Tuesday September 08, 2009 at 6:44
“I can log in to my bank, company accounting system, 401k, kids school but there is nothing online for my doctor, it’s crazy.”
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I live in this schizophrenic world of medicine where on one hand I have the exact same experience as this business guy who emailed me above, and on the other I’m in this priesthood of physicians, wrapped in my white robes (no hood, thank you) and there’s no chance I’d ever open myself to all this electronic communication.
Except I did. Not with any fancy systems but by mashing together existing technology (imperfect EMR, an answering machine & cell phone, a really lame web site) I was able to pull off better communication without killing myself. In fact I found the communication gratifying and my patients agreed.
Now I’m hanging out with Jay Parkinson & the hello health crew and it’s a whole new world baby.
