May 2010 - EMR and HIPAA

The Demise of Google Health and Consumer PHR

I was really interested to read John Moore’s post about the irrelevancy of Google Health leading to its demise. It’s a great post that’s worth a read for anyone interested in the PHR space and in particular Google’s participation...

Published Mon, May 31 2010 8:48 PM by EMR and EHR

Hospital EMR Offerings

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not an expert on hospitals and their motivations. I have however found it very interesting to watch from the sidelines at the various methods that Hospitals use to get their outside doctors using an EMR...

Published Mon, May 31 2010 7:56 PM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR, The Physician ERP

I’ve heard this mentioned a few times, but in all my posts I don’t think I’d ever mentioned it myself. But it’s very true that EMR is the Physician equivalent of an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). Wikipedia describes an ERP...

Published Fri, May 28 2010 4:00 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Features of an EMR for Practical Use

For those of you who don’t read many of the comments on here and EMR and HIPAA, you’re really missing out. Some of the very best discussion and information comes out in the comments. At times I like to highlight some of the more interesting...

Published Fri, May 28 2010 11:29 AM by EMR and EHR

Benefits of EMR Software to Consumers

One of my readers emailed me about a presentation he was looking at doing about EMR software and consumers. I was really intrigued by the idea of presenting on the benefits of an EMR to the consumer (Translation: Patients). I’d spent quite a bit...

Published Thu, May 27 2010 4:00 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Transcriptions Becoming Medical Documentation Specialists

There’s lots of really interesting transformations happening in the transcription industry (as I’ve written about before). One of those that I haven’t seen many people talking about is the transition of Transcriptionists becoming Medical...

Published Thu, May 27 2010 12:38 AM by EMR and HIPAA

RECs Cart Before the Horse

Sorry if you’re bored, but I’m still completely obsessed interested in the RECs and how they’re using millions of government dollars. From what I’ve seen most RECs are really getting the cart before the horse. From what I’ve...

Published Tue, May 25 2010 11:30 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Looking at Slow EMR Adoption

There’s been a whole lot of discussion going on in this post on EMR and HIPAA called Why EMR Efforts Are Proceeding Slowly. The comments are an interesting read for those interested in EMR adoption. However, Jack Callahan, Executive Vice President...

Published Tue, May 25 2010 11:08 AM by EMR and EHR

Limit EMR Investment Appropriately, but Don’t Skimp

In a recent EMR webninar I attended, I heard some really good counsel that was worth sharing here on my blog: Limit EMR Investment Appropriately, but Don’t Skimp When people go into an EMR implementation I’ve seen all sorts of approaches....

Published Mon, May 24 2010 12:22 PM by EMR and HIPAA

HHS Health IT Stories from the Road

HHS has put up an interesting new part of their website called “Health IT Journey: Stories from the road.” Here’s their description: Have you, your practice, or your organization been through a health IT implementation? We’d like you...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 12:31 PM by EMR and EHR

Another Perspective on Meaningful Use and EMR

Tom’s previous guest post about meaningful use and healthcare IT seems to have struck a chord with some of my readers. Here’s an example of one email (posted with permission) from the always passionate Al Borge, MD, I received in response...

Published Fri, May 21 2010 12:07 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Copy and Paste and EMR

I’ve seen a number of side comments on the challenges of Copy and Paste functions in an EMR. However, I’ve seen very few people really address the challenge that is copy and paste functions that are built into almost every program in the world...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 11:05 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Fear of HIPAA Audits Despite 0.002% Chance

Anyone that has worked in healthcare has the palpable fear of the word HIPAA. Any time the word’s mentioned, I have this visceral emotion shoot threw my body. I’m sure it’s the same for many people. HIPAA is like the nasty word that...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 12:56 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Signs EMR Job Market is Improving

Joe from Healthcare IT today wrote an interesting post highlighting 5 signs why the healthcare IT (which I translate as EMR) job market is heating up. Here’s a summary of his 5 reasons: -His Healthcare IT friends that were unemployed are starting...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 11:19 AM by EMR and EHR

Reasons Why EMR Efforts Are Proceeding So Slowly

David Swink wrote an interesting comment on my previous post in which he lists a number of reasons why he thinks the EMR effort is proceeding so slowly. Since many of you don’t read all the comments on this site (I’ll forgive you this time...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 11:07 AM by EMR and HIPAA