The number one topic of discussion at a recent meeting of primary care physicians that I attended was how their health systems are using AI to help with documentation. The majority of the conversation…
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The practices in which I’ve spent the majority of my clinical time over the past few years don’t use AI-assisted or ambient transcription technologies. One uses human scribes, while the other leaves physicians to…
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I have a couple of medical licenses that expire at the end of the year, so I spent some time taking care of those renewals. Failing to renew on time is an expensive mistake…
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I’m always on the lookout for interesting research, and this recent article in JAMIA did not disappoint. The title was certainly eye-catching: “The number of patient scheduled hours resulting in a 40-hour work…
As many patients with traditional health insurance do in the US, I scheduled some additional medical appointments for the fall and early winter once I realized that I had met my insurance deductible. One…
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Every year when the leaves begin their fall color change, I wonder if this will be the year that my healthcare system will get its act together to synchronize patient reminders with care that…
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It’s Halloween, and there’s nothing spookier to me than Oracle Health’s announcement of a new EHR that is coming in 2025.
Those of us who have been in the EHR space for a…
I recently had the opportunity to participate in a roundtable discussion with other CMIOs. As one would expect, “what is your organization doing with AI tools” was one of the questions given for discussion….
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Dr. Jayne Goes to HLTH
I managed to swing by the HLTH conference earlier this week, en route to other client work. Even though HLTH positions itself as the hipper and cooler of the healthcare…
When I decided to pursue a career in family medicine, I saw the specialty as promoting three primary goals: health promotion, disease prevention, and helping patients live longer and healthier lives. As a third-year…
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