementation of FirstNet and electronic documentation from the clinician perspective. We have been a Cerner client since 1988, using PowerChart in our two acute care hospitals since 1995.
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August 25, 2011
Through some twisted events of fate, I have found myself at the cataclysmic intersection of three worlds: emergency medicine, health information technology and accountable care organizations (ACOs). I was asked a few years ago to be the CMIO for the Palmetto Health Quality Collaborative (PHQC), an ACO established by Palmetto Health in Columbia, S.C., and it has been quite amazing to realize the interrelatedness of these worlds.
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January 25, 2011
ER physicians understand the anguish and challenges of modern healthcare. We are on the frontline, taking the heat and feeling the pain. Our only defense is holding the shield of ‘trying to do the right thing.’ But this is where much of healthcare gets started, especially the ugly stuff (by nature unscheduled, unexpected and often times irresponsible).
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