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I wanted to learn more about the hurdles smaller, clinic-based physicians are encountering when trying to switch EHR vendors.
Every now and then a string of words will get put together, and peoples ears perk up, and you realize that you've created a new meme. That happened to me at the HIMSS Standards and Interoperability panel presentation.
Anyone who understands the importance of continuity of care knows that health information exchange is essential. How are we supposed to cut waste and duplication from the healthcare system and truly focus on patient welfare if doctor B has no idea what tests doctor A conducted, or what the results were?
You want irony? Try this: the Kaiser Family Foundation reports that we women are the ones who make the health care choices for the kids in 8 out of 10 families. Yet women are far and away the minority gender in the world of health IT leaders. While this is by no means the definitive list, I’ve done some research on the women who ARE making their mark in HIT.
I recently had the opportunity to attend an event in my hometown of Atlanta that honored the top 25 women in healthcare – a group of powerful and intelligent providers and payers that are leading the industry into a new era.
If you build or create something, wouldn't you take into account ease of use? It is unfathomable then that most EHR vendors do not systematically conduct EHR usability testing, according to Jiajie Zhang, who is overseeing a federal research project on the science of EHR usability in the SHARP program.
When it comes to health status, West Virginia is a national leader, but not in a positive way. The state leads the nation in a number of chronic diseases - including diabetes, strokes and cardiovascular disease - and factors such as limited activity, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control.
On our FAQ page, we posted a revised Question and Answer regarding an issue that has recently caused confusion in our meaningful use regulations: namely, the flexibility that providers have to defer performance on some Stage 1 meaningful use objectives; and how that squares with the requirement that providers must nonetheless possess fully-certified EHR systems.
Michael Kirsch, MD, roundly condemned EMRs as a guest columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, on Christmas Day. He said it doesn't save time or money, promote efficiency, or improve staff morale. He knows of no patients who prefer it, and believes only health IT vendors are benefiting from the federal push for health IT adoption.
A recent study by RAND Corp., published in the American Journal of Managed Care, reveals that improvements in quality of care varied among different types of disease.