A few years ago, I was involved in a medical-internet-startup company. No .. not oncalls .. it was Medremote. The "product" of medremote is the technology behind transcription. They provide all of the technology that enables physicians to dictate, transfer, and receive (and retreive) their progress notes. It's good stuff, and the poeple at Medremote are extraordinary. They "get it" .. so it was easy for me to work with them. Back in the dark ages of the www, there was of course much excitement .. and many "experts" told us what doctors wanted. "Stock Quotes" we were told … "disease management" and so on .. The truth, of course, is that we just want good tools to do our work. Medremote .. like some other companies .. managed to keep their focus on just that .. delivering to the physicians the tools that made it easier and more efficient to get the work done. Period. As the fluff falls away .. and the meat of the internet survives .. it's no surprise that more physicians are embracing these tools:
Almost half of physicians report that the World Wide Web has had a major impact on the way they practice medicine, according to a new study released today by the American Medical Association (AMA). The rising influence of the Internet on clinical medicine has propelled an increase in the frequency and duration of Web use among the 78% of physicians who now make use of cyberspace.Almost half of physicians report that the World Wide Web has had a major impact on the way they practice medicine, according to a new study released today by the American Medical Association (AMA). The rising influence of the Internet on clinical medicine has propelled an increase in the frequency and duration of Web use among the 78% of physicians who now make use of cyberspace.
