Gotta love it when people talk about the dCard.

It is like music to my ears when people talk about the dCard.  In case everyones crazy summer plans have caused you to forget about the alarming physician information inconsistencies… here is a brief reminder, and a great highlight from Nashville Medical News.

“Change:healthcare is also tackling a problem that’s been a bugaboo for physicians since the Internet became an overarching source of healthcare information. That problem is information inconsistency. In fact, change:healthcare and a similar technology company in Ohio joined forces to study just how big the problem is. They discovered that selected basic information about several physicians in the two states was wrong as many times as it was right. Thus change:healthcare is one of 12 members of a healthcare-technology consortium that earlier this year helped introduce the dCard – short for Doctor Card. The dCard is a standard format for capturing, maintaining and sharing data about physicians, thus making it easier for consumers to check up on a doctor and for physicians to follow what’s being said about them and correct any mistakes.

“For one thing, the dCard makes sure that when we’re sharing anonymous information about a physician that we’re all talking about the same doctor,” Hendrick said.

The new dCard format contains four sections: personal, professional, educational and training. Personal information includes the physician’s correct

name, specialty, certification, license number and so forth. The professional section includes office information such as hours and insurance accepted. Education information includes the schools and countries where the physician studied. Finally, the training section lists residency and fellowship information and societies.”

For more information on the dCard contact info@changehealthcare.com