Category: EHR

Recently, I stumbled across a very interesting article talking about I call the “patient alienation effect” generated by EMRs. The author, Charles Smith, who practices at the University of Arkansas, is an EMR old hand who has been using the Centricity ambulatory EMR for more than a decade. The article, which appears in the Journal…

Iron Triangle strikes! http://t.co/hWOz0lVwcy > Deadlines extended 4 meaningful use #EHR #EMR http://t.co/YvxbvzGD9N… pic.twitter.com/ds6vj3AWdP — Charles Webster, MD (@wareFLO) February 9, 2014 I love this diagram. Now think about how meaningful use and EHR certification has skewed this diagram. #EMR has grown, but there’s a “digital divide” between large & small physician practices via @FierceHealthIT…

As I look across the healthcare IT landscape, I believe we’re just at the beginning of a real integrated solutions that leverage everything that technology can offer. However, I see it starting to happen. A good example of this was this case study I found on “Automated Workflow for Pain Management.” The case study goes…

I’ve talked for years with people who want to solve the problem of connecting their non-EHR software to all the EHR vendors out there. Entrepreneur after entrepeneur has asked me how they can connect their product to ALL the EHR vendors. It usually ends up being a question like, “Isn’t there just one company we…

New MGMA research: industry coordination lagging; less than 10 percent of physician practices ready for ICD-10 According to a new study from MGMA, less than 10 percent of physician practices have made significant progress on their transition to ICD-10. EHR incentive payments soar beyond $19 billion $19 billion in EHR incentive payments have been distributed…

The Health IT Policy Committee, at its meeting on Tuesday, revealed its draft workplan for 2014, in addition to discussing draft recommendations for Stage 3 of the Meaningful Use incentive program. read more …read more    

By Joseph Smith and Michael Johns When we were young physicians in training, computers had yet to take a leading role in clinical care. Data about patients, like vital signs, lab results and… read more …read more    

The following is a guest blog post by Joel Kanick in response to the question I posed in my “State of the Meaningful Use” call to action. If MU were gone (ie. no more EHR incentive money or penalties), which parts of MU would you remove from your EHR immediately and which parts would you…

At last week’s Meaningful Use Workgroup meeting, Leslie Kelly Hall and I reviewed the HIT Standards Committee recommendations for patient generated healthcare data from online applications and devices. We offered guiding principles for Meaningful Use Stage 3 in general. Meaningful Use should avoid “certification only” items since requiring engineering in products to support untested workflows…

Athenahealth has unseated Epic to become the top overall rated electronic health record software, according to the 2013 Best in KLAS report. read more …read more