Meriter Health Services has long been committed to using information technology to deliver efficiencies and improve patient care. To simplify the important patient-facing elements of care delivery, Meriter uses Epic’s electronic medical records (EMR) software, EpicCare. The organization recently teamed up with Perficient on the implementation of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 data management software and […]
Posts Tagged ‘EMR’
Angry Docs: A Mission to Conquer Meaningful Use Requirements
Who would have imagined ten years ago that many of us would spend hours using a slingshot to fling hacked off birds on a single mission to destroy arrogant pigs? We do this using computers smaller than our dinner plates while sitting on airplanes, park benches, the family room sofa, and sometimes at work. For […]
Top 5 Technology Trends in Healthcare – November 2012
The healthcare IT field is rapidly developing and changing. Emerging technology and updated regulations put pressure on healthcare providers and health plans to stay ahead of the curve. Perficient creates a monthly list that explores some of the current topics and issues in health IT. This list examines the most talked about issues and technologies […]
Driving Value in Healthcare with EMRs and SharePoint
My colleague, Michael Porter, posted a blog from the SharePoint Conference about an interesting session he attended. During the session, a business case on how SharePoint can benefit healthcare was presented. The case focused on a doctor working with a clinical IT director, utilizing technology to improve patient care. Here is an excerpt from Michael’s […]
EMR adoption doesn’t have to hurt a bit
I have blogged about change a few times already. This is a pretty important topic as it relates to healthcare reform and technology adoption. It can be summed up in a single sentence: Change is coming. Physicians don’t have time for change. Nurses don’t have time for change. Administrators don’t have time. Everyone in the […]
Patient Safety and Transparency: My experience as a parent, not a physician
I recently had the opportunity to experience healthcare from a different point of view. My daughter had an emergency appendectomy, which forced me to navigate the healthcare system from the other side. As an Emergency Physician, I am used to quickly synthesizing data to care for my patients and make decisions that affect their lives. […]
Is the Economy Stalling Health Innovation?
CMS has paid out more than $4 billion in Meaningful Use incentive money. I believe this is the catalyst to start healing our healthcare system. Let me explain. The healthcare industry is lagging behind the banking industry about 30 years. When I was in college, I had a checking account with a local bank. It […]
Office 365 and the Direct Project
It was interesting to read Healthcare IT News‘ post today on the CDC looking to use Direct Project for a health safety network. According to the post The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) needs a health information service provider to deploy the Direct secure messaging protocol to make it easier and more automated […]
It’s time to stick your head in the cloud
A friend of mine started a business providing a uniquely customizable, cloud-based EMR solution. His business is growing quickly and enables small physician practices to create a “practicized” EMR that minimizes retraining, lowers overall time to deploy, and is ridiculously inexpensive compared to traditional EMR solutions. His solution offers these benefits because it is cloud […]
I Need Data, Now!
This is a topic I touched on a couple of months ago in my blog “EHRs, Analytics, Utilization and Population Health.” Health Systems have been on a tear over the last several years with the deployment of technology to enable the transactional or tactical execution of business activities and delivery of care. With the diversity […]
Putting the Meaning in Meaningful Use
Many of you are counting on your EMR vendors to qualify your organization for Meaningful Use. This is a risky strategy. Dr. Rowley has done some analysis and shown that with two exceptions, all attestations count for less than 10% market share from the EMR vendors. This means you are most likely waiting for the […]
Meaningful Use: The clock is still ticking
If you are still thinking about your strategy for Meaningful Use, I want you to stop right now and write me a check for $5,000 for every physician in your practice. I promise I’ll put the money to good use. This is conceptually what happens if you don’t act immediately. You have just given away […]