October 2009 - EMR and HIPAA

CCD vs. CCR and Part of MU

I’ve been a fan of the concept of CCR since it first started many years ago. However, I’ll be honest that I haven’t followed the progression of CCR much since then. I know that Google Health was using a modified version of CCR. I also...

Published Fri, Oct 30 2009 2:52 PM by EMR and HIPAA

GE Announces $250 Million Healthcare VC Fund

GE has announced a new VC fund for healthcare to the tune of $250 million. They’re calling it the GE Healthymagination Fund. I wonder how long it took them to come up with that name. Here’s some more details on what areas the VC fund will...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2009 1:01 PM by EMR and EHR

ONC Blog – Federal Advisory Committee – Judy Sparrow

All I can say is that it’s very cool that ONC now has a blog. This is probably right up there with when I found past HHS secretary Mike Leavitt’s blog. Ok, yes I am a complete blog nerd. At least I’m able to admit it up front. Basically...

Published Thu, Oct 29 2009 12:00 PM by EMR and HIPAA

CCHIT EHR Certification Enters EMR Usability World

I’ve been sitting on this post for a while. I figured it was finally time that we talked an interesting development in the CCHIT EHR certification: EMR usability testing. They first presented some of the details of this testing during the CCHIT...

Published Wed, Oct 28 2009 12:16 PM by EMR and HIPAA

HIT Policy Committee Confronts Meaningful Use and Specialists

Goverment Health IT summarized some of the discussion that happened today at the HIT policy committee meeting which focused on the challenge of applying meaningful use across all of the various specialty groups in healthcare. Here’s some excerpts...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2009 7:03 PM by EMR and EHR

EMR and HIPAA Hits Amazing Milestone

Yes, every once in a while I like to indulge myself a little and look back at the evolution of the EMR and HIPAA blog. What most people don’t know is that this originally started out at http://www.crashutah.com/emr I was too cheap to pay for a domain...

Published Tue, Oct 27 2009 11:22 AM by EMR and HIPAA

The ARRA EMR Staffing Challenge

I came across a really interesting take on the challenge of ensuring that there are enough qualified EMR staff. Here’s a portion of the blog post: What happens to you when you call asking to buy an EMR, and have it implemented by 2010? -Will you...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 9:28 AM by EMR and EHR

Time to Select and Even Buy an EMR Software is Now

Everyone and their dog seems to be telling people that “Now is the time to purchase an EMR system.” Well, maybe not everyone, but a lot of highly visible people in HIT and many bloggers. I previously posted some of my thoughts about when to...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 4:30 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Great Time to Be Experienced in the EMR Industry

I was reading through this blog post describing the staffing challenges that face the healthcare IT and EMR industry in the coming years. I’ve read and written quite a bit about the looming crisis in filling qualified healthcare IT and EMR jobs...

Published Mon, Oct 26 2009 1:47 AM by EMR and HIPAA

HITECH vs ARRA vs EHR Stimulus Rant

Welcome to my weekend rant about the mixing of terms in healthcare IT. If you prefer more substantial posts, come back tomorrow;-) If you like these rants, check out my previous EMR versus EHR rant. I’ve been lucky to have been writing about the...

Published Sat, Oct 24 2009 12:25 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Impact of HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 Data Conversions

Today’s guest post is from Tony Lavinio, the principle software architect behind Progress DataDirect’s XML Converters and an expert on data exchange. Understanding the integration and data compliance pains experienced by healthcare organizations, Tony...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 12:24 PM by EMR and EHR

Penguin Problem in EMR Adoption

Vince Kuraitis opened my eyes to a new term called the “Penguin Problem” and applying it to EMR adoption. Here’s the principle: Economists call it “The Penguin Problem” — No one moves unless everyone moves, so no one moves. Considering...

Published Fri, Oct 23 2009 11:43 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Provider EMR Bill of Rights

Lately the comments have been hopping with interesting conversations. Oh wait, I said that just a few posts ago. Well, it’s the truth! Turns out, a really interesting idea came out of a discussion about EMR vendor’s ability to export the data...

Published Thu, Oct 22 2009 12:18 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Interview with President of SOAPware EMR – Randall Oates

After my previous interviews with EMR vendor CEO’s, a couple people requested that I do an interview with Randall Oates, President of SOAPware EMR. Thanks to their help I was able to connect with Randall and the following is my email interview with...

Published Wed, Oct 21 2009 12:15 PM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR Selection Services

It seems like everyone is trying to get in on the EMR selection game. At the end of the game, I think this is actually a really good thing. I’m all about lots of competition which drives people to provide better service and quality at a lower cost...

Published Tue, Oct 20 2009 12:32 PM by EMR and EHR