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Posts Tagged ‘Electronic Health Record’

HIMSS 2012 Interview with Dr. Chuck Webster: EMR and Process Management [VIDEO]

At HIMSS 2012, we interviewed Chuck Webster, MD (@EHRWorkflow), on using process management in Healthcare thanks to the EHR.

“The Tipping Point” – What one CNO shared with me at HIMSS

Looking back at the last two days of meetings, panels, vendor meetings and sharing I met up with a very close colleague of mine who is one of the brightest CNO’s I have ever met. Mary Jo and I decided to grab a bite to eat and digest what we saw and learned these past […]

Are you sick of Meaningful Use?

The theme from physicians, CIOs, CMIOs, and other sundry healthcare professionals at HIMSS is consistent. Qualifying for Meaningful Use is taking up all our spare time. MU initiatives are usurping staff and delaying other projects. Many say they would like for it to just go away, but they also realize the more good, reliable, and […]

HIMSS 12: Still Not Convinced on Physician Acceptance of Health IT

Despite significant investments in healthcare IT, recent studies have found a “surprising” level of skepticism about its benefits. Many physicians are still not convinced that electronic health records or health information exchanges will improve patient outcomes, access to services or reduce unnecessary procedures. As these are the very benefits cited for driving adoption of both […]

Oh, Say Can You ONC?

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Is the Top-Down Approach to Meaningful Use Really Causing Problems?

Taking a top-down approach to government initiatives has been scorned by New Public Management advocates, who claim that a top-down hierarchical structure hampers efficiency, fails to meet the needs of society and lends itself to poor outcomes. Yet, today’s Meaningful Use initiative is noted for taking a top-down approach. If scholars are right, then Meaningful […]

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 […]

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