November 2010 - EMR and HIPAA

Meaningful Use – Doctors Have No Choice

In a recent article at Physicians Practice, James O/’Connor, MD describes well the current EHR climate: Physicians’ responses are all over the map. A surprising number of our colleagues still don’t know about meaningful use. Some doctors plan to...

Published Tue, Nov 30 2010 2:10 PM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR and HIPAA Interviews on XM Radio Station ReachMD

When I attended the Practice Fusion Connect conference in San Francisco, I had the opportunity to do a couple interviews for a segment on the XM radio station ReachMD. They’ve posted the segment I did on EMR and meaningful use on their website Read...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 12:56 PM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR Doctor’s Blog: When does efficiency in documentation become misguided and counterproductive?

We have all seen medical records from an emergency department (my apologies to the blissful ignorant out there — you don’t want to know if you don’t already). Much like sausage, they come out pretty much all ground up, full of information that at...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 12:53 PM by EMR and EHR

A Healthcare IT Twitter Roundup

It’s the weekend and I have this cool new Twitter plugin, so I decided it would be fun to do a twitter roundup. I’ll post some of the tweets I find and add some short commentary. I’ll admit that I haven’t necessarily read all of...

Published Mon, Nov 29 2010 12:40 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Giving Thanks

I won’t repost here, but in case you don’t follow my EMR and HIPAA blog as well as EMR and EHR, go and check out my Thanksgiving post on EMR and HIPAA. Happy Thanksgiving! Related posts:HIMSS Twitter List and New Media Meetups at HIMSS Related...

Published Fri, Nov 26 2010 12:37 AM by EMR and EHR

A Lot to Be Thankful For at EMR and HIPAA

Today has been a pretty wonderful day for me. I played some Turkey bowl this morning, had a wonderful meal with my wife and kids and then watched The Grinch in the afternoon. A nice relaxing day with the people that I love the most. As I think about my...

Published Fri, Nov 26 2010 12:35 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Complaints of EMR Documentation Aren’t Completely the EMR Vendors’ Fault

One of the biggest complaints surrounding the implementation of an EMR is the way the EMR software handles the documentation method. Beyond just the learning curve, there are plenty of EMR software that have a terrible user experience. While I don’t...

Published Wed, Nov 24 2010 6:28 PM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR Stimulus Money Secure from Political Changes

I’ve discussed on multiple occasions the possible impacts of the congressional changes on the EMR stimulus money. Justin Barnes on The Health Care Blog recently posted the best reason I’ve seen yet for the EMR stimulus money and meaningful...

Published Wed, Nov 24 2010 12:56 AM by EMR and EHR

Meaningful Use Assistance Poll

I almost forgot to post today. What can I say? I’ve had a crazy busy today. Lots of interest in advertising on EMR and HIPAA lately. So, we’ll keep it short and sweet. Here’s a poll that I posted on EMR and EHR also and originally took...

Published Tue, Nov 23 2010 5:48 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Is cut and paste in EHR software really such a bad thing?

The following is a guest blog post by Dr. Michael West. I recently met Dr. West and was really impressed with his approach to EHR. After reading a few of his comments on the site, I asked if he was interested in doing some guest blog posts. This is the...

Published Mon, Nov 22 2010 1:15 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Meaningful Use Resources Poll

Inga at HIStalk Practice recently posted a poll about the types of resources that a practice plans to use in order to achieve meaningful use. Officially the poll asks, “For those employed by physician practices: which of the following do you expect...

Published Mon, Nov 22 2010 11:57 AM by EMR and EHR

A Few EMR and Healthcare IT Blog Recommendations

As you know on the weekend, I try to do my simple posts since most of you are enjoying the weekend like you should. Today I thought it might be interesting to point to a few different EMR and healthcare IT blog recommendations. This is far from an inclusive...

Published Mon, Nov 22 2010 3:30 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Thought Provoking EMR Comment – Simple EMR but “Apped” Silly

This weekend’s thought provoking EMR comment comes from Dr. Gregg Alexander, a grunt in the trenches pediatrician, in a post he did on HIStalk Practice (which seems to be a duplicate from his blog): “I want a beautiful [EMR] system that works...

Published Sun, Nov 21 2010 1:41 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Meaningful Use Exceptions for Specialists

Neil Versel at Fierce EMR recently did a post talking about the meaningful use exceptions that are available for specialists. In it he quotes David Blumenthal, national health IT coordinator, and Dr. Derek Robinson, medical director for HHS Region V....

Published Fri, Nov 19 2010 1:25 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Hospital Preparation for Meaningful Use

HIMSS Analytics recently sent out some interesting results from a survey the did of hospital’s preparation for meaningful use. Here’s the results: *Nearly one quarter (22 percent) of participating hospitals have the capability to achieve 10...

Published Thu, Nov 18 2010 4:34 PM by EMR and EHR