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...give doctors a better reason to prescribe electronically, in 2003 the government allowed doctors to be paid a bonus of 2% of their Medicare reimbursement, or up to $5,000 a year, beginning in 2009 if they wrote electronic prescriptions. These incentives will start to phase out in 2011, however, and in 2012, the system will introduce de-incentives: any physician not using e-prescriptions will be penalized by 1% of his Medicare reimbursement...
...That's just the start. The Paperfree Tampa initiative aims to change completely the way doctors prescribe and practice medicine, by digitizing the entire medical record-keeping process, from patient charts to lab reports and test results. Already, other U.S. cities, and even some states, have joined the movement at the urging of its highest-profile supporter, President Obama, who campaigned on the promise to make every government health care agency entirely electronic by 2015. In Hartford, Conn., the recently launched Health Info Exchange network electronically connects the nine major hospitals in the area to pharmacies and doctors' offices. Doctors...
...Tampa area. "We will literally change the DNA of health care one doctor at a time," says Klasko. Such genetic therapy isn't always easy, but if the country's health system is going to be reformed, getting rid of illegible prescriptions is a good place to start...
...deeper. That is, stop making superficial small talk and start making meaningful small talk. Instead of talking about what you do, talk about why you do it. Sharing stories about your childhood, especially about your relationships with your parents, is a plus...
...house is on fire, not just the particular room where the flames happen to be roaring. "Are you going to call the fire department and ask them to put all of it out?" Gibbs asked. "Or are you going to say, 'You know what? We love the living room. Start over there. And if you can, get quickly to the kitchen, and next to the den.' We could do that. And maybe by the time they get to the kitchen or the den, the whole house is in ashes...