About 3t Systems

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About 3t Systems

• Providing technical expertise broad project
  experience within
• Managed Services
• Application Development Integration
• Voice Solutions
• Small Business Solutions
• Advanced Infrastructure Security

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About 3t Systems

• Teamed with over 700 clients since 1994 to
  achieve their business objectives with technical
  solutions
• Largest privately-held IT consultancy in Colorado
  recognized for growth for the past 3 years by
• Inc. 500
• Deloitte Touche North America Technology Fast
  500
• Deloitte Touche Colorado Technology Fast 50
• Recognized by Citrix in 2004 for Best Vertical
  Solution (North Colorado Health Alliance)

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Agenda

• A discussion of the
• Toys, Gadgets and Software that can assist the
  clinical workflow and enhance encounters in your
  EMR or PM software
• HIPAA complaint networks (infrastructure)
• Avoiding Pitfalls of business technology when
  building a network

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Oh MY!
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Okay so what are the latest TECHNOLOGY toys?

• Gadgets
• Smart Phones
• Wireless Gear
• PDAs
• Dictation to digital downloads
• Machines (interface devices)
• Laptops
• Tablets
• Hand Helds
• Software
• EMR
• PM
• Web Portals
• Server Side Applications

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We have All been told that,

• Technology can offer improvement in the quality
  of care you provide your patients by the the
  gains you receive in clinical efficiencies

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And what do you get?

• You can do more with less!
• You can leverage your technology to be a better
  Doctor, Nurse, Therapist of paraprofessional!!
• You can live a better life!!!

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Corny AND True?
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Its the Superhero approach
Hey Doc, What do YOU wear on you your utility
belt?
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There are lots of them!
NEC Mobile 900
HP IPac
Sony Clie
Tungston Palm
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Corny AND True?
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So How De We Use Them?

• Build a computer network
• Get a Practice Management Suite
• Tie that to Electronic Medical Records
• Plug in Gadgets to allow to be portable

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What does a network look like?
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What does a complicated network look like?
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But Wait, lets get philosophical

• Has anyone ever seen a Palm Pilot perform an
  exam and diagnose an illness?
• Has your computer network ever counseled a
  patient with a terminal disease?
• Has your laptop ever impressed a patient enough
  that someone referred his or her entire family to
  your practice?

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An Even Better Question

• Can technology really improve the quality of
  care you provide your patients while honoring
  your commitment to the fundamental tenets of
  medicine?

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What did Hippocrates Say?

• The Physician's Pledge
• I swear by Apollo the physician, by Aesculapius,
  Hygeia, and Panacea, and take to witness all the
  gods, all the goddesses, to keep according to my
  ability and my judgment the following oath
• To consider dear to me as my parents him who
  taught me this art
• To live in common with him and if necessary to
  share my goods with him, to look upon his
  children as my own brothers, to teach them this
  art if they so desire without fees or written
  promise
• To impart to my sons and the sons of the master
  who taught me and the disciples who have enrolled
  themselves and have agreed to the rules of the
  profession, but to these alone, the precepts and
  the instruction.
• I will prescribe regimen for the good of my
  patients according to my ability and my judgment
  and never to do harm to anyone. To please no one
  will I prescribe a deadly drug, nor give advice
  which may cause his death. But I will preserve
  the purity of my life and my art. I will not cut
  for stone, even for patients in whom the disease
  is manifest. I will leave this operation for
  practitioners (specialists in the art).
• In every house where I come I will enter only for
  the good of my patients, keeping myself from all
  intentional ill-doing and all seduction, and
  especially from the pleasures of love with women
  or men, be they free or slaves. All that may come
  to my knowledge in the exercise of my profession
  or outside my profession or in daily commerce
  with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I
  will keep secret and will never reveal.
• If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my
  life and practice my art, respected by all men
  and in all times but if I swerve from it or
  violate it, may the reverse be my lot.
• Hippocrates, 460-370 B.C.Father of Terran
  Medicine

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A Techies View

• Consider dear to me as my parents him who taught
  me this art
• To live in common with him and if necessary to
  share my goods with him (blah blah blah).
  Impart wisdom
• Agree with and follow the rules of the profession
• Prescribe a regimen for the good of my patients
  according to my ability and my judgment and never
  to do harm to anyone.
• Preserve the purity of my life and my art.
• I will keep secret and will never reveal.
• Enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by
  all men and in all times.

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Why did you get into medicine?

• (Family Feud Style)
• Help People
• Make a difference in the lives of those you touch
• Cure illness
• Be respected
• Be successful
• Live a meaningful and prosperous life
• NOT
• HAVE A REALLY COOL COMPUTER SYSTEM

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So we all agree that IT helps but what are the
Pitfalls?

• Slave to technology
• View technology just like a really expensive
  tongue depressor
• Dont let the patients get lost in he world of
  data
• Use it to Help
• not hinder

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So how do we avoid those pitfalls Eric?

• TECH Geeks Build Good Servers and PCs

• Medical IT Consultants Help Fulfill Your
  Practice Needs

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So How do we avoid those pitfalls Eric?

• Dont Buy the Undercoating!!
• Look for simple ways to solve complex problems
• PLAN, DISCUSS, PLAN SOME MORE and integrate
• Partner with your consultant EARLY!!!

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In Closing

• Weve finished our discussion of the
• Toys, Gadgets and Software that can assist the
  clinical workflow and enhance encounters in your
  EMR or PM software
• HIPAA complaint networks (infrastructure)
• Avoiding pitfalls of the medical business
  technology

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How would Hippocrates use technology?

• At the end of the day
• Did you make a difference?
• Did it help you do it better?
• Are you living a better life?
• These are the factors when evaluating a true
  return on your IT investment. - Eric Leftwich