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Walgreens VillageMD and the Retail Medical Home

July 9, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

In the next iteration of pharmacy chains positioned as health delivery businesses, Walgreens announced that they will at­tach primary care clinics to hun­dreds of their retail stores. In a partnership with clinic provider VillageMD, Walgreens will invest 1bn in equity over the next 3 years. From The Wall Street Journal on the Walgreens VillageMD ... Continue Reading about Walgreens VillageMD and the Retail Medical Home

Tagged With: Retail medicine

Physicians

Moral Distress and Pet Theories of Burnout

February 4, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

This JAMA editorial, Clarifying the Language of Clinician Distress, offers a look at the complexity of physician burnout. The piece suggests that rather than talking about burnout we need to more precisely describe the problem for what it is: Moral distress. Moral distress, according to the authors, occurs when a doctor believes they know the right thing to do ... Continue Reading about Moral Distress and Pet Theories of Burnout

Tagged With: Burnout, Human

Physicians

Practice Fusion Kickback Scheme to Push Opioid Prescriptions

January 28, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

The Department of Justice’s criminal investigation of EHR vendor Practice Fusion showcases medical tech’s latest display of malfeasance. As part of a sweeping DOJ investigation Practice Fusion admits that it solicited and received kickbacks from a major opioid company in exchange for utilizing its EHR software to influence physician prescribing of opioid pain ... Continue Reading about Practice Fusion Kickback Scheme to Push Opioid Prescriptions

Tagged With: EHR, Surveillance capitalism

Physicians, Technology

Industry Applies – Man Conforms

December 1, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

The AMA asks if we can create doctors better equipped to deal with the EHR. The question lit up Twitter and its growing numbers of health professionals. But this is the wrong question. Framing the question becomes important when you consider how we have related to our tools as a profession. Technology has traditionally served to extend the hand of the ... Continue Reading about Industry Applies – Man Conforms

Tagged With: Design Thinking, EHR, Human

Information, Process/Flow, Social/Public Media

Slack – 4 Ways It Will Save Health Care

February 5, 2019 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Chrissy Farr at CNBC has reported that Slack may be posturing for a health care move. Recent changes in the site’s HIPAA compliance suggest that it may be readying to allow providers to share patient information in a clinical environment. I’m thrilled. Why? Physicians have no means of communication. Sounds dramatic? Not really. Or, I should qualify that they have ... Continue Reading about Slack – 4 Ways It Will Save Health Care

Tagged With: Communication, EHR

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33 charts Greatest Hits of 2018

December 20, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 4 minutes

Before we get started with the 33 charts Greatest Hits of 2018, a few quickie things that you may or may not have noticed. The evolution of 33 charts It’s been a great year on the site. More people are reading. Those finding us on Google more than doubled in 2018. The newsletter continues to grow as I find my voice there. New site design. This was the first full ... Continue Reading about 33 charts Greatest Hits of 2018

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