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The fax machine still exists… in healthcare

Sometimes I am a new patient and it often goes something like this: “If you can fax us the forms back that’ll be great.” “I don’t have a fax. Can I email?” “No. You’ll have to fax or bring in with you for your appt.” ?‍♀️. Bidirectional secure portals do help and cut down on… Read more

Who else enjoys a good book?

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Who else is a reader? I try to read 6-12 new non-fiction books per year. These 3 came today: 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do by Amy Morin David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell https://www.amazon.com/dp/1591846447/?ref=exp_loc_pl_nightingaleapps Have you read any of them yet? Do you have a recommendation for me to add to my list… Read more

I didn’t know my lab results nor that I would be asked about them.

This week I visited an acupuncturist for the first time. The acupuncturist asked me about my past medical history as well as my current health. She asked me about when I last had labs drawn and if I knew the results. I knew I had labs drawn recently, however I had no recollection of what… Read more

Healthcare Innovation: It Takes the Time that it Takes

Did you know that the first electronic health records (e.g., EHRs) were developed in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s? I did not know this when I first came to know them in the early 2000’s. I naively thought, ‘how hard can it be to take paper records and turn them into an electronic form?’…. Read more

Nurse Entrepreneurship & Nightingale’s Innovative Nurses

I knew very little about entrepreneurship when I started down this path several years ago. I had the idea and vision for Know My Patient®. I knew that every bedside nurse deserves an opportunity to have accurate, up to date information needed for patient care at their fingertips. I knew chasing after information was a… Read more