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8Jun, 2017
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Healthcare’s Disruptive Transition – Part 1

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Over the next 10 years, we will see more profound transformations in healthcare than the last 30 years. As we will discuss in our new series of blogs, the transformations will be driven by consumer demands and changes in the use of technology, as well as the pressure by the government to drive changes to payments to providers over the next five years. This process will require changes in all providers and hospitals, it will force modernization of payers systems (CMS, HMOs and other private insurance), and lastly the intensive […]
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5Jun, 2017
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Quantum Innovations, Inc. is accepted as Palm Beach County Medical Society Endorsed Partner

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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (May 30, 2017) Quantum Innovations, Inc., (“QI”) is pleased to announce that it has been accepted in to the Palm Beach County Medical Society (PBCMS) as an Endorsed Partner. This status is reached only with the approval of the recommendation and vote by the Board of Directors of the distinguished, nearly 100-year-old processional society. Noel J. Guillama, President of Quantum Innovations, Inc. commented, “we are honored to be associated with such distinguished and historical society as the Palm Beach County Medical Society. For nearly 100 years […]
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19May, 2017
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A Perspective on the New American Health Care Act of 2017 (AHCA)

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Two weeks ago, the United States House of Representatives passed the long anticipated Republican healthcare bill. It passed with only the Republicans’ support, and even then, it was by a very slim margin of only four votes, 217 to 213. Not a single Democrat voted for the bill and 20 Republicans defected and voted against it. The bill now moves on to the U.S. Senate where by all indications and public statements, the Senate seems set to write their own version. Let’s take a moment to review the key parts […]
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19May, 2017
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EHRs: We Have Barely Scratched the Surface

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For the last six years, the rush to install electronic healthcare records (EHR) in the entire United States healthcare industry, has been driven almost exclusively by the U.S. government’s proverbial “carrot and stick” approach. Originally, it offered $30 billion (USD) in incentives that one day in the not-too-distant future will be deemed wasted – this was the “carrot.” The “stick” was the mandated reductions or penalties in reimbursement if providers did not comply. Today that penalty is 3% of all government paid healthcare, increasing to 5% in 2019. We must […]
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10May, 2017
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The Future of EHR’s (Part 4)

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As we have reported in Parts 1, 2 and 3 of this series, we are looking at the future of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). A recent position paper created, approved and released by the Board of Regents of the American College of Physicians (ACP) titled, “Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Task in Health Care: a Position Paper of the American College of Physicians” sparked a topic of conversation for this series. We believe that this ACP paper is a landmark document of the good, the bad, and the missed opportunity of most, if not all leading […]
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4May, 2017
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The Future of EHR’s (Part 3)

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Part 1 of this series began with a reflection on the use, practicality, and future of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). For convenience in our discussion, we separated EHRs into two distinct categories: first, the EHRs primarily driven to produce documentation that supports the medical billing transaction, and the second category are those designed and driven to support high-end specialty practices, excluding hospital or acute care. Today, we find few EHRs solving the real-world problems faced by small and mid-size medical practices as most of the EHR companies have gone for the […]
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26Apr, 2017
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The Future of EHR’s (Part 2)

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The first part of this series of blogs began to question the use, practicality, and the future of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). We purposely separated EHRs into two distinct categories for purposes of this discussion: the first category are EHRs designed to primarily drive and produce documentation to support a medical billing transaction, and the second category are those designed and driven to support high-end specialty practices. In a future series of blogs, we will discuss why nearly 70% penetration of EHRs into the U.S. healthcare system still have not […]
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25Apr, 2017
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The Future of EHR’s (Part 1)

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Over the last two years, we have dedicated this blog to national and international general healthcare issues. We have attempted to highlight how fundamental changes in payer models, demographics, and how health information technology is converging to cause both problems and corresponding opportunities. Over the last six years, we have witnessed hundreds of billions of U.S. dollars invested in new, and in most cases, short-lived, unfunctional and time-consuming electronic healthcare records. We have witnessed hundreds of fortune seekers enter the industry, with the passage of the U.S. government mandates, thinking […]
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4Apr, 2017
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Seven Solutions to Healthcare Reform (Part 7 of 7)

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To those that have endured our entire Seven Solutions to Healthcare Reformseries, I thank you. I will confirm President Trump’s statement was 100% correct, “healthcare is complicated.” Healthcare is so complicated, that President Trump is one of eighteen other United States Presidents who have tried to expand, reform or fix healthcare in America – totaling over more than 100 years. Therefore, if we tried to talk about healthcare reform in an abbreviated basis, seven blogs were the least we could do. As a teaser in our last blog, we mentioned that, […]
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23Mar, 2017
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Seven Solutions to Healthcare Reform (Part 6 of 7)

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The sixth blog of our seven-blog series will detail the proposed changes that’s needed to the U.S. Healthcare System as part of Healthcare Reform for the 21st Century. Based on experience, we believe that each our seven key suggestions are equally weighted in importance therefore, it would be hard for us to decide which one is most important. Additionally, we still don’t believe that meaningful healthcare reform can be done in one, two, or even four years. The right plan for the population would likely take a decade therefore, it is far […]
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