You thought there were two kinds of medicine correct, the "quack" kind, and the
evidence-based kind. Dr. Eric Topol presents a case for a third kind of
medicine.
"Topol argues in
The Creative Destruction of Medicine [Basic Books, 9780465061839] it's by bringing the era of big data to the clinic,
laboratory, and hospital. Wearable sensors, smartphone apps, and
whole-genome scans provide the raw materials for a revolution.
Combining all the data those tools can provide will give us a complete
and continuously updated picture of every patient, changing everything
from the treatment of disease, to the prolonging of health, to the
development of new treatments. As revolutionary as the past twenty years
in personal technology and medicine have been, Topol makes
it clear that we haven't seen a thing yet."
"Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Eric Topol, Scripps Health Chief
Academic Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Medscape, to discuss on
ReachMD the vision
and research behind his book
The Creative Destruction of Medicine.
Dr. Topol reflects on the evolving personalization of medical care facilitated by technological advancements, and how health systems can leverage the personalized medicine movement toward greater transparency in care for patients."
Labels: biomedical informatics, digital revolution, Dr. Eric Topol, electronic medical records, healthcare technology, medical trends, mobile medicine, personalized medicine, ReachMD, trends in healthcare
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
While federal incentive dollars are trying to work to encourage hospitals and other health care organizations to use electronic health record systems (EHRs), without much prompting, healthcare providers are showing themselves eager adopters of medical "apps". A recent survey of 4,000 physicians in the US found that nearly 80 percent use smartphones, while among the general population only 28 percent use smartphones. Another report estimates that by 2012 about half of physicians who have smartphones will use them in their work for administrative functions, research, and patient care.
"Nineteen percent of physicians use a tablet personal computer in their work, while 69 percent said they are likely to do so in the next few years. Only 5 percent of the U.S. population owns a tablet."
Click on the post title to read the full
Quality Matters newsletter article from
The Commonwealth Fund.
Labels: electronic medical records, EMR, healthcare information technology, healthcare technology, medical apps, mobile medicine, trends in healthcare
"Dr. Brian McDonough welcomes Dr. Eric Topol, Scripps Health Chief
Academic Officer and Editor-in-Chief of Medscape, to discuss on ReachMD the vision
and research behind his book The Creative Destruction of Medicine. 
