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Archive for October, 2009

Three keys to HIE Sustainability

by on October 26th, 2009

Billions of dollars are being granted, gifted, and invested in Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) across the country.   A previous Commonwealth Study that appeared in the Annals of Internal Medicine estimated $178 billion will be needed to create regional and national networks.

With all that said, very few Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) have achieved a business/operating model that is sustainable without significant ongoing grants and subsidies.

In my opinion there are three keys to creating a sustainable HIE:

  1. Understand perceived value in the minds of likely participants
  2. Focus on achieving critical mass
  3. Live operational excellence.

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Behind The Tweet: Using Microsoft HealthVault to Provide Consumer Data Access

by on October 26th, 2009

As an active participant in the Twitter Healthcare community I often want to know more about what my fellow participants tweet.  Over the coming months I’d like to go behind the tweet and take the opportunity to learn more.  Sam Adams (@1samadams), Manager Enterprise Software Engineering of BayCare Health System (www.BayCare.org) graciously agreed to share BayCare’s approach for enhancing patient experience leveraging technology with me. Opinions expressed are personal opinions.

Liza Sisler: How are you using IT to positively impact patient experience?

Sam Adams: First the EMR we are rolling out (Cerner Millennium) will improve patient safety and satisfaction for all the usual reasons. What we are also working on, as part of our patient portal efforts, is getting that Personal Health Record INTO the patient’s hands – via HealthVault initially – there’s a strong drive to empower the patient with information.

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EHR – Why less is often more…

by on October 21st, 2009

Having devoted 10 years of my life to the Electronic Health Record (EHR) space, I have seen many EHR product vendors come full circle backwards.  And in my opinion this is great for Health Information Exchange (HIE), hospitals, provider groups and patients.

Early EHR (EMR, CPR…) development focused on delivery of complex products that were designed to manage every task in a provider setting.  Work flow features were especially complex and have had a lot to do with the large number of early failures in this space.  The design process at that time revolved around a “do everything” philosophy.  Not to say that there weren’t some folks preaching a different religion – but for the most part you saw complex products, requiring heavy duty hardware and large implementation projects.

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Welcome to the Perficient Healthcare blog

by on October 21st, 2009

Welcome to our healthcare blog.

We look forward to sharing information on the latest trends in healthcare technology and strategy with you.  I hope you find that we have pulled together a diverse team of writers with many years of experience in the provider, payor, life sciences and government space.   We have implemented large HIT projects, delivered EHR and HIE solutions and strategies, as well as designed and built portals, MDM, ECM,  BI & Analytics solutions for some of the biggest names in healthcare. 

We would like this to be an open and interactive communication tool in which you should feel free to challenge or question our writers.   If you have suggestions for topics or would like more information on one of our posts – please do reach out to our team and we will get you what you need.

Thank you in advance for following us. If you have any feedback, please do send it my way so that I can ensure we continue to provide value to our readers.

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