EP Mobile Update Version 3.6 for Apple Devices

The reviewers at the Apple iTunes App Store have approved the revised version of the EP Mobile app.  For information on why the app needed to be revised, see my earlier posts on the subject.  I removed the drug dose calculators (note though that the Warfarin Clinic module was not removed), but added detailed drug… Continue reading EP Mobile Update Version 3.6 for Apple Devices

Update on EP Mobile and Apple #2

As some of you are aware, the Apple App Store rejected an update to the EP Mobile app based on the presence of drug dose calculators in the app. The App Store guidelines state: 22.9 – Apps that calculate medicinal dosages must be submitted by the manufacturer of those medications or recognized institutions such as… Continue reading Update on EP Mobile and Apple #2

How to Build a Better Electronic Health Record Part 27 — Modularity

Editors note: This 27th entry in our web series on EHR design is excerpted from Electronic Health Record Software: Principles and Practices, 3rd Edition, by Paul Lockhart and Janet Twombley-Chu, published by Addison Wesley, June 2089. 3378 pages. ISBN: 103-978-1-4919-0498-5. Reprinted by permission. Amazon listing [1]. Chapter 7 EHR Modularity 7.1 A History Lesson In… Continue reading How to Build a Better Electronic Health Record Part 27 — Modularity

Is Medical Board Certification Testing Outdated?

Times change, and, as with Darwinian natural selection, those who adjust survive and those who don’t perish. Henry Ford’s assembly line greatly ramped up the production of automobiles but put many people out of work. The elevator operators of my childhood are long gone. Those who have embraced new technology have usually thrived; those who… Continue reading Is Medical Board Certification Testing Outdated?

Lost in EPIC Land

One of the many unanswered questions about the handling of the first Ebola case in the United States is the role of the Electronic Health Record (EHR).  Initial reports put at least some of the blame for the patient’s being sent home from the hospital despite a high risk travel history on a failure of… Continue reading Lost in EPIC Land

How Much Money Do Academic Experts Get From Drug and Device Companies?

Now that Open Payments data is available to the public I decided to do some snooping around.  It’s not hard to do.  I was curious as to how much drug and device company money academic experts receive.  As a cardiologist specializing in electrophysiology I have been to many national meetings, and it is always the same… Continue reading How Much Money Do Academic Experts Get From Drug and Device Companies?

How to View Your Doctor’s Drug Company Payments

The CMS Open Payments database is up for the public to view, but the site is difficult to navigate.  Here is a step by step guide to using the site. Go to openpaymentsdata.cms.gov From the list of databases, click on the General Payment Data with Identifying Recipient Information – Detailed Dataset 2013 Reporting Year (or skip step one… Continue reading How to View Your Doctor’s Drug Company Payments

Ebola – Missing the Diagnosis

The first “wild” Ebola case in the United States has occurred in Dallas, Texas. The patient, who is from Liberia and had contact with a pregnant Ebola victim in his native country, was initially sent away from the Emergency Department (ED) of a Dallas hospital after reporting there with viral symptoms. He told the triage… Continue reading Ebola – Missing the Diagnosis

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