{"id":291,"date":"2009-03-18T06:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-18T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=291"},"modified":"2017-01-24T17:33:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T22:33:08","slug":"a-walmart-approach-to-ehealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=291","title":{"rendered":"A Walmart approach to eHealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/11\/business\/11record.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/i2.walmartimages.com\/i\/catalog\/modules\/G0040\/wmlogo.gif\" alt=\"Walmart\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Last week, I <a href=\"https:\/\/mhgoldberg.com\/blog\/?p=296\">wrote<\/a> about the slow pace of adoption of electronic health records by Ontario&#8217;s private physicians.<\/p>\n<p>A colleague pointed out a recent article in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/03\/11\/business\/11record.html\">NY Times<\/a> about Walmart marketing a digital health records system through its Sam&#8217;s Club division, which recently announced its exit from Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The Walmart system is bundling Dell&#8217;s computers with an application from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eclinicalworks.com\/about.php\">eClinicalWorks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"font-size: 85%; color: #666666; text-align: justify;\"><p>will be under $25,000 for the first physician in a practice, and about $10,000 for each additional doctor. After the installation and training, continuing annual costs for maintenance and support will be $4,000 to $6,500 a year<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Times story says that health technology suppliers have found it costly to sell to small physician offices because even though they represent a large market, they are scattered. Enter Sam&#8217;s Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, I wrote about the slow pace of adoption of electronic health records by Ontario&#8217;s private physicians. A colleague pointed out a recent article in the NY Times about Walmart marketing a digital health records system through its Sam&#8217;s Club division, which recently announced its exit from Canada. 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