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We’ve been busily preparing for our exhibit at the NextGen Users Group Meeting and are excited to head to Washington DC!
It’s funny how healthcare has just lagged behind in doing things online.  In many ways, I can understand it — earlier today I spoke with a pain management doctor about whether he wanted to allow […]

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 […]

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 […]

We recently launched a website for a Phoenix-based podiatry group, the Arizona Institute of Footcare Physicians. There were a few interesting things about this project so I figured I’d share!
Patients Can Now Request Appointments Online

It used to be that when you wanted to make an appointment with the AIFP, you had to pick up the […]

I’ll be honest. I was sort of conferenced out when I was heading to Park City, UT for the next Information Therapy Conference. I figure these conferences are only as valuable as the people I meet and the extent to which the information I learn impacts current or future behavior. “Conference Burn […]

I’m still here in San Francisco, and yesterday (Thu, Sep 20) was the Health 2.0 Conference. The idea behind the conference was to see how the latest & greatest on the Web (”Web 2.0″) applies to Healthcare. Does it get any more relevant for what we do?
Most conferences are better for the people […]

My job is basically to help doctors and medical practice use the Internet effectively.  I help them attract patients with their website, use patient education on their website to make their lives easier, etc.
In a lot of my meetings lately, it keeps coming up that it would be really cool if the doctor were interested in […]

It’s interesting to see how society adopts new ideas and services. Let’s take a look at Search Engine Marketing. This is such a no-brainer promotional opportunity for a medical practice that targets the general public it’s almost laughable. A comparison is in order:

THE YELLOW PAGES
What You Get:
Assuming your purchase, say, a quarter-page […]

I’m here in Park City, UT for the sixth annual Information Therapy Conference. For the uninitiated, Information Therapy is simply the idea that Patient Education can be as “therapeutic” as medicine itself when exactly the right information is delivered at precisely the right time.
For example, one physician here at the conference said that after […]

Earlier this week I met with a professional HIPAA consultant. The purpose of the meeting was to review our products & services and make sure that everything we’re doing (and want to do) is HIPAA-compliant.
My job requires that I have at least a basic understanding of the different requirements of being “HIPAA-compliant” but this […]