http://www.tedeytan.com/2007/10/10/427 e-Health. Patient empowerment. Washington, DC. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:56:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.tedeytan.com/2007/10/10/427#comment-698 Ted Eytan Wed, 24 Oct 2007 11:59:09 +0000 http://www.tedeytan.com/2007/10/10/427#comment-698 I think in the era of the electronic health record that the goal isn't so much that the computer "not get in the way" as much as it is that the computer be integrated by not intrusive. An article published in the Kaiser Permanente journal offers some insights into this: <a HREF="http://xnet.kp.org/permanentejournal/fall04/examroom.html" rel="nofollow">Computers: Friend or Foe</a>. The goal is to add the computer as a useful tool. I think in the era of the electronic health record that the goal isn’t so much that the computer “not get in the way” as much as it is that the computer be integrated by not intrusive. An article published in the Kaiser Permanente journal offers some insights into this: Computers: Friend or Foe. The goal is to add the computer as a useful tool.

]]> http://www.tedeytan.com/2007/10/10/427#comment-697 Josh Seidman Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:04:50 +0000 http://www.tedeytan.com/2007/10/10/427#comment-697 Ted, You make the good point that working with the computer in exam room didn't get in the way of the doctor being a doctor. I think this is something that a lot of clinicians worry about (and more than a few patients too). Can you talk more about how this doctor used the computer (physically as well as functionally)? And how does that compare with the strategies you use? Josh Ted,
You make the good point that working with the computer in exam room didn’t get in the way of the doctor being a doctor. I think this is something that a lot of clinicians worry about (and more than a few patients too).
Can you talk more about how this doctor used the computer (physically as well as functionally)? And how does that compare with the strategies you use?
Josh

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