February, 2008 Archives

Patients Want Your Practice to Offer Online Services

Posted by Josh Padnick
February 25th, 2008 · Posted in General, Your Practice is Also a Business, The Business of Healthcare, Ix / Patient Education · Comments Off

This graph (if you can’t see it, click the “Read More” link below) was on this morning’s iHealthBeat. This is basically yet another indicator that patients are going to become increasingly choosy about where they get their medical care in the future.
Offering your patients the ability to view their medical records online doesn’t necessarily […]

The Web is Still Mostly Uncharted Territory for Medicine

Posted by Josh Padnick
February 5th, 2008 · Posted in General, Your Practice is Also a Business, The Business of Healthcare · Comments Off

So, as President of Omedix, part of my job is basically to promote the merits of integrating the Web with your practice. If I were presenting to a group of 100 doctors and practice managers on “Why Should I Bother with a Website for My Practice?” I would essentially say the following:

New Patients

The Yellow […]