Physician - Patient Etiquette in the Age of EHRs
"Meaningful use of Electronic Health Records (EHRs) involves more than implementing an EHR. It involves interacting with patients and the computer in the exam room in a way that is productive and enhances the interaction between the patient and the physician."
This 10 minute You Tube video called
"Physician Exam Room EHR Etiquette", created by Dr. Garber of the Fallon Clinic, explains the
LEVEL process created by Kaiser Permanente. The video gives
“good doctor” and
“bad doctor” examples that physicians and medical students alike can learn and hopefully emulate!
The
LEVEL process stands for:
- L ~ Let the patient look on.
- E ~ Eye contact.
- V ~ Value the computer.
- E ~ Explain what you are doing.
- L ~ Log off.
Learn even more about
"How to communicate well with patients while working on an Electronic Health Record" by reading this report by Pamela Lewis Dolan, from
American Medical News, July 23, 2012.
Labels: communication, doctor patient interaction, EHR, electronic medical records, health care informatics, physician etiquette, physician patient communication, physician patient interaction
Paving the way for floating retirement homes and medical tourism, onboard cruiseship medicine is embracing technology to better serve the medical needs of both passengers and staff. Telemedicine and Electronic Health Records are envisioned for the near future.
"For the first time, the annual Cruise Shipping Miami conference devoted sessions to the use of technology in cruise ship medicine and health and wellness tourism; the exhibition area included a small medical pavilion, another first."
Click on the post title to read the full article published in the Miami Herald [Mar. 14, 2012]. Labels: biomedical informatics, cruise shipping industry, cruise shipping Miami conference, cruiseship medicine, EHR, electronic medical records, healthcare technology, medical tourism, onboard medicine, telemedicine
Check out this review article on ~
"The Top 20 Free iPhone Medical Apps for Healthcare Professionals" .
In fact, check out this whole website
iMedicalApps.com ! It is great for keeping up on the latest mobile apps in medicine and healthcare.
What about their latest article ~
"The Top 15 Free Android Medical Apps for Healthcare Professionals" !
Or perhaps you have wondered about the role the iPad could play in the push for the adoption of electronic health records?
Check out
iPad EHR.
Labels: EHR, EMR, healthcare technology, ipad, medical apps, mobile devices
