Healthcare is generally considered to be a recession-proof industry, but either this is a momentary hiccup or additional evidence that this is a Recession like no other: Americans Cut Back on Visits to Doctor – WSJ.com. It stands to reason that things like elective surgery are down, but the situation on the ground is much [...]
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Looks like we’re not the only ones feeling the stress of multi-tasking modern life. Survey: More Physicians Using Smartphones but Feeling Overwhelmed – iHealthBeat. “Ninety-four percent of physicians said they use smartphones to manage personal and business workflows and to access medical data, a report from Spyglass Consulting Group found, Health Data Management reports (Health [...]
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Back in the dark ages of the early 1990s, just after Al Gore invented the Internet, I was giving continuing education courses to physicians and nurse. The subject was the Internet, and how clinicians could tap into this new and powerful tool. One of the common discussion points back then was, “Will clinicians adopt this [...]
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