Healthcare Information and Management

In a world that increasingly depends upon information technology to facilitate the transfer of important data between parties in every industry, it is quite surprising to learn that many private medical practices do not utilize electronic medical records to track their patients’ health information. Since its inception, Personal Physicians of Connecticut, LLC (PPC) has utilized the latest available medical information technology as the backbone of its medical practice management system. This system allows Dr. Slogoff to access patients’ medical records from any remote location.

An equally astounding fact in this modern era of medicine is the rarity with which most physicians in the United States offer e-mail as a means of communication with their patients. It is impossible to imagine that any businessperson could possibly operate in today’s economic environment without the use of e-mail. However, it becomes easier to understand this circumstance when one recognizes that a typical insurance-based physician cares for thousands of patients and would therefore literally be overwhelmed if he or she provided this otherwise incredibly valuable service to patients. Because of PPC’s limited patient membership, Dr. Slogoff has the luxury of offering patients the use of e-mail communication for non-urgent medical issues.