Monday, November 30, 2009

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Mission Personal Medicine House Call Affiliates

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Mission

Personal Medicine’s Mission is to be the world’s trusted leader in attentive house call care.

Core Values

Personal Medicine was founded to empower individuals and reinvent the lost art of house call medicine through innovation. The members of Personal Medicine have come together because we believe in the combined potential of house calls and the Internet to have a Transformative impact on the Physician-Patient Relationship. Innovation Transforms Relationships.  These Core Values represent what motivates us at Personal Medicine.

  • We believe that the content, community, and commerce of the internet plays a central role in transforming one’s health.
  • We believe that a human being’s comfort is of utmost importance during an illness and that in home care is best for families.
  • We believe that delivering exceptional evidence based care takes time and careful consideration.
  • We believe that the care of newborns, multiples, children with chronic illness and the elderly is facilitated by in home care.
  • We believe that prevention is critical for optimal health.
  • We believe that families should have direct means of communication with their physician enabled by emerging technologies.
  • We believe that paperless practice and transparent consumer access of medical records is an essential component of best practice health care.
  • We believe that the physician-patient relationship is best managed by physicians and patient families in direct medical practice.

 

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Nutrition News- Pesonal Medicine Affiliate Network

Check out this website I found at personalmedicineinternational.com

Click on the link above for today's nutrition news.

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Sunday, November 29, 2009

Nutrition News

Check out this website I found at personalmedicineinternational.com

Click on the link for today's nutrition news!

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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TEDxSV » Speakers

Nice event regarding technology and it's potential to create social change. For us social change means housecalls, transparent medical records and utilizing the internet to it's fullest potential to improve one's health with your physician in the emerging model of participatory medicine.

To Your Best Health,

The Team at Personal Medicine

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Personal Medicine - Preventive Health News

Check out this website I found at personalmedicineinternational.com

Here is today's preventive health news. Just take a look at the stat's on diabetes incidence of disease and spending. Make small changes and have a healthy day today!! If you want more information about our house call affiliate program for your family this winter, Just check out the Faq page on our site!!

To Your Best Health,

The Team at Personal Medicine

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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Personal Medicine Pediatrics / Children's Health News

Check out this website I found at personalmedicineinternational.com

Here is today's Pediatrics Health News!!

To Your Best Health,

The Team at Personal Medicine

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Get House calls this Winter -Personal Medicine International

Want to avoid exposures of the Flu this winter? Sign up for our newsletter on our site for weekly health updates and early signup for our physician practices.

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The Personal Medicine Team

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Want a good place to join with friends and vent about healthcare gripes, make suggestions for reform and health care innovation? We love your suggestions and feedback. Personal Medicine aims to make the impossible possible with regard to health care delivery.

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The Team at Personal Medicine

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Friday, November 27, 2009

Want Personal Medicine House calls? FAQ for Patients

FAQ for Patients

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What is a Direct Medical Practice?

There is a growing trend of physicians directly forming financial relationships with patients in primary care for the purposes of providing health services.  While specific services and fees may vary from practice to practice, one thing is the same: these providers offer an option to deliver primary care services directly to their patients through monthly membership fees rather than insurance reimbursements. For more on benefits of direct medical practice for consumers, learn more  http://www.dpcare.org/dpc

How do I join?

It's simple, just search under patient signup on our site, and locate the affiliate in your zip code by city, state or zip.  Once you reach your affiliate's home page, you may research their credentials and practice philosophy.  Apply for membership by clicking " apply now" button on the site, and fill out your demographic and payment information.  You then land on the Patient Health Record section of your chart which is your secure medical record.  Your physician will recieve an automated email notifying him or her of your application, and will call you with final approval and for scheduling of your first visit!

What if you don't have a provider in my zip yet?

We currently have licensed doc's in NY, NJ, MI, KY and TN transitioning into house call practice.  Please contact us through the site with your zip code of interest and opt in to our email marketing list, follow us on Twitter, Linked In and Facebook and we will keep you up to date as we add affiliate members in your neighborhood.

What if I move in the middle of a membership year?

We would love to transfer your membership to another house call affiiate in your new neighborhood, otherwise you will revieve a prorated percentage of your membership fee back.

How is my medical record kept?

Our affiliates chart with a paperless medical record system which will maintain your chart in the latest cloud based secure technologies.


How do you qualify your providers?

Our affiliates apply for licensing of our platform in their specific geographies.  Our credentialing team verifies their DEA, Training, Medical license, board certification.  We also license physicians who have a special interest in providing the attentive kind of care involved in making house calls, as well as those who place a priority on maintaining an efficient, streamlined, paperless, transparent medical practice. 

What if I need a specialist? Your affiliate will provide for most aspects of your care, known as " The Medical Home Model"  He or she is specially trained in taking care of most of your heath care needs.  When you and your affiliate agree specialty care is necessary, specialty followup will be arranged as needed.

What if I need a lab test or an xray? Your affiliate will have a preferred method for testing, either by a local lab or hospital.  Many common tests will be done right in the home!

What if I need to go to the hospital? Your affiliate will maintain relationships in his prefered hospitals.  You will need to go through your regular insurance for in hospital care, the Personal Membership provides house call services only.

I have dedicated money to a Medical Savings Account this year. Can I pay with this money? Absolutely.  You may use your HSA or MSA debit card right through our site. This makes membership an affordable option, given the tax advantages.

Can my employer purchase the Personal Medicine Program as a benefit on my behalf? Absolutely.  We are working with many businesses to help them stem the unsustainable rate of rise of their employee benefit premiums.  Our membership fits well in combination with a high deductible plan.

How many house calls are included for the 1500$ Five visits a year.

I hear a lot of discussions about the Medical Home Model, what does this mean?

To understand why membership-based direct primary care facilities offer better primary solutions, it's important to first understand the difference between primary care and specialist/hospital care:

  • Primary care is the "home base" or "medical home" for your health care. Your primary care provider is responsible for your overall wellness. Any time you have a health concern, your first visit is to your primary care provider, who knows all of your medical history and can help you make the best decision about your health. With most health issues, your primary care provider can diagnose and heal the problems you're experiencing.
  • Specialist and hospital care is for serious, complex illnesses and life-threatening emergencies. If you're severely injured in an accident, for example, an ambulance takes you to the emergency room. Or, if you're diagnosed with cancer, you may need hospital care such as surgery, radiation, or other treatments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAQ page for Personal Medicine Membership

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The Personal Medicine Team

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Preventive Health News

Check out this website I found at personalmedicineinternational.com

Here is Today's Preventive Health News

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Thursday, November 26, 2009

e-Patient Dave on Transparency of Health Consumers Medical Data

Savvy Health Consumers, Watch this talk by e-patient dave regarding health data transparency. Our affiliate program offers transparent PHR access for our members and paperless practice environment for physicians!

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Nutrition News

Check out this website I found at personalmedicineinternational.com

Here is today's Nutrition News.

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Surescripts

The Personal Medicine Team is excite to add surescripts electronic prescribing for our affiliate physician and patient members, nice addition to fully eliminate the paper from your workflow!!

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Monday, November 23, 2009

Personal Medicine - Mission and Core Values

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Mission

Personal Medicine’s Mission is to be the world’s trusted leader in attentive house call care.

Core Values

Personal Medicine was founded to empower individuals and reinvent the lost art of house call medicine through innovation. The members of Personal Medicine have come together because we believe in the combined potential of house calls and the Internet to have a Transformative impact on the Physician-Patient Relationship. Innovation Transforms Relationships.  These Core Values represent what motivates us at Personal Medicine.

  • We believe that the content, community, and commerce of the internet plays a central role in transforming one’s health.
  • We believe that a human being’s comfort is of utmost importance during an illness and that in home care is best for families.
  • We believe that delivering exceptional evidence based care takes time and careful consideration.
  • We believe that the care of newborns, multiples, children with chronic illness and the elderly is facilitated by in home care.
  • We believe that prevention is critical for optimal health.
  • We believe that families should have direct means of communication with their physician enabled by emerging technologies.
  • We believe that paperless practice and transparent consumer access of medical records is an essential component of best practice health care.
  • We believe that the physician-patient relationship is best managed by physicians and patient families in direct medical practice.

 

Here is our Mission...

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Sunday, November 22, 2009

FAQ for Physicians

FAQ for Physicians

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How do I apply for a license in my zip codes of interest?

Our signup process is simple, just go to physician signup button, click and fill out the physician pre-credential form with all of your credentialing  information, zip codes of interest and opt-in to our licensing agreement.  It’s that simple. There are no hefty initial software licensing fees.  

How many physicians will be granted licensing in my territories of interest?

Our licensing agreement provides exclusive licensure for use of the platform for the first 24 months.  So applying for your zips of interest now effectively excludes your competition from providing this innovative service line.

How do you credential physicians?

Our Medical Director reviews the pre-credentialing form and gets the process started.  Our team will provide you with passwords to our physician portal for you to upload PDF copies of your DEA, State License, Board Certification information for our credentialing team to approve you.  

How long does credentialing take?

Several weeks.

How long does it take for my physician site to go live?

When your credentialing is complete, our developers will have your site ready for your final approval and go live.

How do I know if my patients will sign on for this new program?

After your credentialing is complete, our team will implement a market research survey to validate direct medical practice is viable in your market.  The first step is getting feedback from your patients and then we move into the sales phase of the transition process.

How do I tell my patients I am transitioning into cash practice?

Our marketing team  will take your existing patient base through a carefully crafted  process that tactfully  converts a maximal number into your new cash practice utilizing your existing relationships, through surveys, email marketing, web demos, sales presentations, informative webinars, all provided through our site.

Can other patients besides my current practice join?

After our internal marketing process is complete and we pass your patient‘s “priority signup date“, we turn to systematically marketing to families in your geographic radius.

What if we already have a practice website?

No problem, our licensing agreement enables you to post the Personal Medicine House Call Service line logo and branding on your site, which will link directly through to your physician house call marketing site for automated patient signup through our ecommerce platform.  Our programmers are happy to add this functionality to your site with access to your FTP site.

What if I don’t have a website?

No worries, your  Personal Medicine physician marketing site is all you will need for adding new patients to your practice.  

What about my hospital priveleges?

Your admitting priveleges are up to you.  We do recommend streamlining hospitals if you are on staff at multiple locations.  If you prefer completely outpatient practice, that’s ok too.  

What about call?

We recommend implementing two physicians within a practice at a time, so that you will have coverage for each other for travel.   Remember, with a practice with ten-fold less patients, you can expect ten-fold less phone calls.  We find that with the relationships nurtured in the Personal Medicine Model, lends itself to less night time calls from patients than in the traditional large practice model.

How many house calls can I expect to make a day?

In the full practice model with 300 patient panel, you can expect 6-7 house calls a day, half that for a 150 patient panel.

How large of a radius should I choose?

Our implementation team can help you in choosing the best radius to cover, depending on traffic, density of population, population demographics,  generally a five to ten mile radius  makes for minimal drive time between houses.  

How do I learn the technology?

We will help you with training on your emr, through user tutorials, you tube tutorials, and support center, this is all part of your transitional process and timeline you will follow through your portal site.

What if I need a loan to start practice?

We have partnerships with investors who have made funding innovative primary care practices a priority and we will work with you on accessing capital if you need it.  Our investors have put together a 36 month credit line especially for Personal Medicine practices.  Each loan gets funded on the physician’s personal credit and financial picture.

What about my malpractice?

Personal Medicine has teamed up with Keane Insurance Group to provide malpractice for our affiliates.   Several National carriers feel that physicians practicing in our model, meeting our credentialing process, who attentively care for patients in their homes translates to lower risk of a malpractice suit.  There is a point within our conversion process for you to upload your current med mal carrier’s dec page for our insurance team to get you a new quote.   You are certainly welcome to keep you existing carrier if you prefer.

What kinds of physicians can use the Personal Medicine Platform?

Our Platform is for use by primary care doctors, internists, family physicians, pediatricians, med-peds.   If you have a specialty within  primary care,  you may still have a successful Personal Medicine direct medical practice, particularly within the NICU and ICU niche.  

What is a direct medical practice?

Direct Medical Practice is a Descriptive term used for describing physician practices, usually in primary care in the Medical Home Model, which cultivate direct financial relationships with patients, rather than our currently dominant third party payor contracts.  

How does the Platform compare to the overhead of typical primary care office practices?

Our Platform reduces overhead by 80% compared to median primary care office overhead. ( 2007, Modern Healthcare)

Why should I allow my patients to have access to their medical record?

There is a massive demand amongst health consumers to have access to their medical record through a PHR.   Consumer internet health business are growing in popularity and transparency of the medical record is essential for any primary care physician wishing to remain competitive in practice.  Also transparency of the medical record is responsible for some of the dramatic cost reduction found in the Personal Medicine Model.

Doesn’t this restrict what I can chart in the medical record?

There is a way to restrict viewing of aspects of the record, by setting “ permissions” within the EMR.  For example, a mother of a patient in which you suspect “ Munchausen’s by Proxy” you may wish to document and hide permission from the patient.  This is your legal right.


What about lab and x ray?

We recommend bringing clia waived testing with you, as they are convenient, simple and easy to transport.   If you retain ownership of your office, you may use those facilities as you wish.   The EMR portion of the platform has interface with quest and lab core as well.  

What should I tell my partners?

We find the transition to utilizing the Personal Medicine Platform enhances the market share of an existing practice, adding significant revenues without adding overhead.  Over time we envision that as the house call  service line grows, additional doctors in the practice will transition to house calls as well, and you will hire in new physicians and nurse practitioners to support the office.   This differentiates your brand and puts your practice leaps and bounds over your competition.  

What if I only want to practice part time?

Personal Medicine’s overhead structure is perfect for part time practice.  If you only want to maintain a half panel of 150 patients, you will still have take home pay that rivals the medial take home pay in primary care.

What is SAAS, anyway?

SAAS or “ Software as a Service” is an established  business model in the tech industry.   It refers to using software services on a monthly membership rate rather than traditional health IT licensing models.   Also utilizing enterprize cloud computing services, with outsourced hosting, security, backups,  it frees physicians from hefty IT costs associated with puchasing and maintaining servers, firewalls, backups, and hosting.  Utilizing this technology is part of the drastic overhead reduction of practice, compared with traditional Health IT. 

How secure are the servers that house the medical record data?

The hosting environment maintains high level of encryption and firewall.  It is as safe as the banking industry standards.  Also, our hosting environment incorporates third party IT consultants advice as well as security audits into their data and security strategy. 

How does social media within the Personal Medicine Platform help grow my practice?

The old methods of practice building  word of mouth, print marketing materials,  TV are slow costly ways to grow a cash practice.  They are intrusive and ineffective.  The latest  social networks present the opportunity for exponential growth of your practice, minimizing your risk in the transition.   There is deep emotion and value that house calls brings to patients and our marketing platform seeks to intimately tell the personal story of each physician, patient, employer, through video, community, blogs, forums, in a permission based manner that makes your patient sale when the patient is ready to buy.   Without social media, one customer tells one person at a time about your practice.  With the Personal Medicine Platform, one person tells 500 people at a time!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physicians your questions about mobile practice platform answered here!!

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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FAQ for Physicians

FAQ for Physicians

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How do I apply for a license in my zip codes of interest?

Our signup process is simple, just go to physician signup button, click and fill out the physician pre-credential form with all of your credentialing  information, zip codes of interest and opt-in to our licensing agreement.  It’s that simple. There are no hefty initial software licensing fees.  

How many physicians will be granted licensing in my territories of interest?

Our licensing agreement provides exclusive licensure for use of the platform for the first 24 months.  So applying for your zips of interest now effectively excludes your competition from providing this innovative service line.

How do you credential physicians?

Our Medical Director reviews the pre-credentialing form and gets the process started.  Our team will provide you with passwords to our physician portal for you to upload PDF copies of your DEA, State License, Board Certification information for our credentialing team to approve you.  

How long does credentialing take?

Several weeks.

How long does it take for my physician site to go live?

When your credentialing is complete, our developers will have your site ready for your final approval and go live.

How do I know if my patients will sign on for this new program?

After your credentialing is complete, our team will implement a market research survey to validate direct medical practice is viable in your market.  The first step is getting feedback from your patients and then we move into the sales phase of the transition process.

How do I tell my patients I am transitioning into cash practice?

Our marketing team  will take your existing patient base through a carefully crafted  process that tactfully  converts a maximal number into your new cash practice utilizing your existing relationships, through surveys, email marketing, web demos, sales presentations, informative webinars, all provided through our site.

Can other patients besides my current practice join?

After our internal marketing process is complete and we pass your patient‘s “priority signup date“, we turn to systematically marketing to families in your geographic radius.

What if we already have a practice website?

No problem, our licensing agreement enables you to post the Personal Medicine House Call Service line logo and branding on your site, which will link directly through to your physician house call marketing site for automated patient signup through our ecommerce platform.  Our programmers are happy to add this functionality to your site with access to your FTP site.

What if I don’t have a website?

No worries, your  Personal Medicine physician marketing site is all you will need for adding new patients to your practice.  

What about my hospital priveleges?

Your admitting priveleges are up to you.  We do recommend streamlining hospitals if you are on staff at multiple locations.  If you prefer completely outpatient practice, that’s ok too.  

What about call?

We recommend implementing two physicians within a practice at a time, so that you will have coverage for each other for travel.   Remember, with a practice with ten-fold less patients, you can expect ten-fold less phone calls.  We find that with the relationships nurtured in the Personal Medicine Model, lends itself to less night time calls from patients than in the traditional large practice model.

How many house calls can I expect to make a day?

In the full practice model with 300 patient panel, you can expect 6-7 house calls a day, half that for a 150 patient panel.

How large of a radius should I choose?

Our implementation team can help you in choosing the best radius to cover, depending on traffic, density of population, population demographics,  generally a five to ten mile radius  makes for minimal drive time between houses.  

How do I learn the technology?

We will help you with training on your emr, through user tutorials, you tube tutorials, and support center, this is all part of your transitional process and timeline you will follow through your portal site.

What if I need a loan to start practice?

We have partnerships with investors who have made funding innovative primary care practices a priority and we will work with you on accessing capital if you need it.  Our investors have put together a 36 month credit line especially for Personal Medicine practices.  Each loan gets funded on the physician’s personal credit and financial picture.

What about my malpractice?

Personal Medicine has teamed up with Keane Insurance Group to provide malpractice for our affiliates.   Several National carriers feel that physicians practicing in our model, meeting our credentialing process, who attentively care for patients in their homes translates to lower risk of a malpractice suit.  There is a point within our conversion process for you to upload your current med mal carrier’s dec page for our insurance team to get you a new quote.   You are certainly welcome to keep you existing carrier if you prefer.

What kinds of physicians can use the Personal Medicine Platform?

Our Platform is for use by primary care doctors, internists, family physicians, pediatricians, med-peds.   If you have a specialty within  primary care,  you may still have a successful Personal Medicine direct medical practice, particularly within the NICU and ICU niche.  

What is a direct medical practice?

Direct Medical Practice is a Descriptive term used for describing physician practices, usually in primary care in the Medical Home Model, which cultivate direct financial relationships with patients, rather than our currently dominant third party payor contracts.  

How does the Platform compare to the overhead of typical primary care office practices?

Our Platform reduces overhead by 80% compared to median primary care office overhead. ( 2007, Modern Healthcare)

Why should I allow my patients to have access to their medical record?

There is a massive demand amongst health consumers to have access to their medical record through a PHR.   Consumer internet health business are growing in popularity and transparency of the medical record is essential for any primary care physician wishing to remain competitive in practice.  Also transparency of the medical record is responsible for some of the dramatic cost reduction found in the Personal Medicine Model.

Doesn’t this restrict what I can chart in the medical record?

There is a way to restrict viewing of aspects of the record, by setting “ permissions” within the EMR.  For example, a mother of a patient in which you suspect “ Munchausen’s by Proxy” you may wish to document and hide permission from the patient.  This is your legal right.


What about lab and x ray?

We recommend bringing clia waived testing with you, as they are convenient, simple and easy to transport.   If you retain ownership of your office, you may use those facilities as you wish.   The EMR portion of the platform has interface with quest and lab core as well.  

What should I tell my partners?

We find the transition to utilizing the Personal Medicine Platform enhances the market share of an existing practice, adding significant revenues without adding overhead.  Over time we envision that as the house call  service line grows, additional doctors in the practice will transition to house calls as well, and you will hire in new physicians and nurse practitioners to support the office.   This differentiates your brand and puts your practice leaps and bounds over your competition.  

What if I only want to practice part time?

Personal Medicine’s overhead structure is perfect for part time practice.  If you only want to maintain a half panel of 150 patients, you will still have take home pay that rivals the medial take home pay in primary care.

What is SAAS, anyway?

SAAS or “ Software as a Service” is an established  business model in the tech industry.   It refers to using software services on a monthly membership rate rather than traditional health IT licensing models.   Also utilizing enterprize cloud computing services, with outsourced hosting, security, backups,  it frees physicians from hefty IT costs associated with puchasing and maintaining servers, firewalls, backups, and hosting.  Utilizing this technology is part of the drastic overhead reduction of practice, compared with traditional Health IT. 

How secure are the servers that house the medical record data?

The hosting environment maintains high level of encryption and firewall.  It is as safe as the banking industry standards.  Also, our hosting environment incorporates third party IT consultants advice as well as security audits into their data and security strategy. 

How does social media within the Personal Medicine Platform help grow my practice?

The old methods of practice building  word of mouth, print marketing materials,  TV are slow costly ways to grow a cash practice.  They are intrusive and ineffective.  The latest  social networks present the opportunity for exponential growth of your practice, minimizing your risk in the transition.   There is deep emotion and value that house calls brings to patients and our marketing platform seeks to intimately tell the personal story of each physician, patient, employer, through video, community, blogs, forums, in a permission based manner that makes your patient sale when the patient is ready to buy.   Without social media, one customer tells one person at a time about your practice.  With the Personal Medicine Platform, one person tells 500 people at a time!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAQ Page for Physicians

Here is a nice list of questions from our early Physician Customers about implementing direct practice. Physicians please feel free to submit any other questions directly through our site email!!

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Saturday, November 21, 2009

boutiqueMed.com -

Nice home page from Boutiquemed.com regarding personal medicine affiiate and their emerging direct medical practice models... Great to have your support!

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Friday, November 20, 2009

Primary Care Docs Join us on Facebook!!

Latest Presentation

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Physicians Join us on face book for free webinar on implementing attentive direct medical practice!!

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

New Taste Journal

Try this one tonight!!

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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SlideShare on Facebook

Check out this website I found at apps.facebook.com

Take a look at our slideshare for more on why patients love house calls, companies love house calls and physicians love house calls!!

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Disruptive Innovation in Primary Care Featured at Mayo Clinic Tra

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Cloud based data security: Breach Notification – and how it applies to you

At the server end, Practice Fusion takes great pains to ensure data security and protection against intrusion, beyond the basics of 128-bit https encryption, firewalls, and 3-key access control (with enforcement of high-level password complexity). There has even been engagement of private security consultants to carry out security audits of how the data is protected, and of how PHI access is protected both internally and externally. The result is such that the “safe harbor” protection against Breach Notification can be extended to Practice Fusion users – use of this particular system will result in a much higher level of security than one is likely to achieve with any locally-installed system.

What are the measures we take to keep patient data safe in our cloud hosted environment?

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

David Rosenman Introduces Personal Medicine Co Founder

Physicians in Primary Care, implement a house call service line and reduce your overhead by 80%. Love to have your feedback on the platform...

http://surveys.verticalresponse.com/a/show/423013/e0d90c8f2b/0

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Personal Medicine Featured Speaker at Mayo Clinic Transform Symposium

Personal Medicine Co founder discusses at the Mayo Clinic Transform Symposium how innovation enables house calls and how house calls transform "customer experience"

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Friday, November 13, 2009

Dismal Outlook for Primary Care

Personal Medicine Co Founder Discusses Physician's Foundation Study at The Mayo Clinic Transform Symposium. Primary Care needs quick Transformation rather than reform.

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The Personal Medicine Team

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Pregnancy at 20, 30, 40

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The Personal Medicine Team

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

CDC - Podcasts

Cool podcast from CDC on Fighting Flu.

Try house calls this winter. Sign up for our email updates as we add new affiliates!

To Your Best Health,
The Personal Medicine Team

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Monday, November 09, 2009

Personal Medicine- House Calls Create Value For Customers

Co-Founder of Personal Medicine Natalie Hodge MD FAAP explains how house calls create value for customers in healthcare.

Primary Care docs' Friend us on Facebook for demo webinars and events!!

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Personal Medicine -- Why House calls?

Thanks everyone for the wonderful feedback on our house call platform... if you'd like your primary care doc coming to your house, take a moment to fill out our brief survey!!

http://surveys.verticalresponse.com/a/show/423013/da4975b71b/0

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The Top 6 Reasons Kids Have Tantrums - Parenting on Shine

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Saturday, November 07, 2009

Mayo Clinic Transform Symposium- Disruptive Innovation in Primary Care

Disruptive Innovation is Alive and Well in Healthcare at Personal Medicine.

How can we create value for you?

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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Business Benefits | Presentation

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Personal medicine meetup in los angeles

We are here in los angeles, for the weekend, all primary care docs interested in innovative house call service line, meet up with us at the lowe's hotel... Tweet us, or link in or facebook or email nhodge@personalmedicineinternational.com to schedule your private demo with our team!

Dr hodge

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Friday, November 06, 2009

Avoid the Flu This Winter- Personal Medicine HouseCall Network

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Human Resource Executive Online - Story


Benefits That Strike a Chord

In her first employee-benefits column, Carol Harnett highlights two innovative ways employers can combine imagination with good medical outcomes, decreased costs and increased employee satisfaction. Carol is a highly respected employee benefits consultant, speaker, writer and trendspotter.

By Carol Harnett

I am a Bruce Springsteen fan. Along with my friend, Pete Church, who is an HR executive, I recently ventured to the Apollo Theater to watch the taping of Elvis Costello's interview show, Spectacle, with The Boss.

On the drive home, we found ourselves discussing some of Springsteen's points about how to make linkages with audiences and relating it to our work. Springsteen says music is more than melody and lyrics. If Bruce can't place a fingerprint on our imaginations, can't connect to his listeners, then his songs are simply notes and words.

But how do HR leaders create benefit plans that strike a chord with our employees? For my first column in HREOnline TM , I searched for employers and service providers who combine imagination with good outcomes, decreased costs and increased employee satisfaction.

One innovator is Tom Emerick, who has spent the last 25 years working in benefit design for BP, Burger King and, most recently, Wal-Mart, where he was vice president of global benefit design.

In the 1980s while at BP, Emerick realized that a small percentage of employees drove a large portion of the benefit dollars. He began a multi-phase pilot that incentivized transplant candidates to go to the Mayo or Cleveland Clinics for evaluation and surgery, if deemed appropriate.

And thus was born one of the first employer-sponsored domestic medical-travel programs. Emerick was recently recognized by Healthspottr as one of the top 100 innovators in healthcare for this work.

He has gone on to evolve his approach, saying it's key for employers to first establish a tracking methodology to identify employees at high health risk and then "picking out the right place and getting the employees there."

What makes the places "right?" Emerick believes it's the medical facilities' ability to achieve "desired patient outcomes in the safest and least invasive way." Examples include Intermountain Healthcare, Geisinger Health System, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, and Cancer Treatment Centers of America, he says.

Emerick says that if even one high-risk employee participates in a year, the savings can be an immediate 5-percent reduction in benefit costs, so it's probably no surprise that more employers today are actively considering medical travel as part of their health benefit plans.

Another innovator is Dr. Natalie Hodge -- a pediatrician who carries an iPhone and tablet computer in her medical bag.

Four years ago, she made the decision to view her patients and their parents as customers. In addition to their wish for easier communication, including by phone and e-mail, she responded to their desire for house calls instead of office visits.

I don't know about you, but I haven't experienced a house call since Dr. Patrick came to see me when I was around 5 years old. My vague memory before he arrived is of my mom swathing me in blankets despite having a fever. The first thing Dr. Patrick did was strip off the blankets. I don't remember much else, but I loved him ever since.

After taking care of me, my pediatrician went into our kitchen, sorted through the things I could eat and drink, and sent my dad out with a list of items to purchase.

Hodge says that's exactly how it works today. The only difference is that she uses technology to bring her office to the patient. "Babies start with a clean slate of medical records," she says, "so it's easy to create their record electronically and give the parents access to it online."

Hodge now operates an e-commerce business called Personal Medicine International Inc ., to help other physicians follow in her concierge medicine footsteps.

What makes Personal Medicine interesting to employers is that it may be used in conjunction with high-deductible health plans as an option or an add-on. Employers can seed the employee's health-savings account or health-reimbursement account with funds to offset the monthly fee or purchase the service directly for workers. Employees can opt to cover one or several of their children, a dependent older parent or the whole family.

Since physicians see their patients wherever it's convenient, parents can go to work and the doctors will meet them at their offices or the childcare centers. Employees are more productive and satisfied with their benefits. And as the H1N1 flu virus heats up, parents can avoid hospitals and the risk of cross-contamination.

For me, what is interesting about both of these approaches to employer-provided healthcare is that employees received equal -- or better -- care in a way that may be more meaningful to them -- and employers gain cost savings within the first year.

This avenue of connecting employer goals with employee desires reminds me of some thoughts from the man himself, Bruce Springsteen, as quoted in an Oct. 17, 2007 Rolling Stone interview.

"My business ... is trying to connect to you ... . You are involved in an act of the imagination together, imagining the life you want to live, the kind of country you want to live in, the kind of place you want to leave your children. What are the things that bring you ecstasy and bliss, what are the things that bring on the darkness, and what can we do together to combat those things?"

Carol Harnett is a highly respected consultant, speaker, writer and trendspotter in the fields of employee benefits, health and productivity management, health and performance innovation, and value-based health. Follow her on Twitter via @carolharnett.


October 26, 2009

Copyright 2009© LRP Publications


Nice article in HR Executive Featuring Benefits for Personal Medicine Platform for Employers, illustrates creative benefit planning can halt the rise of company HC cost, especilly in high deductible model.

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The Personal Medicine Team

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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Personal Medicine -- Why House calls?

Co - Founder Natalie Hodge MD FAAP at Mayo Clinic Transform Symposium Answers the Question Why Should Primary Care Physicians Make House Calls?

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Patient testamonial Personal Medicine Affiliate program

Here is what mom's say about house calls, specifically customer service, physician relationship and quality...

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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

CDC Features - Frequently Asked Questions about the Safety of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine

Frequently Asked Questions about the Safety of the 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccine

Photo: Two mothers with their childrenThe first doses of vaccines that protect against 2009 H1N1 influenza (flu) are now available, and more doses will be shipped in the upcoming weeks. As you are preparing to protect yourself and your family from the 2009 H1N1 flu, you may have questions about the safety of the 2009 H1N1 flu vaccines. Here are the Frequently Asked Questions about the Safety of the 2009 H1N1 Flu Vaccines.

 

1. Are the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines safe?

Photo: A mother with her childrenThe 2009 H1N1 vaccines have undergone all the safety testing and quality checks that are usually done for other vaccines. We expect the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine to have a similar safety profile as seasonal flu vaccines, which have a very good safety track record. Over the years, hundreds of millions of Americans have received seasonal flu vaccines. The most common side effects following flu vaccinations are mild, such as soreness, redness, tenderness or swelling where the shot was given.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will be closely monitoring for any signs that the 2009 H1N1 vaccine is causing unexpected adverse events, and we will work with state and local health officials to investigate any unusual events.

2. How will the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines be monitored for safety?

CDC and FDA closely monitor the safety of all vaccines licensed for use in the United States in cooperation with state and local health departments, healthcare providers, manufacturers, and other partners.

The purpose of vaccine safety monitoring is to quickly identify significant adverse events following immunization that may be worrisome enough to consider changing vaccine recommendations. Adverse events, or health problems, following immunization may be coincidental to (meaning occurring around the same time but not related to vaccination) or caused by vaccination. CDC and its partners are using multiple systems to monitor the safety of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine. Two of the primary systems are the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which is jointly operated with FDA, and the Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) Project.

CDC also is collaborating with partners through the Emerging Infections Program to enhance monitoring of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) during the 2009-10 flu season. For more information on this initiative, see the frequently asked questions http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/basic/safety.htm on CDC's Vaccine Safety Web page.

3. How can adverse events following vaccine administration be reported?

Clinically significant adverse events that follow vaccination should be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which is a US vaccine safety surveillance system co-managed by CDC and the FDA.  Reports can be filed securely online at http://vaers.hhs.gov/, by mail, or by fax. Report forms are available online. In addition, report forms or other assistance can be obtained by calling 1-800-822-7967.

4. Is the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine safe for pregnant women?

Flu vaccines have not been shown to cause harm to pregnant women or their babies. The seasonal flu shot has been recommended for pregnant women for many years. The 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine is being made the same way as the seasonal flu vaccine. Studies that test the 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine in pregnant women began in September. More information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/pregnancy/

5. Can pregnant women receive the nasal spray vaccine?

The nasal spray vaccine is not recommended for use in pregnant women. Pregnant women should not receive nasal spray vaccine for either seasonal flu or 2009 H1N1 flu. After delivery, women can receive the nasal spray vaccine, even if they are breastfeeding. More information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/pregnancy/

6. What is thimerosal and does the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine contain thimerosal?

Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative that has been used for decades in the United States and internationally in multi-dose vials (vials containing more than one dose) of some vaccines to prevent the growth of microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, which may contaminate them.

The 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines that FDA licensed are manufactured in several formulations. Some are produced in multi-dose vials and contain thimerosal as a preservative.  Some 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines are also produced in single-dose units and do not contain thimerosal. In addition, nasal spray, is produced in single-dose units and does not contain thimerosal. More information is available at http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/thimerosal_qa.htm

Photo: Healthcare professional preparing a vaccinne.7. What is a vaccine adjuvant and will the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines that are currently recommended contain adjuvants?

A vaccine adjuvant is a substance that is added to the vaccine to increase the body's immune response to the vaccine.

Vaccine adjuvants will not be used in the United States during the 2009-10 flu season. This includes all of the 2009 H1N1 and seasonal influenza vaccines that will be available for children and adults in both the injectable and nasal spray formulations.

8. How will the federal government determine whether people who receive the 2009 H1N1 vaccine have an increased risk for Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS)?

CDC, FDA, and other federal agencies are tracking GBS through VAERS and several other safety monitoring other systems. In VAERS, scientists will assess whether reports of GBS are more common among reports received for H1N1 vaccine compared to seasonal flu vaccine or other vaccines. At the same time, CDC and others are working with neurologists, the medical specialists who see most GBS cases, to encourage reporting of GBS cases through VAERS.

Another system tracking GBS is the Vaccine Safety Datalink project, or VSD. Analysis of VSD information will determine if GBS is more common among people who have received H1N1 vaccine than among people that have not received it. CDC, in collaboration with neurologists, academic centers and state health departments, is also tracking GBS disease among persons in 10 states who are part of CDC 's Emerging Infections Program.

If there is an increase in the number of reported cases, public health officials will conduct intensive investigations. If any problems are detected with this 2009 H1N1 vaccine, they will be reported to health officials, healthcare providers, and the public, and health officials will take needed action to ensure the public's health and safety.

9. Are there some people who should not receive 2009 H1N1 vaccine?

There are some people who should not get a flu vaccine without first consulting a physician. These include:

  • People who have a severe allergy to chicken eggs.
  • People who have had a severe reaction to an influenza vaccination.
  • People who developed Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) within 6 weeks of getting an influenza vaccine.
  • Children less than 6 months of age (influenza vaccine is not approved for this age group).
  • People who have a moderate-to-severe illness with a fever (they should wait until they recover to get vaccinated).

10. I am allergic to eggs. Can I get the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine?

People who have a severe allergy to chicken eggs are among certain groups of people who should not get any flu vaccine (regular seasonal flu vaccine or 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine) without first consulting a physician. This is because both regular seasonal flu vaccine and 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine are made using eggs and each type of vaccine contains tiny amounts of egg protein. Your doctor can best decide if the potential risks of receiving the flu vaccine outweigh the benefits of protection against the flu.

For more information on the 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccine

Here is the FAQ page from CDC on H1N1 vaccine for review.

To Your Best Health,

The Personal Medicine Team

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