DoctorsLounge
“Incentive payments to health care providers to encourage adoption of the electronic health record (EHR), instituted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), should encourage bidirectional sharing of information between EHR systems and state or regional immunization information systems (IIS), according to research published online Feb. 7 in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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Christina Thielst, HITExchange
“In November 2009, the topic “Top Ten reasons Why EMR/EHR Implementations are Failing” was raised on the HIMSS LinkedIn discussion group. More than two years later, the group’s technology and healthcare professionals continue debating the causes of such pitfalls and relating their experiences.
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Kellan Baker, Center for American Progress
“A growing body of knowledge, including the federal government’s Healthy People 2020 plan for progress toward a healthier America over the next decade and two reports from the Institute of Medicine, demonstrates that the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender population faces significant disparities in health status and access to health care coverage and services.
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Marla Durben Hirsch, FierceEMR
“Many physicians have been reluctant to embrace electronic health record systems, with concerns about their costs, usability and impact on workflow.
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EHRScope
“Cloud computing is gaining momentum across several industry sectors, but has yet to be fully embraced by health care organizations due to privacy and integration concerns. Health care companies grappling with the decision to adopt cloud computing platforms have the unique challenges of patient privacy, and even more daunting, the integration of outdated legacy systems. The health care industry is cutting edge in many aspects, but often lags in IT.
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Ron Sterling, HITECHAnswers
“With paper exam notes, the doctor and staff record information and the note reflects what they recorded. Unfortunately, EHR based notes may not be as direct.
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Jeremy Zasowski, 3M
“What happens when clinical documentation strategies to meet Meaningful Use requirements don’t line up with an organization’s strategies to improve clinical documentation for coding and profiling?
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Chris Taylor, The Successful Workplace
“There are real challenges with Electronic Medical Records (EMR) beyond getting doctors to write things down (a feat in itself). Healthcare providers are being pushed to adopt EMR, but few are at Stage 7, shown at right.
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Harold Hambrose, Electronic Ink
“There’s no question about it—electronic medical records have become a growth industry. And I’m worried.
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Gabriel Perna, Healthcare Informatics
“In the world of medical research, the emergence of the electronic medical record (EMR) in hospitals is a game-changer, giving researchers the opportunity to use large, previously unobtainable data sets for their studies. You don’t have to tell that to Atul Butte, M.D., director for the Center for Pediatric Bioinformatics at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital (Palo Alto, Calif.) and associate professor at Stanford University School of Medicine.
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Michelle McNickle, Healthcare IT News
“By now, it’s apparent EHRs need to grow up. But, as patient-centered business models become increasingly popular, the EHR is also shifting into a vital part of the success of these organizations.
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Dombkowski KJ et al, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 42(1)
Background
Children with chronic conditions have an increased risk of complications from influenza and have low influenza vaccination rates.
Purpose
To assess the feasibility and effectiveness of using a statewide immunization information system (IIS) for seasonal influenza vaccine reminders from local health departments (LHDs) targeting children with high-risk conditions.
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Brian Ahier, Healthcare, Technology & Government 2.0
“SK&A’s updated “Physician Office Usage of Electronic Health Records Software” report revealed a significant growth in EHR software adoption during 2011. Findings of the report, which were finalized in January 2012, show overall growth in the EHR implementation, as government initiative deadlines get closer.
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The Sacramento Bee
“U-M researchers are calling for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to encourage a more seamless exchange of information between electronic health records and immunization registries.
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BPC
“Health information technology (IT) plays a critical role in supporting new models of care and payment that are designed to achieve health care’s triple aim: improve health, improve the experience of care for patients and families, and reduce the cost of care. Despite the introduction of IT to nearly every other aspect of modern life, the U.S. health care system remains largely paper-based. Greater use of health IT enjoys bipartisan support.
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William Hersh, Informatics Professor
“In teaching current and future informatics professionals, I often speak about the Internet-savvy baby boomers who will interact more with the healthcare system as they get older, which will likely usher in the era of patient-centered informatics more than anything heretofore.
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Shelia M. Poole, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“The Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center is one of 50 nationwide selected as an enrollment site for the Million Veteran Program.
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Raymond Rendleman, The Lund Report
“Technology is changing so quickly that state officials and advocates overseeing more streamlined transfers of health information in Oregon are scrambling to keep up.
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Bouhaddou O et al, Journal of Biomedical Informatics, 2012
The increased need for interoperable electronic health records in health care organizations underscores the importance of standards. The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has a long history of developing and adopting various types of health care data standards. The authors present in detail their experience in this domain. A formal organization within VA is responsible for helping to develop and implement standards. This group has produced a Standards Life Cycle (SLC) process endorsed by VA key business and information technology (IT) stakeholders. It coordinates the identification, description, and implementation of standards aligned with VA business requirements.
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Dark Daily
“Data from two studies here in the United States affirms that patients want access to their health records. Consequently, health systems are increasingly making it easier for patients to get access to prescription lists, medical laboratory test results and now even doctors’ notes.
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