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Focused on physician care, iMedExchange improves the work and well being of physicians by connecting and supporting them in a productivity-based and opportunity rich online environment.

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Moving...
2007-07-16 02:03:00
Today our team experienced a growth milestone. Over the week-end we moved out of the offices that facilitated our formative period, and moved into a beautiful downtown Seattle office that will nicely facilitate our growth. Our office mascot (Ubu), and...
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Time to Meet Dr. Patel & Dr. Stanley
2007-07-16 01:03:00
Hi everyone. I’m really happy to say that our iMedExchange introduction is up and running now! Anyone who regularly reads Dr. Kevin’s blog has probably seen Dr. Patel located on the right side of the page. If you haven’t seen...
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Physicians in a Single Payer World?
2007-07-12 17:12:00
In April, the Massachusetts legislature approved a very controversial bill requiring all 6.5 million residents of the state to have health insurance or face penalties. Last week the law was enacted, stipulating that residents with annual incomes below the federal...
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Movable Type v4.0 beta 6 demo
2007-07-11 10:42:00
Byrne just announced the launching of Movable Type Beta 6 As always, the new release comes up with a series of bug fixes and new features Go and check the Free Movable Type Beta 6 Online Demo

The iMedExchange Technology Mission Statement
2007-07-09 20:23:00
Why software often goes bad (click to enlarge) By way of introduction, my name is Bob Crimmins, Chief Technology Officer of iMedExchange. I have spent the past 20+ years striving to build truly useful, truly easy-to-use software. For the...
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Movable Type v4.0 beta 5 demo
2007-07-04 15:30:00
Another beta version coming up, another occasion to celebrate Six Apart just announced Movable Type v4.0 beta 5 The Movable Type crew did a great job and addressed a bunch of bug fixes and improvements which you could visualize and comment about here. Are you ready to evaluate this new release without any efforts?
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Web 2.0 for Physicians
2007-07-03 22:51:00
Dr. Subrahmanyam Karuturi recently summarized a number of social networking sites aimed at the physician community. This list is useful, especially for physicians who are looking for or need resources. And, the sites listed are interesting. One comment following...
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Web 2.0 for Physicians
2007-07-03 21:51:00
Dr. Subrahmanyam Karuturi recently summarized a number of social networking sites aimed at the physician community. This list is useful, especially for physicians who are looking for or need resources. And, the sites listed are interesting. One comment following Dr. Karuturi’s blog entry raises the question of what constitutes a social network and what does not. This current debate is a component of the larger discussion related to the definition of Web 2.0 . Wikipedia provides a definition as good as any. As an aside, a quiz in a recent eWeek article included the following question: “What did Tim O'Reilly (of Silicon Valley publishing fame) say about companies that advertise themselves as Web 2.0? Answer: That if a company advertises themselves as Web 2.0, then they probably aren’t.” From my perspective, forums and message boards continue to be helpful vehicles tools for online discussion and can offer value as components of often more extensive social networking environ...
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Movable Type v4.0 beta 4 demo
2007-06-28 16:32:00
I'm pleased to introduce you the 4th beta of the Movable Type Athena project Go and check out the new release in no time Happy testing!
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Introducing Dr. Patel
2007-06-20 21:33:00
I’d like to introduce you to Dr. Patel…the newest member of the iMedExchange team. For the last few weeks I’ve been working on an animated presentation that introduces our first two spokespeople and gives a quick overview of what iMedExchange...
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Introducing Dr. Patel
2007-06-20 20:33:00
I’d like to introduce you to Dr. Patel…the newest member of the iMedExchange team. For the last few weeks I’ve been working on an animated presentation that introduces our first two spokespeople and gives a quick overview of what iMedExchange is all about. Our spokespeople are fictional physicians, Dr. Stanley and Dr. Patel, two fun physician characters developed by a world-class illustrator from New York. The animation script has been written and recorded in studio, and the development team is currently working on the actual animation with the Macromedia Flash tool. It’s been a very exciting process, and has been more involved than I thought! The presentation should be ready in 2 weeks, but I thought it would be fun to give you a sneak peek of Dr. Patel. Just yesterday we approved the final Dr. Patel sketch, which means today the illustrator is filling in her colors. I’m really looking forward to seeing what you think of the presentation, and I’ll probably do a...
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Movable Type v4.0 beta 3 demo
2007-06-20 12:26:00
Movable Type v4.0 beta 3 is live since a few hours now The new release addresses an important number of bug fixes and improved features Enjoy!
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Movable Type v4.0 demo announced by Six Apart
2007-06-19 12:18:00
Hello Folks, I’ve been delighted to discover that the Movable Type Crew @ Six Apart announced this Movable Type v4.0 demo within the product official Web site A community demo of MT4 I’m so honored to help you discover what’s new on this product on a continuous basis. Personally I believe that this Movable Type Athena project is an excellent product which soon will start to convert Word Press users to this more friendly environment. Enjoy!
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Salute to the South Sound
2007-06-19 03:26:00
Around our office you will regularly hear that iMedExchange is being built by, for and of physicians. This started to take on more significance a few months back with a single call group, whose practices are to the South ...
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Salute to the South Sound
2007-06-19 02:26:00
Around our office you will regularly hear that iMedExchange is being built by, for and of physicians. This started to take on more significance a few months back with a single call group, whose practices are to the South of Seattle. The lead member of the group, and a personal friend, joined me and a few other members of the leadership team to talk in depth about iMedExchange. At that meeting, we first shared the concept of iMedExchange, the iCN and our Physician Investment opportunity. Thanks to this physician and his colleagues in the South Sound , we are well on our way to a robust advisory and financial team of terrific physicians from all across the country. So, I send a salute to the South Sound crew, who were the first group of physicians to believe in our vision, consistently give us feedback and get involved financially. It’s not easy to be the first to the dance, but as with any great movement….it starts with a few passionate and insightful individuals getting inv...
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Movable Type v4.0 beta 2
2007-06-13 10:52:00
Welcome to a new Movable Type v4.0 beta preview installation. I'm very glad to let you know that Byrne just announced today the Movable Type v4.0 beta 2 (check the change log here). Just like you are doing now, I couldn't resist the temptation of checking it out right away You don't have to bother about spending time installing the built and getting it up and running. Just follow the URL below and login with the right username and password. Enjoy! You may also like to leave your comments or trackback this post. I would love to hear from you
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Physician Incomes Declined 10 years Straight
2007-06-13 05:59:00
A 2006 article in the AMNews discussed the decline in physician incomes over the past decade. A report released in Summer 05' analyzes the income drop. Specifically, the average net income for primary care physicians, after adjusting for inflation,...
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Physician Incomes Declined 10 years Straight
2007-06-13 04:59:00
A 2006 article in the AMNews discussed the decline in physician incomes over the past decade. A report released in Summer 05' analyzes the income drop. Specifically, the average net income for primary care physicians, after adjusting for inflation, declined 10% from 1995 to 2003 to $121,262, according to a national study by the Center for Studying Health System Change. The average adjusted net income for medical specialists slipped 2% to $175,011 during the same period. Income levels might still seem like a lot of money to most of us, but it’s troubling when you account for factors like the years of investment in education and training, the long hours and risk of malpractice. Indeed, the healthcare profession is under assault and physicians increasingly need to become more adept at the business side of their profession. There are signs that tomorrow’s physicians are developing business and technical acumen that will aid in combating the challenges. Valuable forums like S...
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Movable Type 4.0 Extended Entry Editing Feedback - Learn from Windows Live
2007-06-12 13:54:00
Among the people testing the Movable Type v4.0 beta installation I've made available, yesterday somebody placed an interesting note on the Extended Entry field positioning in MT v4.0 vs. the Windows Live Writer model Here it is: While I love MT's new rich text editor, hiding the "extended" part of the post in a second tab makes it harder to drag and drop content. I like Windows Live Writer 2.0's mechanism of inserting a visual marker that divides a post so you can see the whole entry including the dividing line. The dividing line becomes the thing you manipulate, moving it around and placing it where it should go in the text. This is a better conceptualization than a separate data field. It's more writerly, less geeky, and poses less risk; I hate moving text around, feel much safer moving the divider.
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Alaska - Wild Wild West
2007-06-07 07:29:00
The final move of my career in pharmaceuticals was to the Pacific Northwest in 2004 to manage a team of Pharmaceutical Representatives in Washington and Alaska …Yes Alaska as in the northernmost state in the union. I relocated to the Wild ...
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Kansas City...Dorothy Kicks Her Heels
2007-06-07 06:59:00
After earning my stripes in the St. Louis healthcare market, my antics as a rep earned me a promotion to Kansas City . I worked in Institutions with the State and Federal government coverage of psychiatric medications. Yes, I said Psychiatry....
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Alaska - Wild Wild West
2007-06-07 06:29:00
The final move of my career in pharmaceuticals was to the Pacific Northwest in 2004 to manage a team of Pharmaceutical Representatives in Washington and Alaska …Yes Alaska as in the northernmost state in the union. I relocated to the Wild West to identify solutions to mend the rocky relationship between the Pharmaceutical Industry and the Physicians/Healthcare System in the Pacific Northwest. Alaska, much to my surprise, had a Healthcare Delivery process that was 180 degrees different from the constraints of the heavily managed environment in the “Lower 48” (Alaskan lingo for the 48 states to the south). For example, physicians average more time with each patient visit and less hassle over reimbursement. This also poses an interesting perspective on what Alaskan physicians told us would be helpful as iMedExchange progresses – different priorities than their colleagues in the Lower 48. After the CEO of the company and I met with physicians in Anchorage, we reflected that w...
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Kansas City...Dorothy Kicks Her Heels
2007-06-07 05:59:00
After earning my stripes in the St. Louis healthcare market, my antics as a rep earned me a promotion to Kansas City . I worked in Institutions with the State and Federal government coverage of psychiatric medications. Yes, I said Psychiatry. Rarely am I intimidated, but working with psychiatrists, psychiatry residents and institutional C-levels who psychoanalyze people for a living, made me question my move across Missouri – but not for long. This week I returned back to Kansas City to visit friends and former clients at KU Med, the VA’s of VISIN 15 and Truman/Western Missouri Mental Health. For three years, I worked with the Psychiatrists, Case Workers and Nurses who bring hope to mentally ill patients and their families. They graciously de-sensitized me to the many common misrepresentations of the mentally ill and even motivated me to volunteer time towards the plight of the mentally ill. It was good to be back, getting ideas on how we at iMedExchange can bring value to th...
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Ten Minute Rule
2007-06-07 05:21:00
By way of introduction, I am Emma Squillace, the Director of Training and Support at iMedExchange. In my work, I spend lots of time talking with physicians about blogs, forums and web based tools they use in their daily routine, and understanding how technology is helping physicians. I am especially interested in what we can do to make things better. I am going to blog periodically about interesting tricks and tips I pick up on blogs and forums. My first post will feature one I found recently… There’s a time-management trick called the 10 minute rule that I really like. Basically it says that if there’s something you’re putting off, just commit to doing it for 10 minutes. After that time is up you can stop. Most of the time, at 10 minutes into a task it doesn’t seem nearly as bad as it did before you started. I’ve been trying to incorporate the 10 minute rule into my life lately, and I’ve had pretty good results. Here are a few of my latest successes (plus a failure)...
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No Place Like Home
2007-06-04 23:20:00
First, let me introduce myself. I am Rebecca Winter, the Director of Business Development here at iMedExchange. Out of the gate I am working to accomplish two things: recruit hundreds of top physicians from around the country into our iMedExchange Consultant Network (iCN), and introduce as many physicians as possible to the investment opportunity in the company. I am so excited about this company that I left a great career in the pharmaceutical industry and actually invested my own money the day I joined iMedExchange…so if I come across a little excited it’s because I am. I’m not catholic and don’t intend to blog about religion, however St. Anthony, the patron saint of things lost or stolen, brought some light to the first phase of our nationwide tour just a week and a half ago. St. Anthony’s Hospital, and the area around it in South St. Louis, Missouri, is where I cut my teeth in Healthcare. Eight years ago, I was introduced to about 120 physicians as a pharmaceutica...
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Welcome!
2007-06-04 18:25:00
On behalf of the iMedExchange (iMX) team, welcome to the brand new iMedExchange Blog! The iMX Blog will serve as an important communication tool as we collectively build iMedExchange. Well, you’ve found the blog and we are honored that you’ve taken a few minutes to stay. A little about what to expect from the blog: Various members of the iMedExchange team will be posting on a regular basis, most often blogging about areas related to their role in the company and their interests…professional and sometimes personal. We’ll also periodically post material that we think is entertaining or provides a little insight into the world and team behind the scenes of this exciting venture. Our goal, however, is not to blog for the sake of blogging…as with everything we do, we want to deliver value to our physician customers and we'll be relying on you to tell us how we can make this tool more useful. We also encourage you to communicate with us, and one another, through the blog. Tel...

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