Comments for ajfortin.com http://ajfortin.com Musings on health care policy, china, biking, music, and other pursuits Tue, 26 May 2009 07:33:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Top Ten Reasons Why Electronic Medical Records Are Here to Stay by jay Andrews http://ajfortin.com/2007/04/17/top-ten-reasons-why-electronic-medical-records-are-here-to-stay/#comment-2571 Tue, 26 May 2009 07:33:57 +0000 http://ajfortin.com/2007/04/17/top-ten-reasons-why-electronic-medical-records-are-here-to-stay/#comment-2571 The idea behind electronic health records is to have a computer-based history of a patient’s clinical and administrative details.Well it’s a good article..

]]> Comment on EMRs and the KISS Principle by Jay Andrews http://ajfortin.com/2007/11/01/emrs-and-the-kiss-principle/#comment-2568 Fri, 22 May 2009 03:00:46 +0000 http://ajfortin.com/2007/11/01/emrs-and-the-kiss-principle/#comment-2568 Yes, this is very true.
EMR’s are very expensive and more than that we need to adapt to the newtechnology,convert all old paper works to digital format which is very time consuming and expensive.

]]> Comment on My Personal Review of TINYPASTE by YoMomma http://ajfortin.com/2008/08/05/my-personal-review-of-tinypaste/#comment-2499 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:08:45 +0000 http://ajfortin.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-2499 Note: 875 charaters…… now that is ironic AND funny!

]]> Comment on Britain’s Mobile Phone “Nurses” by Mark Scrimshire http://ajfortin.com/2008/11/20/britains-mobile-phone-nurses/#comment-2477 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:21:35 +0000 http://ajfortin.wordpress.com/?p=1111#comment-2477 This seems to be an excellent example of the Health 2.0 Mantra – Use Simple Tools To Do Great Things.

]]> Comment on The 102nd Use of a Mobile Phone in Health Care: A Microscope by Britain’s Mobile Phone “Nurses” « ajfortin.com http://ajfortin.com/2008/05/27/the-102nd-use-of-a-mobile-phone-in-health-care-a-microscope/#comment-2469 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:25:57 +0000 http://ajfortin.wordpress.com/?p=428#comment-2469 [...] Mobile Phone “Nurses” November 20, 2008 — Fred Fortin In my continuing posts on mobile phones in health care comes news from the [...]

]]> Comment on How to Read A Blog (With a Nod to Mortimer Adler) by Max Weismann http://ajfortin.com/2007/08/17/how-to-read-a-blog-with-a-nod-to-mortimer-adler/#comment-2467 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:21:08 +0000 http://ajfortin.com/2007/08/17/how-to-read-a-blog-with-a-nod-to-mortimer-adler/#comment-2467 We have recently made an exciting discovery–three years after writing the wonderfully expanded third edition of How to Read a Book, Mortimer Adler and Charles Van Doren made a series of thirteen 14-minute videos on the art of reading. The videos were produced by Encyclopaedia Britannica. For reasons unknown, sometime after their original publication, these videos were lost.

When we discovered them and how intrinsically edifying they are, we negotiated an agreement with Encyclopaedia Britannica to be the exclusive worldwide agent to make them available.

I cannot over exaggerate how instructive these programs are–we are so sure that you will agree, if you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your donation.

Please go here to see a clip and learn more:

http://www.thegreatideas.org/HowToReadABook.htm

]]> Comment on Why Aren’t Physicians Adopting Electronic Medical Records? by Adam http://ajfortin.com/2008/09/26/why-arent-physicians-adopting-electronic-medical-records/#comment-2466 Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:43:25 +0000 http://ajfortin.wordpress.com/?p=976#comment-2466 I understand the reasons but I’m not convinced they’re good enough excuses. Imagine a scenario where the wrong medication is prescribed due to poor handwriting or poorly kept records. If that scenario could be prevented by an EMR software system, then I think there needs to be a better reason than a 20% productivity cut over a 2 month periods in order to NOT go with the more structured solution. The reality is that there are inexpensive or even free solutions out there that are better than nothing and I know that EMR implementation does not have to be all that difficult.

Electronic Medical Records Implementation Made Easy

]]> Comment on PatientsLikeMe: A New Disease Management Tool? by Melissa http://ajfortin.com/2008/10/31/patientslikeme-a-new-disease-management-tool/#comment-2442 Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:42:20 +0000 http://ajfortin.wordpress.com/?p=1085#comment-2442 PatientsLikeMe is part of the Health 2.0 industry – with user/patient generated content and also the next wave of web technologies being deployed. The real “next wave” is to move beyond the passive text of WebMD (and others) which is search engine friendly but not effective for adult learning. The use of multimedia, simulations, instructional games and (yes) Web 2.0 communities will be the gold standard.

Melissa
Community Manager, http://www.insomnia123.com

]]> Comment on ICD-10s: Sometimes “Pay-Me-Later” is a Better Strategy by New Study: Costs of Moving to ICD-10 Diagnostic Codes for Providers « ajfortin.com http://ajfortin.com/2008/10/14/icd-10s-sometimes-pay-me-later-is-a-better-strategy/#comment-2439 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:16:57 +0000 http://ajfortin.wordpress.com/?p=1051#comment-2439 [...] my previous post on ICD-10 codes here. Thanks to Government Healthcare IT. Possibly related posts: (automatically [...]

]]> Comment on China Opens Medical Reform Plan to Public Debate by New China Health Reform Plan “Impenetrable” « ajfortin.com http://ajfortin.com/2008/10/14/china-opens-medical-reform-plan-to-public-debate/#comment-2436 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 01:18:45 +0000 http://ajfortin.wordpress.com/?p=1045#comment-2436 [...] 20, 2008 — Fred Fortin Reports on Chinese citizen reactions to the new health reform plan released for public debate are now out: CCTV newsman Bai Yansong said in an TV interview that apart from the [...]

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