Author: trident500
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EHR Backlash, Patient Interaction, Smart Phone Use, and Dell Think Tank
Obamacare-surgeon will get $180 to do cataract surgery and risk $1.5M fine 4 HIPPA violation/jail 4 EMR error(we’re not stupid) — Kris Held,MD (@kksheld) March 17, 2013 I realize this first tweet might be controversial for many. Any time you bring a bit of politics (Obamacare in this tweet), there’s a risk of bringing out…
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Monday Morning Update 3/18/13
From E2M : “Re: enterprise to mobile. To make CPOE, portal, or other EHR component mobile, you either build it from scratch or build a new set of apps on top of the existing infrastructure. Capriza allows anyone without any programming skill to transfer an existing Web-based enterprise app to mobile in minutes.” Maybe someone…
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Adding symbol to calorie information influences food choices, says expert
A little-noticed provision of the Affordable Care Act requires all chain restaurants and retail food establishments with 20 or more locations to list calorie counts on their menus.
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The RIS is dead, long live the RWFMS?
In working with a client that is evaluating acquisition of a new PACS (Picture Archive and Communications System) and the addition of a RIS (Radiology Information System), discussions with Philips confirmed that they have discontinued their RIS! One of the premises for this is that so much of the RIS functionality has been taken over…
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EHR Penalties after Meaningful Use Failure
While at HIMSS I had a discussion with the consulting firm Stoltenberg Consulting . I was really intrigued by their approach to EHR consulting and will likely write more about it later. Plus, the started what in many ways became a theme of my HIMSS experience around rural healthcare EHR. You can be sure I’ll…
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Software updates can be hazardous to a health IT system’s health
A study published online in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association demonstrates how a simple software update can create unintended consequences that can have an adverse impact on patient care. read more
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HIT usability myths dispelled
The problem of healthcare information technology usability continues to persist, but according to a session given by two informatics professionals at the recent Healthcare and Information Management… read more
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IRS faces class action lawsuit over theft of 60 million medical records
The Internal Revenue Service is now facing a class action lawsuit over allegations that it improperly accessed and stole the health records of some 10 million Americans, including medical records of all California state judges. read more
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Morning Headlines 3/15/13
Wells Fargo Securities publishes 2012 Year End Table for EPs and Hospitals Wells Fargo Securities compiles 2012 Meaningful Use year end attestation tables which show that of EPs, 65 percent have registered and 25 percent have attested. In addition, 50 percent of hospitals have attested
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What David Nash Said–And Why Healthcare Executives Need to Listen
It was a wonderful opportunity for Healthcare Informatics that our Assistant Editor Rajiv Leventhal was able to sit down with David Nash, M.D. during a break in the 13th Population Health Colloquium, being held this week in Philadelphia. And what Dr.