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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 …
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.
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 …




