Every physician has lived this moment: they open the chart, only to find half the story. Labs are missing. Medications are outdated. A hospital discharge note is either buried in another system you can’t access, or missing. Meanwhile, the patient is sitting in front of you, expecting answers. This isn’t rare. It’s the norm. Our…
Imagine this: You see multiple healthcare providers, may even specialty providers for various personal reasons. There’s a ton of healthcare data about you—doctor visits, prescriptions, lab results. Now imagine if the federal government and big tech said, “We’ll gather that for you… for better health.” Sounds convenient, right? Until you realize: at what cost? That…
This week begins Epic’s User Conference, UGM. It has expanded to four days, and is being held in Madison Wisconsin, the homeplace of Epic EHR. We thought it timely, since Epic heralds this user’s conference as, “the gateway to mysterious and wonderful worlds of health technology,” to point out that while the stage may be…
Interoperability is a word we’ve heard in countless keynotes, seen in policy memos, funded through billions of taxpayer dollars, and promised by every vendor pitch deck. And yet, here we are — decades later — still asking: Why is this so hard? Let’s take a step back and unpack what we really mean when we…
As we celebrate July 4th and honor the brave men and women who served our country, we must also confront an uncomfortable truth: Our veterans are still fighting for their healthcare freedom. Specifically, access to their medical records and an ability to coordinate their healthcare. Despite the billions already spent on electronic health records (EHRs),…
BROWNSVILLE, VT, June 11, 2025 Press Release MedKaz CEO, Merle Bushkin, a distinguished figure in the healthcare industry, has been named to Marquis Who’s Who® 2025—a prestigious recognition honoring individuals who have demonstrated leadership, innovation, and impact in their field. About Marquis Who’s Who: Marquis has remained the standard for reliable and comprehensive biographical data.…
In a healthcare system overflowing with complexity, there’s one simple truth: When patients don’t have access to one, complete, lifetime health record, the entire healthcare system suffers. Patients fall through the cracks Providers work with blind spots Employers bear the cost of inefficiency Government agencies struggle to improve outcomes and reduce spending MedKaz is the…
For millions of veterans relying on the Veterans Administration (VA) for healthcare, a major challenge remains: disconnected medical records and poor care coordination. “The latest report from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs stated they will complete deployment of the Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) system at nine additional medical facilities, bringing the total to…
In today’s healthcare landscape, employers, insurers and government agencies, including Medicare, the DoD and VA, etc. are under great pressure to do more with less—improve employee health outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and ensure workforce productivity. One game-changing tool that’s flying under the radar does just that: MedKaz®—a patented, portable personal health record system that puts…
MedKaz Reimagines How Providers Can Share Their Patient Records, Opening the Way to Unimagined Healthcare Improvements, Savings, and Provider Profits. The traditional method of patient record sharing, called “interoperability,” aims to connect individual provider EHR systems “on the fly,” via networks, enabling seamless record exchange. The issue is the extensive, costly infrastructures needed, including patient…