Remember Jay Parkinson? In his comments on that PBW post, he hinted at a new venture that would "seriously turn some heads". He's been a busy boy...
In his own blog, Jay outlines the features of hello health. This service is to be provided through Myca - a Quebec city-based company that intends to provide its services in the US. I can't wait to see Myca's EMR interface.
After reading Jay's ambitious goals for hello health, I can answer my own "cherry-picker or visionary" question.
Go, Jay!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Jay Parkinson redux
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Hey Kishore,
Love the blog. I got verbally spanked the other week for taking the cherry-picker side of the argument about Dr. P on a blog. My argument basically went that he can’t do any procedures so in the end his patients will spend the same amount of time in offices because they have to be referred for everything from a pap-smear to wart removal. Stupid thing is I think he's progressive as hell, I just wish he wouldn't limit his practice so severely. We’ve tried to adopt a lot of technologies he’s talking about but getting them to work seamlessly on a large scale is tough. I'm all for access and using technology but his site reeks of hard marketing that I find repugnant in health care. Maybe it's just my Canadian socialist side. It’ll be interesting to see if it lasts because most of the model seems to be built on remote evaluations and there is not a week that goes by that I don’t see a “surprise” on physical exam. Maybe it’s less common with a family doctor? Maybe his model will rub off on some family docs that can’t be bothered with any technology. Anyway, I’ve enjoyed you’re blog. Ian.
Thanks, Ian. I'm enjoying your blog, too. Obviously, we have similar interests re: patient wait times. You may be interested in our practice's efforts to reduce wait times chronicled in "Adventures in Advanced Access" posted at hqc.sk.ca Click on "Advanced Access Blog" in m Links I Like column.
didn't even see it -- thanks for the link. I'm putting stuff that I think that staff might use and leaving the more isoteric stuff out. We've been doing a lot to try and predict when wait times will grow. For instance the 3rd open appointment metric is great but can't be used retrospectively? Also -- you've got nothing about the number of surgeon days or blocks available. When you're wait times drop is it because of increased efficiency or more blocks (and does some other aspect of waiting increase?). Happy to compare notes/techniques if you have any time. My open email is ian underscore furst at yahoo dt com then I can bounce my work one. thanks for the link. Ian.
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