Rethinking Your EMR System
As a kid I remember spending hours planning imaginary road trips using the Rand McNally Atlas. I was an only child and had to entertain myself somehow. Living in North Carolina, I would plan trips to Laramie, Wyo., Pierre, S.D., excursions into Mexico and to exotic locales such as Moose Jaw, Saskat…
Why Take a Gamble, Let MDnetSolutions Handle Your Patient Phone Calls
Is your practice answering the phones in a timely and compassionate manner? Does lack of proper phone management interfere with your patients getting the proper care they deserve? Every call missed hurts not only your revenue, but more importantly your reputation. Don’t gamble when it comes to pati…
Happy Thanksgiving to You and Yours From Guideway Care Sequence of Activation
As we begin traveling around the country this Thanksgiving to visit family and friends, it is time to assess our blessings and express our gratitude.
At Guideway Care, each employee had an opportunity to share what he or she is most thankful for during this holiday season. Since we are a creative…
Online Seminars a Life Saver for Bariatric Patients
Severe obesity is a serious health concern, and is reaching epidemic levels within the United States. As a national issue, it is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths a year due to its associated life threatening conditions such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney failure. Shockingl…
Don’t Get Disconnected With Your Patients
In an article published in the November issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, researchers from the University Health Network in Toronto are trying to learn why more than half of patients referred for a bariatric operation did not ultimately have the procedure.
The researchers f…
Let MDnetSolutions Help You Transform Patient Care
ObesityWeek 2014 is just a few days away.
MDnetSolutions has successfully served the bariatric community since 2005, and we couldn’t be more honored to be an exhibitor once again at ObesityWeek for ASBMS in Boston on Nov. 4-6.
We value our longstanding relationships with respected weight loss expe…
Need to Know Your Limitations
In the 1973 classic Magnum Force, Inspector Harry Callahan, aka, Dirty Harry, offers a piece of advice to his lieutenant. “A man’s got to know his limitations,” says the maverick cop, played by Clint Eastwood.
I realize in my advanced years, Dirty Harry was right. Sometimes you can’t do it on your…
Patient Engagement Can Help Avoid Costly ACA Penalties
It has been a little more than two years since the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Since that historic decision, hospitals have felt the pinch thanks to performance-based penalties levied by the federal government…
Latest in Weight Loss Strategies to be Unveiled at ObesityWeek 2014
In less than a month, emerging weight loss solutions will be unveiled at ObesityWeek 2014, the premier international meeting designed to present the science behind obesity and excess weight prevention and treatment.
ObesityWeek is expected to attract more than 4,000 international obesity clinical…
Generating Leads and Connecting with Patients
This is part two of a series
Remember our buddy Jason, the 43-year-old businessman who injured his ankle playing pickup basketball last week?
Jason has accepted the fact he is going under the knife. After seeing the x-rays at an urgent care facility and getting a recommendation from a medical pro…
Help I Need a Doctor
This is part one of a series
Imagine this scenario.
Jason is a 43-year-old businessman who is still trying to relive his glory days on the basketball court. Unfortunately Jason’s body is not the same as it was a quarter century ago when he was an all-region point guard during his senior year of h…
The Skinny on the Fattest States
The United States has become the land of fatties. That is no secret. We live in excess and the majority live sedentary existence. The only exercise we get is walking from the parking lot into work, to the bathroom and an occasional trip to the office vending machine for sugary snacks and soft drink…