I often talk about the day one of the big software makers puts their hat into the healthcare market, EMRs will fundamentally change. Yesterday as I was sitting through talks by NHS & GE, I finally got to see it come to fruition. They’re both currently working on Proof of Concepts using Microsoft Health Common [...]

I’ve spent the past 2 days in Redmond, Washington at MSHUG to learn about what Microsoft is doing to help make healthcare better. I got completely jazzed when they showed this video: Microsoft Health Future Vision. The whole room was very excited about the future of healthcare!! I think the video sponsored a new way [...]

Honesty really is the best policy when it comes to EMR sales. The transition to an EMR is a tough change for physicians and its best to fully explain what the challenges will be as well as what the system can and cannot do. We’ve all had the pleasure of hearing during the implementation process [...]

I’m in Las Vegas for 3 days to be a presenter at the Midmark Regional Sales Conference. I’ve also gotten to sit in on the presentations and there are some really exciting things that are going to be coming out soon. Also last night I got to sit with their top diagnostics rep and go [...]

As I’ve been working on the PM160 form, I am hearing one consistent message from all practices: “we hate that form”. The biggest complaints are…
1. the layout of the form in the assessment and immunization fields are very different from any other clinical form out there
2. CHDP has its own unique codes that are not [...]

Tomorrow I’m going to Las Vegas for a sales conference with Midmark. Today I’ve been working on a PowerPoint to show their sales people about how NextGen works with Midmark devices. I’m really looking forward to getting to know the other parts of the company because everyone I’ve met there has been so awesome. Plus [...]

The life of an EMR consultant is certainly all glamour. I spent last night, Saturday night, trying to figure out the electronic submission criteria for the California Health and Disability Prevention Program (CHDP) PM 160 pre-imprinted field. Woohoo! I think the worst part is, Laura was online at the same time. But, as Kathy Griffin [...]

I’ve been working on creating a Novasure endometrial ablation template for one of my clients. I decided to use the endometrial biopsy template and modify it for Novasure. I think I will also modify it so that it will work with Thermachoice also. Quite a few of the difficulties in the design have come from [...]