Archive for September, 2009

Best EMR Systems – Best EHR Systems

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

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Right Fit – The best EMR (EHR) system is the one that’s best for you. Although the various EMR systems on the market all do essentially the same thing, how they acheive their objective varies from one EMR system vendor to the next. Your goal is to find the system that most closely matches your specialty, existing patient base, workflows and routines. Your EMR/PM system must serve you, not the other way around.

Too Many Choices, Too Little Time – With the large number of EMR system vendors out there, and the even larger number of decision points facing any EMR system buyer, finding the right EMR system can be challenging. Pain is inevitable, but suffering is a choice! Get some help.

Why You Need a Tool – A market-specific screening tool is an efficient means of narrowing the EMR system vendor field because it gives structure to your buying process and systematically covers critical decision points. EMRmatch is a vendor screening tool designed specifically for the EMR/PM system market. It allows you to enter your particular needs and preferences across a wide range of EMR/PM system feature and function points. It then compares your needs and preferences to standardized elements of information about the various EMR/PM systems on the market, returning 4-6 vendors whose systems most closely match your stated needs and preferences. Learn can learn more about EMRmatch here.

We Don’t Need Healthcare Reform? – Pfizer Bextra

Thursday, September 17th, 2009

BextraHealthcare Reform Debate – If the ongoing healthcare reform debate has you even somewhat engaged, you have to learn more about the Bextra litigation settlement Pfizer announced today.

Pfizer Illegal Conduct – Pfizer Inc., the world’s largest drugmaker, will pay $2.3 billion in connection with its illegal promotion of the drug Bextra. Pfizer affirmatively (not close-to-the-line, grey-area behavior) marketed Bextra for off-label use in violation of the U.S. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act).

Criminal Conduct – This is CRIMINAL conduct, not garden-variety tort stuff. Pfizer’s Pharmacia will plead GUILTY to one criminal count of violating the Act.

More – To read more in the category of “We Don’t Need Healthcare Reform?”, check out this MSNBC news piece on UnitedHealth.