Entries by Patrick Foote
How Trump’s wall has increased spine surgery patients 30x for one Arizona practice
You’re probably thinking how on earth does building a wall along the southern US border increase spine surgery patients by 30 times? Is it from worker’s compensation claims from on the job injuries or has the building of the wall stopped medical tourism to Mexico and Central America, creating more demand for US spine clinics? […]
3 hidden costs of changing out an EMR
With the recent news of Practice Fusion, formerly a free electronic medical records system (EMR) software used by thousands of physicians, being acquired by Allscripts, also a popular EMR system, “FREE” is coming to an end. Starting this summer free goes by the wayside as the San Francisco-based vendor will offer its platform to physicians […]
3 problems medical practices face after going digital
Going digital in the medical field is an exciting concept that gets everyone from patients to providers excited! Blindsided by the shear complexity of implementing some of these systems its easy to get caught up in the going paperless concept, which gets you deeper and deeper into technology. If you are like most orthopedic and […]