Providers and patients should be comfortable that their Health IT systems are secure, confidential, play well with other systems and functional. To enable this, the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act has appointed the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) as the certifying body that blesses each […]
Posts Tagged ‘EHR’
Blue Button – Is it time to get into the 21st century?
The VA and Medicare recently launched the Blue Button initiative where patients can “download their claims and medical information in a common format.” This format is a plain ASCII text file with the purpose being to allow the information to be read or printed on any device. A pretty slick Adobe Air application can be […]
Facing and Overcoming the 2012 #HealthIT Challenges Amidst the End of the World – Part I of 2
Background Healthcare providers and eligible primary physician practices are undergoing analysis paralysis because of all the government impositions on improving healthcare with the following list of complex problems to solve: HIPAA’s Version 5010 conversion, ICD-10 migrations, Meaningful Use (MU) of EHRs and Attestation , Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) , Data Aggregation and mining for successful […]
Does your data pass the Snopes test?
If you are reading this blog, you are a heavy internet user. While browsing, you have probably run across several statements of fact that were later proven to be false. Most of you also know about Snopes.com, a website that claims to be the “definitive internet reference source for urban legends, folklore, myths, rumors, and […]
Is Tonic Health gamification the cure for what ails me?
Back in August I wrote a piece entitled, “What is the Greatest Mobile Health Challenge?” In this post I asked what the greatest challenge that gamification could solve. My answer: Providing interoperable records that take the burden of collecting and distributing health data away from the patient. Those managing chronic disease are often meeting with […]
Information Systems as an Extender of Personal Medicine into Disease Management
Information Systems – the Customizable Disease Specific Moderator The increased utilization of information systems and technology in enhancing personalized medical management once had its main focus in optimizing delivery of care beyond traditional healthcare delivery settings into environments where the patient would have increased access to treatment regimen. Another segment of healthcare delivery that is […]
Looking Forward: Measuring Healthcare Quality
Compared to other nations, the United States has difficulty measuring up to some key areas related to health care quality. In terms of life expectancy, Docteur and Berenson (2009) contend that the United States has one of the lowest life expectancy rates and the highest mortality rate from conditions that could have been prevented. These […]
Sending out an SOS for SSO: A Case for Single Sign On in Healthcare
Ever have one of those mornings where you enter your password 4-5 times before getting it right? Ever enter every possible iteration of your password and still fail to unlock a store of data you only seldom access? Imagine being in that situation while trying to provide life saving treatment in a busy medical setting. […]
New White Paper! Reap the Rewards of HIE with Patient Organization and Community Opt-In/Opt-Out
Open to the public 24/7, and being the keeper of the most private of all data, healthcare organizations are unlike any other in terms of security challenges. A doctor cannot expect a patient to openly disclose private information if that patient fears that they may be harmed by that disclosure. As a new era dawns […]
Cash for Clunkers and the Healthcare Industry: Paper vs EHR
If the $19 billion in stimulus money allocated for the adoption of EHRs wasn’t an indicator that EHRs are a critical piece to the industry, then the U.S. Surgeon General’s announcement that they will be pushing the EHR movement along so that patients can “take control of their own health” and have the necessary information […]
Removing the Nonsense from Gaining Meaningful Use
In social media circles new bloggers often ask me what they should blog about. My number one answer is “pick your passion”. If you write about something that truly interests you, something that makes your ears perk up when you hear random mumblings on the topic while in line for morning coffee, then you will […]
Winning the Healthcare Information Revolution with Interoperability
Last week I came across this article entitled Top 10 EMR Installation Mistakes by Pete Rivera of Healthcare Informatics. Overall, this was a great list, but I was particularly struck by the second item listed in this top 10: We deal with this topic a lot in our practice. Many healthcare organizations invest heavily in […]