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Focus on New Technology:
••Winter 2001/Vol. 5 No.1

Editors' CommentsPermanente Abstracts

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Health Systems



Clinician Champions and Leaders for Electronic Medical Record Innovations.
Michael A Krall, MD

This is a very timely topic. As the organization considers the best method of designing and rolling out new clinical information systems, Dr Krall examines the characteristics of these change agent champions.
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Permanente Physicians Determine Use of New Technology: Kaiser Permanente's Interregional New Technologies Committee.
Mitchell Sugarman

An excellent description of KP's Interregional New Technologies Committee and the cutting-edge work that it has done. Clearly this is a Permanente competitive advantage.
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CIS Is Coming: Dr Andy Wiesenthal Talks About KP's Clinical Information System.
Jon Stewart, Associate Editor

Jon Stewart from The Permanente Federation interviews Dr Andy Wiesenthal on the programwide implementation of a colossal endeavor--implementing CIS!
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Clinician-Patient Communication: The Electronic Medical Record--Barrier or Bridge to Effective Clinician-Patient Communication?
Andrew M Lum, MD; Mark D Zuiderveen

Does having a computer in the exam room augment or detract from good clinician-patient communication? This is the inaugural CPC article for this new feature of the Health Systems section.
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Videoconferencing and CME: "Pearls of Wisdom" Learned From Ten Years of Experience.
Carol Havens, MD

Dr Havens describes the complementary role of videoconferencing in CME programs--truly a competitive advantage for Permanente.
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The Future of Continuing Medical Education (CME) Technology.
Carol Havens, MD; Suzanne Furuya, MPH, MBA; KM Tan, MD

This is a review of videoconferencing programs, KP's interactive CD-Rom and Internet-based learning. As the authors state, KP is becoming a leader in this type of CME activity.
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Is There a Role for the Physician in Technology Acquisition?
KM Tan, MD; John Howse, MD

In this article based on Northern California's experience, the key role of the Permanente physician is well demonstrated.
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Addressing the Challenge of New Medical Technologies: One Permanente Clinician's View--Part I.
Paul Wallace, MD

Dr Paul Wallace from the Federation's Care Management Institute does a masterful job framing the question of new technology integration.
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