March 2010 - EMR and HIPAA

ICD 10 And Meaningful Use Lack Incentives for Doctors

One of the really interesting conversations I had recently was with Tori Sullivan from Capgemini. Tori is knee deep in the fun that is ICD 10 and the transition to ICD 10. However, one thing that she said really struck a major chord with me during our...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2010 11:13 AM by EMR and HIPAA

EHR Stimulus Calculators and Loss Productivity

In my post about an EHR stimulus calculator on EMR and HIPAA, a user left an interesting comment that I thought might start some discussion: Does the calculator account for the 30% loss in productivity that is essentially universal when a group adopts...

Published Wed, Mar 31 2010 9:30 AM by EMR and EHR

EMR Stimulus Q&A: Government Incentives for EMR Adoption Outside of Medicare and Medicaid

Time again for everyone’s favorite topic (or so it seems), EHR stimulus questions and answers. Today’s EMR stimulus question comes from Jamie who asked the following question on a previous post: Does anyone know whether or not the government...

Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 11:47 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Athena Health EHR Stimulus Guarantee Program

I’m always amazed at the ability of businesses to innovate and find new ways to build their business. One of the impressive ones I’ve seen lately is Athena Health’s EHR stimulus guarantee program. Yes, you might remember that I’ve...

Published Mon, Mar 29 2010 12:38 PM by EMR and HIPAA

NIST EHR Certification Test Plan

In case you missed it, I posted on my other site about the NIST EHR Certification testing website. I still haven’t had much time to dig deep into what’s available, but one of my readers sent me the following (excuse the lack of form since...

Published Sun, Mar 28 2010 10:30 AM by EMR and EHR

Healthcare Reforms Impact on EMR

I’m out of town now at a leadership retreat. So, I decided I’d pose a question and hopefully a number of people will leave comments with their thoughts on the subject. Now for the question: What type of impact will the most recently passed...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 12:46 PM by EMR and EHR

EMR Platform

After I wrote my post about 50 EMR markets instead of 1 EMR market, I started to wonder what an EMR might look like that was just an EMR platform. The basic idea would be that some vendor would create a platform where other vendors could build on top...

Published Fri, Mar 26 2010 11:21 AM by EMR and HIPAA

HIPAA Breaches Related to EMR

Someone sent me an email with this link to the list of HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. One of my popular searches on EMR and HIPAA is about HIPAA lawsuits, so you can imagine the lawyers are salivating over this list. In a quick count...

Published Thu, Mar 25 2010 12:45 PM by EMR and EHR

Super Technical Solution for Practices

In a recent session I attended about EMR ROI, the guy gave a really technical solution for practices that is highly effective: Use Walkie Talkies Ok, I think he said 2 way radios or something, but I think it sounds better walkie talkies. Kind of takes...

Published Thu, Mar 25 2010 11:21 AM by EMR and HIPAA

NIST Posts First Details on EHR Testing Methods

One of EMR and HIPAA’s regular readers, DKBerry, sent me an interesting link to the NIST Health IT Standards and Testing website. I don’t have much time to look over the details of this website since I’m about to leave town, but it looks...

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 11:14 AM by EMR and HIPAA

One EMR Vendor’s Take on EHR Adoption and Government Intervention

In response to my post on CCHIT’s comments on the EHR Certification criteria, I got an email from Ryan Ricks. Ryan works for XLEMR and shared the following perspective on EHR adoption (or lack thereof) and the effects of the EHR stimulus money on...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 12:55 PM by EMR and EHR

Regional Extension Centers (RECs) and HITRCs

One area of the HITECH act that I haven’t heard discussed nearly enough is the Regional Extension Centers. Sure, I’ve heard them mentioned in passing plenty of times. However, I haven’t heard any real good information on what’s...

Published Tue, Mar 23 2010 11:19 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Focusing on the Right EMR Goals

I’ve preached this point many times since we heard about the EMR stimulus money, but I can’t help but repeat it over and over so that as many doctors as possible will get the right message. Bill Karmis from Media Spider left the following...

Published Mon, Mar 22 2010 11:42 AM by EMR and EHR

50 EMR Markets Instead of 1 EMR Market

John Moore at Chilmark Research said, “So Many EHRs, So Little Time: Simply amazing that this market can support so many EMR/EHR companies. How they all survive or will survive is a mystery to me and rationalization will occur. ” It really...

Published Mon, Mar 22 2010 11:04 AM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR Selection e-Book

In case you don’t read my other blog, EMR and HIPAA, I released my first e-Book. This book focuses on EMR selection. So far I’m quite happy to report that a bunch of people have bought the book. Shahid, the healthcare IT guy, wrote up a full...

Published Sun, Mar 21 2010 1:08 PM by EMR and EHR