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Hospital system tries letting patients read physicians’ notes

by Theo Mandel | Jul 10, 2009 | Healthcare Usability, Users

Electronic medical records and a push for consumer involvement make it more acceptable — and imperative — to release more information, say Beth Israel project backers. Interesting study on how to improve the patient-physician experience. Also interesting...

Usability of Electronic Medical Records

by Theo Mandel | Jul 8, 2009 | Application Usability, Healthcare Usability, Technology

CHICAGO (July 1, 2009)

Healthcare IT: Vested Interest in Inefficiency?

by Theo Mandel | Jun 26, 2009 | Healthcare Usability, Real-World Usability

A Pound of Cure: The federal government is about to spend big on healthcare IT. Too bad the medical industry has a vested interest in inefficiency. Provocative article about the inability of the healthcare industry to move forward with critical software and technology...

Continued Usability Problems in Patient-Doctor Communication

by Theo Mandel | Jun 18, 2009 | Healthcare Usability, Real-World Usability

Yet another stumbling block in the ongoing struggle to build Electronic Medical Records (EMRs), Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and the effort to improve patient-doctor communication – people don’t know their own anatomy!! A study of patients and members...

Tufts Summer Institute on Web Strategies for Health Communication

by Theo Mandel | Jun 10, 2009 | Healthcare Usability, Technology, Web Usability

An interesting course on healthcare web strategies and usability. For more information, contact: Lisa Neal Gualtieri, Ph.D. Adjunct Clinical Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine Blog on health: http://lisaneal.wordpress.com/ Editor-in-Chief, eLearn Magazine,...

The Future of Doctor-Patient Interaction in Healthcare

by Theo Mandel | May 5, 2009 | Healthcare Usability, Technology

Interesting video on YouTube of Microsoft Surface and the healthcare application Amalga. “Captured at HIMSS09, one of the core developers for Microsoft Amalga walks through the application. The health care industry has a complete aspect of new technologies and...
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