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Building the Patient-Centered Medical Home

Fred Pelzman, MD, on improving patient care

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When the CrowdStrike Global Outage Struck

We depend heavily on technology, but let's not forget about the humanity in healthcare

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Let's Make Primary Care a Primary Focus

We must ease paperwork burdens on our specialty and make it more attractive to future physicians

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Rocky Mountain High

What did I find at the Aspen Ideas Festival? A lot of inspiration and hope

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Two Tries and We're Done? I Don't Think So.

We need to work harder to ensure that patient referrals actually go through

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Sorry, Wrong Provider

There's such a thing as too much information, especially if the patient isn't yours

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When It Comes to the EMR, Little Things Matter a Lot

Cutting one click from a routine process can make a big difference

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The Heart of Healthcare Innovation Keeps Beating

Our annual innovation symposium inspired us to make our health system work better

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A Rare Chance to Really Connect

An unexpected hole in my schedule gave me the chance to do something invaluable

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Getting Everything in One Place

Electronic health records aren't delivering on their promise of fewer paper forms

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Getting in Touch, Figuring It All Out

It's great to have more than one way to ask for help on a difficult case

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Taking Care of Patients Beyond the Confines of the Traditional Office Visit

Home monitoring can offer a great way to extend our services

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Paging Dr. Sinclair

When it comes to artificial intelligence in healthcare, there are still a few bugs in the system

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Using an Interpreter Is Great, but It Also Needs to Be Documented

Here's yet another example of how automation can help us

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Having a Retreat Helped Us Move Forward

A day away from it all gave our staff a chance to generate ideas big and small

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Knowing When to Start, Knowing When to Stop

Discussions about screening recommendations can be difficult, but they're worth having

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Small Wins

Artificial intelligence has the potential to assist with our day-to-day tasks

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Take Your Supplements With a Big Grain of Salt

We must guide patients who get lost managing their own care

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Artificial Intelligence Versus Sir William Osler

Note-taking in the electronic health record still leaves much to be desired

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The Perennial Problem of No-Show Appointments

Instead of overbooking, let's focus on why patients aren't showing up

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Care Coordination and Other Opportunities for Improvement

You want me to fill out a paper form even though we're on the same EHR system? I don't think so.

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Can We Please Stop Pushing the Paperwork Rock Uphill?

Let's develop paperless systems that make our lives easier and allow us to focus on patient care

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Fix the Foundation

We need to improve the way our primary care offices function

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Getting Back the Time We Lost

If you want the paperwork done, at least give us the resources to do it

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Making Sure Everything Works

Our problem with printing is emblematic of what's wrong with our healthcare system

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How Do We Hack the Problem of Health Information Hacking?

Going back to using paper and the U.S. mail seems impractical

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Missed Opportunities for Care -- And What They Teach Us

Fixing the small things can make a big difference

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Thankful for Another Perfect Day

So much to be grateful for at work, and much to strive for too

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Urgent Care Must Be Reexamined ... Urgently

Can't we improve primary care and emergency department visits so more patients go there instead?

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To Minimize Patient 'Note Bloat,' Cut to the Chase

Repeating data over and over just adds noise that buries the signal

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Want Your Patients to Be More Independent? The Answer Is Simple: More Simplicity

Let's make it easier for patients to schedule flu shots and do other routine tasks

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It's Never Too Soon to Start End-of-Life Conversations

Patients can make their preferences known away from the pressures of acute illness

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Forget AI: What Do You Think, Doc?

Patients don't seem satisfied with responses written by artificial intelligence

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The AI Will See You Now

Envisioning the next generation of medical assistants

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Need to Answer a Routine Question From a Patient? AI Might Come to Your Rescue

Artificial intelligence could lighten our load, if we can figure out how to use it wisely

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Want to Improve the Patient Experience? Let's Start With Discharge Planning.

Endless paper summaries don't cut it, it's time to try something new

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When a Video Visit Leads to Real Connection

Getting a peek into the homes of our patients is an added privilege

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Please, Higher-Ups, We Know What to Do. Let Us Do It.

We can improve our practice workflow, if only you'll let us

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Stuck in the Sticking Place

If you want primary care doctors to fix what's ailing our patients, give us the resources we need

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Overcoming Inertia

What's the best way to start making changes, large and small, to our healthcare system?

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The Dreaded Cocktail Party Conversation

Telling fellow party-goers you're a doctor comes with its own set of hazards

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