Many doctors nowadays have taken to wielding pens as well as scalpels. In case you didn’t know, there are actually a fair number of Philippine blogs by healthcare professionals that you could benefit from reading. Whether it’s because you want a sampling of some real-life Grey’s Anatomy or just want to stay informed about healthcare, […]
EMR adoption can cause tension in healthcare organizations. 80 of Central Maine Healthcare’s 300 physicians were alleged to have left this year due to discontent with an EMR, for example. Many studies have also linked EMR use to increased physician burnout. The late Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Charles Krauthammer even called the EMR “healthcare’s Solyndra”. There are […]
Stanford Medicine’s Health Trends Report Claims Increased Democratization in Medicine Stanford Medicine’s Health Trends Report has just come out, and continues a theme it previously touched on last year. According to the report, there are 3 key influences driving the democratization of healthcare today: intelligent computing, information sharing, and data security. As the healthcare data […]
“Give-up-itis” The discussion around the subject (as well as the term itself) of “give-up-itis” is one of the more interesting happenings in the medical scene at the moment. These were largely sparked by a paper from University of Portsmouth senior research fellow Dr. John Leach. Available on pages 14-21 of Volume 120 of the Medical […]
We’ve already guided you through Phase I of registration for the NPC’s Data Privacy Act. If you’ve completed that successfully, you should eventually receive an email for your access code to Phase II. Here is what it looks like: As you read from the image above, clicking on the activation link will send you a […]
No-shows present a serious problem for medical practices. When patients make appointments and don’t meet them, they don’t just derail your schedule. They also make it impossible for you to deliver the treatment they need and cut into your bottom line. How does that work out for a clinic in the Philippines? Let’s say for […]
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the management of key business processes through a system of integrated applications. Why do businesses do it? Well, among other things: Combining formerly disparate systems can save time when accessing them. Using a single software solution for different processes lowers the costs of staff training. Staff collaboration is easier as […]
Many may begin reading this in a spirit of skepticism. Who can blame them? The case for critics of social media for doctors has its strengths. There is still insufficient scientific data to prove its power in driving referrals, there are unsatisfactory studies to show solid ROI, it is almost impossible to calculate numeric returns […]
Some say doctors shouldn’t be offering their services on the Web: that it reeks of the quack for a healthcare professional to peddle himself thus. That seems a prejudiced view, though… especially when just about everyone else is going there. You can look for plumbers, cleaning services, and even lawyers on the Internet. Why not […]
Another set of results have just come out for the Physician Licensure Exam. The exam was held on the 9th of September and the results were released on the 22nd of the month. We already covered this in greater depth, both for the March results and in our review of the best medical schools in […]
Not too long ago, itinerant physicians had few choices with complex medical equipment. Oh, scalpels, needles, gauze and pills could all be stuffed into a bag. But when it came to bulky monstrosities like ultrasound and EKG machines, medical mobility was challenged. That’s changed now. Now, you can perform an ultrasound right from a patient’s […]
Just as people in sales run into all sorts of customers, people in healthcare run into all sorts of patients. Unlike salespeople, though, medical professionals can’t really leave their challenging “customers” alone after a cursory word or two. The Hippocratic Oath might have a little something to say against that. There are many kinds of […]