March 2013

Say it Ain’t So, HIPAA!

by Rob on March 25, 2013 · 10 comments

in Health Care - How it's Broken, My New Practice

Dear HIPAA: I’m sure you get a lot of hate mail, especially from folks in my profession, so when you got this letter from me you probably assumed it was more of the same.  Let me reassure you: I am not one of those docs.  I do think patient privacy is important, and actually found [...]

{ 10 comments }

This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.

Getting Engaged

by Rob on March 11, 2013 · 15 comments

in EMR, Health Care - How it's Broken, My New Practice

“Patient engagement.” What is “Patient Engagement?”  It sounds like a season of “The Bachelor” where a doctor dates hot patients.  It wouldn’t surprise me if it was. After all, patient engagement is hot; it’s the new buzz phrase for health wonks.  There was a even an entire day at the recent HIMSS conference dedicated to [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.

Trickle Up Economics

by Rob on March 5, 2013 · 15 comments

in Health Care, My New Practice, The Healthcare Problem

It’s been a month since I started my new practice.  We are up to nearly 150 patients now, and aside from the cost to renovate my building, our revenue has already surpassed our spending.  The reason this is possible is that a cash-pay practice in which 100% of income is paid up front has an [...]

{ Comments on this entry are closed }

This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.