Posts Tagged ‘Electronic Health Record’

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 […]

The U.S. healthcare system is run by highly talented people that are using outmoded forms of communication. Many clinicians still use paper files and faxes to communicate and lack the basic infrastructure to communicate efficiently regarding critical care decisions. As health insurance companies and health providers struggle with efforts to control costs, reduce administration and […]

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) introduced in early 2009 provides reimbursement incentives for Medicare and Medicaid to physician and hospital providers who meet the requirements of implementing “meaningful use” with an electronic medical record (EMR) or electronic health record (EHR) certified system. The reimbursements start in October 2011 and continue through 2015 with […]

It goes without saying that electronic medical records is a hot topic in healthcare technology. We are often asked, “What does Perficient do in electronic medical records?” While Perficient does not provide EMR or EHR solutions, interoperability should be top of mind as more and more records become electronic. This is what I was thinking […]

  According to a study on air pollution around elementary schools, exposing children to pollution during important developmental milestones can have a long-lasting impact on their future health. The study showed a positive correlation between the long-term health of a child and the pollution measures found at their school. I am certain that other correlative […]

I recently read an article by Dr. S.D. Madduri, called Life With and Without EHRs. Dr. Madduri outlined his journey from paper-based to digital medical records in an edition of Medical Economics published a few months back. I am personally obsessed with end users of healthcare technology. I often find myself asking my own healthcare […]

This post is based off of an interview posted on the IBM Impact Blog. Visit us in the Industry Zone at IZ-4 or check out our IBM Impact landing page Widespread electronic medical record (EMR) adoption is hanging on hope that social and economic benefits will be received through the reduction of information silos in […]

Early this week I read an article written by Neil Versel of Meaningful HIT News entitled, “Big health systems to promote connectivity“. This article was part of the Care Connectivity Consortium announcement. In summary, Geisinger, Group Health Cooperative, Intermountain Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente and the Mayo Clinic have launched the Care Connectivity Consortium as a joint […]

While other industries have been taking advantage of the power of Business Intelligence for the past two decades, healthcare has largely lagged behind. Recent KLAS research estimates that fewer than 100 U.S. hospital systems have enterprise data warehouses and sophisticated reporting tools at their disposal for use in clinical systems. Trending of public sentiment within […]

I will respect the privacy of my patients, for their problems are not disclosed to me that the world may know. (Hippocratic Oath) I recently read an article titled, “Protect Patient Data from an Inside Job” by Phil Neray of Health Management Technology, which stated, as many news organizations have, that in 2010 healthcare organizations […]

I recently read that 78% of patients believe EHRs boost care. What was my reaction to this news? I immediately thought, “Just wait until patients see what all of the technologies that EHRs enable can do.” Business intelligence is a perfect example. Data warehouses and data analytics provide physicians with the tools and technologies they […]

Perficient interviewed Janice McCallum, Managing Director of Healthcare Content Advisors, at the 2011 HIMSS Conference and Exhibition. Janice spoke of the impact that meaningful use has on healthcare analytics. Meaningful use creates the infrastructure and content that allow for increased use of business intelligence in healthcare settings. EHRs dramatically increase both the volume and integrity […]