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		<title>Board Certified Physician, what it means?</title>
		<link>http://blog.docasap.com/2012/01/board-certified-physician-what-it-means/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.docasap.com/2012/01/board-certified-physician-what-it-means/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>puneet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How many of us actually understand the meaning of “Board Certification” and how many of us actually care whether our doctor is board certified or not.
Board certified officially means that the physician is an exceptional expert in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of medical practice and has gone through the required training to practice medicine. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Not Only Patients but Doctors also Googling for health information</title>
		<link>http://blog.docasap.com/2011/11/not-only-patients-but-doctors-also-googling-for-health-information/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.docasap.com/2011/11/not-only-patients-but-doctors-also-googling-for-health-information/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 17:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>puneet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.docasap.com/?p=275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The new survey by Wolters Kluwer Health shows that 46 percent of doctors frequently use sites like Google and Yahoo for treating, diagnosing or caring for their patients; 68 percent of doctors dig through professional journals and 60 percent of doctors seek their colleagues advice, 42 percent get their information from conferences and events,  and 42 percent say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Avoiding long wait times at ERs</title>
		<link>http://blog.docasap.com/2011/08/avoiding-long-wait-times-at-ers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.docasap.com/2011/08/avoiding-long-wait-times-at-ers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 21:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>puneet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[access]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ERs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scheduling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Urgent Care]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.docasap.com/?p=259</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hospital emergency departments are turning to a number of strategies to reduce wait times, amid growing concern about patients who leave without being seen.  Leaving without treatment can lead to lost revenue for hospitals and health risks for patients.  The national average of those who leave without being seen was about 2.7% in 2007-08, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E.Coli (STEC) infection: Just be aware</title>
		<link>http://blog.docasap.com/2011/06/e-coli-stec-infection-just-be-aware/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.docasap.com/2011/06/e-coli-stec-infection-just-be-aware/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 17:51:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>puneet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dental appointments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ehealth]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Access]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[online booking]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.docasap.com/?p=251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new form of E.coli (Escherichia coli-STEC) is causing lot of trouble in Germany, so far 17 people have died and several got infected.   It is causing bloody diarrhea and affecting Kidneys and considered to be “highly infectious and toxic”
As recorded by BBC, Dr Dilys Morgan from the Health Protection Agency says the E. coli [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges in implementing HIE, EMR and Internet usage in Health Care</title>
		<link>http://blog.docasap.com/2011/06/challenges-in-implementing-hie-emr-and-internet-usage-in-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.docasap.com/2011/06/challenges-in-implementing-hie-emr-and-internet-usage-in-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 17:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Doctor-Patient relationship]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[EMR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Information Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Penn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychiatrist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scheduling]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.docasap.com/?p=246</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government’s vision to create a Health Information Exchange (HIE) has the potential to provide a comprehensive patient history at the point of care. In addition to this data exchange, Internet and “meaningful use” of electronic health records will have a positive and significant impact on the delivery of healthcare and its associated costs. This new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selecting a Primary Care Physician</title>
		<link>http://blog.docasap.com/2009/07/selecting-a-primary-care-physician/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.docasap.com/2009/07/selecting-a-primary-care-physician/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choice]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Selection]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.docasap.com/?p=155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We recently came across an interesting article that discusses the challenges of locating the right information to help select a primary care physician.  Some interesting points:

Determine if your insurance is compatible with the doctor’s practice.
What is the doctor’s hospital affiliation? Is the doctor affiliated with a reputable, nearby hospital?
How convenient is the doctor’s office to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Universal Health Care affordable</title>
		<link>http://blog.docasap.com/2009/06/can-government-rein-in-us-healthcare-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.docasap.com/2009/06/can-government-rein-in-us-healthcare-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vince</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.docasap.com/?p=133</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An interesting NYT poll indicates that America&#8217;s growing frustration with the rising cost of care is driving them to support government-based solutions rather than those from private insurers.  Many prominent voices in healthcare seem to agree that the existing pay-per-procedure insurance model does not promote efficiency, providing proverbial wind to the Obama administration&#8217;s reformist sails [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whole of May, getting prepared for a launch</title>
		<link>http://blog.docasap.com/2009/06/whole-of-may-getting-prepared-for-a-launch/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.docasap.com/2009/06/whole-of-may-getting-prepared-for-a-launch/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>puneet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atlanticare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DocAsap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare Access]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.docasap.com/?p=126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[May&#8217;09 was a hectic month for DocAsap and for us. We graduated from Wharton and DocAsap product entered active beta testing. We grew our team, built new partnerships, formulated new processes, and are more and more close to our goal. Few more weeks and we would be live helping people get doctor appointments easily.
While we [...]]]></description>
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