Tag: health-information-exchange

Why Can’t We All Just Get Along (and Share Data)

December 14th, 2010
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Sometimes it is the simple things in life that may make all the difference. How about the ability of doctors and hospitals to actually access current information on patients so we do not duplicate testing and procedures? This interesting study from the Kaiser Foundation found that patients who visited multiple emergency departments racked up three […]

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Posted in Future of Healthcare

What is a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician?

November 22nd, 2010
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For years, I have contended that all doctors and more so all specialists are not cut from the same cloth. I believe it’s more than simply how one practices; it is about ones’ motivations and convictions. To better understand the working relationship we have with our colleagues, we need to better understand how they think, […]

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Posted in Life in the ER