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Catastrophe and Health IT
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| Dr. Regina Benjamin, Founder and CEO of the Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, shares the tribulations she had preserving patient records in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. After patient records in this small shrimping village were damaged by the flood of the hurricane, a New Year’s Day fire a few months later completely destroyed what was left. Benjamin made the decision to store her patient’s records electronically to avoid further record loss. |
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From Private Practice to Hospital Setting
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| “It was family medicine with a capital ‘F,’” according to Dr. Greg Bentz who once ran his own medical practice. He decided to migrate to a position as Chief Medical Officer at Inova Loudoun Hospital in Leesburg, Virginia, so he could continue to offer quality care through access to electronic records, a system that could not be implemented into his family-run practice without a costly time and financial investment. |
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Micro-Practice Versus Multi-Million Dollar Enterprise
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The paradigm of emergency medical care is changing. New technology allows for virtual bedside care as health care professionals observe patients remotely using in-room cameras and monitoring devices. A micro-practice is also explored as Dr. Gordon Moore demonstrates how using health IT in his office improves the quality of patient care and makes his practice more fulfilling.
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Mi Via: West Coast Migrant Farm Workers Receive Mobile Care and Electronic Health Records
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| This report profiles the MiVia (Spanish for ‘My Way’) program that provides migrant workers in Sonoma, California with access to and control over their personal health records. Unlike the personal health records conventionally used by hospitals, participants in MiVia actually own their data and they control who sees it. Mobile treatment facilities and employees from St. Joseph’s Health System, a partner in the MiVia program, are featured in this segment. |
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