We believe that the Internet has ushered in a new era in healthcare delivery—one where access to information will become increasingly important to patients.

Here at MMG we believe that the Internet has ushered in a new era in
healthcare delivery - one where access to information will become increasingly important to your patients. Patients are demanding more
information. How will you respond?

The solution: Provide a communications interface for your patients that is both rich in content and easily accessible. Immerse your patients in an environment designed to meet their information needs.

The goal: Provide access to healthcare information to enhance the "patient experience". Break down the barriers to your services. Make becoming and being a patient of your practice easier.

To learn more about our ideas visit some of our published materials below:

Healthcare in the era of the Network Economy - Until recently, traditional healthcare providers, whether the rural medical practice or a corporately managed hospital, have been uninterested in recognizing that consumers are dissatisfied with the level of service provided by the healthcare system. Providers have not responded to consumer demand by furnishing a service tailored to the needs of their customer, the patient. Nor have these providers been interested in understanding or pursuing the opportunities that exist to use information technologies as tools for offering appealing services to their customers. ....Learn more >>

Designing the Orthopaedic Practice Intranet/Website - The Internet is quickly becoming the medium of choice for communication in all areas of the economy as we move into the 21st century. While the healthcare industry may have lagged behind other industries in the acceptance of this technology....Learn more >>

Supporting Your Referring Providers Using the Internet - So, now your practice has a Website that begins to let people know that you're wired and moving into the 21st century in style. Perhaps you're looking for ways to leverage that investment into a more useful tool....Learn more >>

Computer-Based Patient Education - Patient education is one of the most time consuming and repetitive aspects in the provision of health care services. It is also one of the most important. Other studies have shown that patients desire information concerning their condition....Learn more >>

Orthopaedics and the Network Economy - Over the past year, I have had the opportunity to talk with a lot of folks in the orthopaedic surgery "business" - both practitioners who are providing healthcare and executives who run the manufacturing side of our industry. Somehow the same issues seem to pop up over and over when I am asked to consult on issues of how the Internet and the evolving networked economy will affect the orthopaedic profession....Learn more >>

How the Internet affects, well, everything.... Today, each industry is undergoing a critical re-evaluation of its business model in the face of the evolving network economy. This is being done to try and understand how a networked world will affect the basic "value proposition" that the industry has to offer to its customers. Value proposition is not a term common to healthcare providers, but the basic premise is not hard to understand....Learn more >>

The Orthopaedic Office of the Future - If the Internet is truly going to play an increasing role in the practice of orthopaedics, then Dr. Bill Seeds may have have created what could be a model for the orthopaedic office of the future. Dr. Seeds' practice is in Ashtabula, Ohio where he is associated with the Ashtabula County Medical Center. Ashtabula is about an hour east of Cleveland. Over the past 18 months he has been incorporating the Internet into the workflow of his office routine in an effort to better serve his patients. The results have been nothing short of impressive....Learn more >>

The Orthopaedic Vertical Portal - The healthcare Internet is quite an interesting animal of late. It seems that the evolving third party infomediaries such as WebMD, DrKoop.com and Medscape are evolving rapidly to offer information services to orthopaedic surgeons. While each of these healthcare portals appears to have its own unique strategy, each share some common traits. What pitfalls lurk beneath the surface for the orthopaedic surgeon who ventures into this space? ....Learn more >>

The Information Revolution and Orthopaedics - One of the most critical steps in understanding the application of information technology in orthopaedics is to understand the power of abstraction. The principles that have allowed industries to successfully participate in the information revolution of the past 25 years can essentially be summarized in four steps....Learn more >>

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