its about time

ITS ABOUT TIME

today i am very excited
as i get to be the first patient at the clinic where i worked
as they introduce their new computer system

when i made my appointment for my six month followup
i said i want to be the first patient on the new system
in your office

implementing a new system is no small endeavor
especially in a group of 300+ doctors and 20+ clinics
it has taken months of preparation and a lot i mean a lot
of expense to get this system up and going

in the long run we will all benefit patients doctors and employees

the future of medicine brought on by the affordable care act
obamacare or whatever you call it and even without this
market forces and the future of medicine makes it very
difficult to operate without a full computer system

i almost got to use a new system before i left but it got delayed
for three years
whoa a lot happened to me in those three years

before i left i had figured out a way to almost make myself
totally computerized
i hardly ever wrote in the chart but instead used  microsoft word
to do all my clinic notes
we already had a pharmacy program for prescriptions
and could easily access xrays and lab work
so i was 70% lets say
but
thats not like a full system
the old way is inefficient

on a much smaller scale its like the difference between using your checkbook
to pay bills and using a electronic system to receive and pay
your bills

when i go for my neurology appointments at ut southwestern
they have the same full system that this clinic will put in
and every time i go up i quiz everybody along the line on how theirs work

i know they wonder why does that guy ask so many questions

i like the system since so much of my interactions with them can be
done online like prescription refills questions for the doctor lab and
xray results appointments etc
you know you dont get put on hold and have to listen to that menu
and have to wait for someone to pick up the line when the call is
forwarded
no waiting for a phone call
it just pops up on your computer
so
welcome to the 21st century today
ill be there on time

the organicgreen doctor

lost forever, halloween electricity

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LOST FOREVER

when i was in practice i always was worried about protecting
the patients medical record
i never ever took a chart out of the office
for fear it would get lost or stolen
the charts were always kept inside the building locked up
at night
the only one who could steal it was someone who broke
into the building and took them

we always had this real loud alarm that would go off and
in a few minutes the police would show up
i know once i entered the building and had forgotten the
code to enter into the keyboard at the door

the alarm was so loud it sounded like a jailbreak alarm
at a prison
i felt guilty just hearing the alarm
and just knew i would get arrested when the police got there
not sure how anyone would break in and steal the medical
records

now many medical records are on our computer systems
which allow internet access
which opens them up to hackers
here is a website from the feds
that lists some of the health
entities that have reported breaches of their systems
the names on the list are worrisome
sure are a lot from texas and california

blue cross blue shield had a lot
aetna
united
mutual of omaha
kaiser permanente
mayo clinic
university of san francisco
ucla
loma linda
university of arkansas medcial systems
mdanderson cancer center
baylor medical systems
just to name a few
mulitple dental and medical offices

makes me feel good that our medical records are safer now

HALLOWEEN ELECTRICITY

saw this article from komando.com about spooky electricity loss
in the article its called vampire electricity
those things that just suck away your electricity at night and
during the day even if you dont know it

gadgets you arent using but they are using electricity even though
they are turned off

ive written before about how i took the kill a watt monitor and used
it to measure how much phantom or vampire electricity was being
used at my house

it came out to 1/4 of my electric bill was things just left on and not
being used

biggest abuser was the xbox left on in ready mode

i have solar panels that generate some of my electricity and some
months this phantom or vampire devices was eating up all my
electricity i produced
made me feel sad and disappointed

my solution was to keep things unplugged
cant use electricity if its not plugged in
if its plugged in it may be using electricity
eg your tv if its turned off is still using electricity
your xbox is
your dvr device is

so i added power strips which i plugged stuff into and just
pushed the switch to turn multiple things off at once
i also added a power strip that has a computer chip it it
so that when the strip senses that the tv etc is off it will
shut itself down or will gear down the electric use
called a smartstrip

you can also even get it all wired to one light switch and flip it off as
you are leaving

however my one device that ive decided to not hook up
and sacrifice its use is my dvr
that device is the one item that i have decided to splurge on
when it comes to electric usage
i love watching dvred football games
games without commercials are great
also its good for those of us who seem to fall asleep
before halftime

overall though i am saving electricity by limiting those
phantom electronic devices that suck away my solar power
happy halloween

the organicgreen doctor