MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'health care improvements'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:29:56 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2367556&cid=t_237437_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FQpdsx--4dF0%2F During my last doctor visit I noticed that all the doctors and nurses were carrying laptops. Everything a patient told them got entered into a system. They went through a long list of questions (that I had already answered many times before) so that now all the information could be stored electronically. Enter the era of Electronic Health Care Records (EHRs). While I think this is a good idea, I also think doctors still need to be cognizant of eye contact and listening to patients in addition to recording their complaints on a computer screen. The recent stimulus package “has approved $20 billion for EHRs” so obviously this is a movement that our president supports. I think it’s a step in the right direction, but it still isn’t perfect. I’m concerned about th... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2367556 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:18:58 +0100 2367556