In medicine, we have all heard the creed “first, do no harm”, from the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. This is an excellent principle for physicians to guide them in their practice of medicine. It is also, however, an excellent creed to guide physicians in their quest for the right electronic health record (EHR) system. Most [...]
Archive | August, 2009
Cycle of Value for the Patient – First Stage: Identify the Value
First stage- “Identify the value” In commerce, when you speak about identifying value what you mean is finding the need the customer wants satisfied, but the market has not provided a satisfactory solution if any solution at all. All products and services in the end try to solve an unmet need and by doing so [...]
Rural Primary Care Denied
Garden Vegetables To Thank The Doctor Today one of my patients kindly gave me a basket of tomatoes and other vegetables harvested from her garden just this morning. I was touched by her friendly gesture, and surprised because I practice in that urban mecca called Hartford, CT. I’m not sure how many productive gardens there [...]
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