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Many thanks to Feisal for his comments on security. I am noticing a new awareness in healthcare regarding security and privacy of PHI. The original HIPAA regs on these topics were enforced (look here for enforcement and resolution data) when a complaint was made. But no proactive procedure was in place to ensure that you were compliant with the regulations. I didn’t sense an urgency prior to 2009. That is changing now with the new guidelines and updated HIPAA for HITECH. Fines and exposure are increasing and we are seeing an increased focus on privacy and security. Business Associates (BA) also beware – you have new liability and your covered entities (CE’s) also have liability for your disclosures. With more vendors offering SaaS models, it is very likely that CE’s will start taking a deeper look at your systems, policies and procedures.
Archive for November, 2009
Physician Loyalty/Alignment Program
by John White on November 23rd, 2009
As more and more healthcare systems realize the importance of physician loyalty and alignment, it is important to develop a plan and roadmap to help retain and attract high value physicians to your healthcare system. The use of innovative solutions along with outreach programs are just a few of the approaches healthcare systems are using to become more relevant with their current and potential physician community. The following presentation provides some of the reasons that physician loyalty is increaingly more important and what plan or approach a healthcare system can take to address this important business issue.
It is all about the data
by Nick Lecker on November 22nd, 2009
Today there are numerous discussions about HIE, Meaningful Use, RHIO’s, EMR, and the list goes on. What is consistent about all of these? To quote a colleague several years ago “It is all about the data!”
As I work with multiple clients in support of their architecture strategy, I find that IT organizations have challenges with managing and understanding the overall breadth of all their data. There are multiple systems spanning several business functions often with vast duplication of information. This not only affects the IT organizations ability to develop, test and roll out new capabilities, this inhibits the business’s ability to provide customer facing initiatives such as EMR, HIE, etc.
Understanding the enterprise data and its pedigree is very important in any organization and must be addressed as a part of the overall architecture strategy and roadmap prior to jumping head-long into new initiatives. Personally, I find that it is a “fun” challenge to dive into the architecture and understand the inner relationships of the business systems by following the paths of the data. Ultimately, with a well-documented understanding of the “As-Is” picture of current systems and data, we can help our clients leverage that knowledge to provide higher value. IT organizations need to provide the business with timely and meaningful information; that information is all based on the data.
Question: What Drives HIE participation?
by David Hastoglis on November 10th, 2009
In February 2009, the federal government passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) providing much needed support to an industry that has struggled in a financially challenging landscape. The federal government is projected to spend at least $300 million in support of health information exchange (HIE) activities in 2009 and 2010. While it is uncertain the impact of future funding, ARRA has helped energize the field in recent months. In addition, the new phrase “meaningful use” puts a strong emphasis on the ability of providers to exchange information in order to receive incentives from the federal government through Medicare and Medicaid payments.
However, the concern of sustainability and participation continue to plague HIEs at the local, regional, and state levels. What capabilities are of value and will attract participants and contributors of health information? All of these concerns have created many approaches and solutions to address the HIE environment.
What do you think will attract the provider and payor communities to want to participate in your area HIE and what capabilities do you think patients and the general healthcare community would want to see in their HIE?
Tell us what you think. Add a comment here…
Healthcare Reform and Master Data Management (MDM), a Free White Paper Download
by Erin Moloney on November 5th, 2009
Healthcare Reform and Master Data Management
Lisa Morris, Technical Architect in Perficient’s IBM Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) practice, recently wrote a white paper about changes in how healthcare information is being managed. She points out that institutions and organizations that offer a one-stop point of contact for all medical information stand to gain in competitive advantage, profitability and market share as a result. The white paper is called Healthcare Reform and Master Data Management, and it primarily covers the pain points that MDM addresses for patients, providers and others in the healthcare supply chain. Below is an overview of her analysis. This white paper and all white papers in Perficient’s library are free of cost. You can download the full white paper here.
Consumerism in Healthcare
by John White on November 2nd, 2009
The advent of consumerism in healthcare is making dramatic changes to how heathcare systems are aligning to patients and physicians. Healthcare systems need to change the way they interact and enable these two groups so that they are in a better competitive position. Perficient has created the Patient/Physician Experience Maturity Model (PEMM) to enable health systems to address these relationships. The following presentation outlines the PEMM approach and how your health system can utilize this model to address your alignment to the patient and physician communities.
What healthcare can learn from other industries
by Marty Frygier on November 2nd, 2009
Working at Perficient gives me the benefit of seeing what other industries are doing with technology and allows me to incorporate those best practices into healthcare solutions. I see information management as one particular place that the experiences of other industries can add a lot of value to healthcare.
Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-01
by Liza Sisler on November 1st, 2009
Perficient maintains a Healthcare Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/perficient_hc. Below, please find a weekly digest of the discussion in that forum. You may follow the account directly by ‘following’ us on Twitter here.
- RT @robertloakes New from @Anthony_Guerra: Part I, 1-on-1 With Texas Health #CIO Ed Marx and #CMIO Ferdinand Velasco http://bit.ly/3Bba0R #
- RT @jimmyweeks Market for CMIOs surges http://bit.ly/4aA7If – CMIOs are “imperative” in terms of physician adoption #CMIO #
- RT @cmiomagazine CMIO.net Survey: Hospital spending shows signs of stabilizing http://tinyurl.com/ylmqvjx #healthIT #hcHIT #