Monthly Archives: February 2011

Diagnosis in one day: utopia or reality?

  Last year I built up some experience of hospitals as a patient. Luckily that’s over now, bu t I still remember the long waiting times and how little I could do about them. Let me share my experience. I had to wait three weeks before I could see the doctor. The waiting room that day was very crowded and one hour later than planned I entered the doctor’s room. He took his time, filled in …

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| Posted on by pwouters in Transforming Healthcare | 2 Comments

The common trap: Technology for its own sake

  In my last post I discussed the critical success factors for healthcare provider collaboration to improve the quality of care, while at the same time cut the costs of healthcare. Recently Nicol Nijland, a researcher of the University of Twente in the Netherlands, obtained her doctorate on the subject of success factors for eHealth initiatives (for any Dutch readers, the press release is here). She identifies other factors which influence patients’ willingness and ability …

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| Posted on by Toon van der Werf in Applying Technology | Leave a comment

Repeating…HIE Sustainability is Job One

The HIEs (State, Regional, and commercial) need to deliver business and clinical value while remaining financially viable businesses based on that value. A structured and highly collaborative approach is needed to implement a sustainable HIE business model.

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| Posted on by Gerry Yantis in Unlocking Information | Leave a comment

Danes stress hospital doctors with email consultation!

  In a recent article in a Danish Medicine Magazine “Dagens Medicin” a hospital doctor was quoted for getting stress in replying to emails sent by patients. The hospital doctors are bombarded with emails from patients, relatives and students. The hospital doctor thought that emails took up a lot of his time – and that he was obligated to answer the emails within few hours. He was so stressful about this that he had to …

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| Posted on by Henrik Danielsen in Transforming Healthcare | 4 Comments