Today’s blog is a Guest Blog by Charlotte dentist Dr. Charles Payet. Since 1999, Dr. Payet has been the sole dentist & owner of Smiles by Payet Dentistry at the corner of Park Rd. & Abbey Place in Charlotte. He earned a dual B.A. in Biology & German at UNC Chapel Hill in 1994 and his DDS …
One of the biggest issues in our healthcare system is the disconnect between cost visibility and care delivery. Doctors are typically trained to deliver the best care they possibly can for the indicated diagnosis, as well they should be. But they rarely have at hand the information necessary to determine if that course of treatment …
As I work closely with many healthcare professionals, I am hearing all the latest and greatest (and usually false) rumors about Covid-19. The latest one is of special importance to independent healthcare providers, many of whom are turning to telehealth sessions during shutdowns to help enforce social distancing. There is a rumor going around, especially …
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Covid-19, the deadly and highly contagious disease caused by the novel coronavirus that was first reported late last year, has already tested our country’s healthcare delivery system, and it is almost certainly not even close to peaking yet as of this writing. Here at Fast Layne Solutions, we are, as always, focused on how to …
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Last week, we talked about the challenges facing a fictional doctor, Dr. Janelle Smith, a young endocrinologist trying to serve the South Side of Chicago as an independent practitioner. When we left off, she was facing an impossible choice: stay in her private practice but barely scrape by, or join a large hospital and let …
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February is Black History Month, and to celebrate, Fast Layne Solutions would like to pay tribute to some of the key African-American pioneers in the field of medicine. Dr. James McCune Smith (1813 – 1865) was the very first African American to hold a medical degree. He was the valedictorian of his graduating class in …
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We often hear about so-called ‘food deserts,’ areas where it is difficult to impossible to purchase healthy, nutritious foods. But did you know there are also healthcare deserts? These sections of both rural and urban America have a shortage of doctors and healthcare facilities, and the impacts are deadly. And the effects disproportionately fall on …
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This month’s blog is by our guest-blogger Ken Vaughan of Record Storage Systems, a Charlotte-based company specializing in helping doctors securely store their vital paper records. We’ve partnered with Record Storage Systems to help doctors manage their records storage and scanning in a secure, cost-efficient, and convenient way. 5-minute read Although in recent years Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems …
In December, Fast Layne Solutions CEO Christopher Hughey sat down for an interview with Business Innovation Factory founder and authorSaul Kaplan to discuss the state of healthcare delivery in the United States and how innovation must play a role in fixing the complex issues facing it. 5-minute read According to Kaplan, the current American healthcare delivery system is a product of …
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What are the top challenges facing small- to medium-sized, independent physicians as they fight to maintain their independence and compete with the large, corporate providers? This month, we are looking at the top 10 challenges, so please join us for this informative series and tune back in every Tuesday! If you’re reading this post first, …
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