Last week I was watching CAEP National Grand Rounds and caught a segment by Dr. Doug Chisholm titled "Automating the Boring Stuff: Lessons from Software Development". He gave a really great presentation, as did all of the other presenters, and I highly recommend you check it out.

His talk included some tips to use ...

I have a question and no answer today: How do we resolve the tension between efficiency and innovation in medicine? Innovation is needed. I don’t know who would argue that things do not need to change and improve. But innovation is messy and wasteful. It is challenging to convince people in medicine to take measured risks, based on demonstrated results and proof. How does anyone manage to ...

Medical and healthcare institutions are always looking to build their staff with the best people for the job. Understandably, you make the most investment into clinical staff because clinical care comprises your core competency. They make the case for patients to trust your institution. But your clinical staff needs strong support staff also, increasingly in your information technology ...

When you go tent camping, you typically don't have any reason to lock down your tent with a padlock. The possessions generally are lower in value and easily replaceable. The only threat is that bear getting to your peanut butter and honey sandwich, and he can have it. However, in your home, you have valuable items that you want to prevent other people from taking. This is one of the main ...

We were thinking about the differences between EHR interfaces - and they are vast. Even for a single EHR system, each implementation can be customized and wholly unique. Many clinicians work in different EHR systems and implementations with varying interfaces, not due to changing jobs, but in the course of regular work. Examples include doctors like anesthesiologists and cardiologists who ...