http://blog.omedix.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:00:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm writing now from beautiful (and breezy) Charlotte, NC where I managed to convince the hotel to give me a mostly undeserving room upgrade, and so I have a rather spectacular view of downtown right now! This is our third consecutive year showing at the AAOE Conference (it used to be ... http://blog.omedix.com/2008/04/12/omedix-exhibits-at-aaoe-conference-discovers-life-truism/ 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 ... http://blog.omedix.com/2008/02/25/60/ 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 ... http://blog.omedix.com/2008/02/05/the-web-is-still-mostly-uncharted-territory-for-medicine/ I was recently cc'd on an email sent by one of our cardiologist clients (an 8-doc group) sent to the entire practice. I thought it was a really cool example of how they're using their website. Here's the email verbatim (I added the bullets format, though) Subject: Our Website Has ... http://blog.omedix.com/2008/01/11/how-one-of-our-cardiology-clients-uses-their-website/ I am pleased to report that we have *finally* launched our own new website at omedix.com. We've built hundreds of websites and yet there's something incredibly difficult about building your own. It's sort of like the website equivalent of a doctor who does surgery on himself: he has ... http://blog.omedix.com/2007/11/28/the-new-omedixcom-has-been-launched/ 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 ... http://blog.omedix.com/2007/10/20/an-off-the-cuff-omedix-case-study/ 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 ... http://blog.omedix.com/2007/10/11/my-thoughts-from-the-2007-information-therapy-conference/ 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 ... http://blog.omedix.com/2007/09/21/my-experience-at-the-healthcare-20-conference/ Well, it's been about one year, so it's time to gear up for the annual BONES Conference! To the uninitiated, BONES is the national society for Orthopedic Practice Managers and is one of the major shows of the year for us. About 500 practice managers show up, and ... http://blog.omedix.com/2007/05/02/gearing-up-for-the-bones-conference/ 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 ... http://blog.omedix.com/2007/04/18/why-dont-more-doctors-have-blogs/