January 2011 - EMR and HIPAA

Here’s a story which I’m sure could be retold in practices around the U.S. It’s a tale of how EMR process issues slowed down care to a crawl. I recently visited small OB/GYN practice — a busy and seemingly prosperous one in a wealthy...

Given my background as an IT auditor, I'm wary of getting too excited about cloud computing just yet. Let’s see what the next year or two brings. Related posts: Health IT Standards Committee Can’t Understand Recommendations EMR Doctor’s...

Time for my first ever EMR and EHR reader survey. I’d really like to get a feel for who reads EMR and EHR and how I can make the content on EMR and EHR better. So, don’t be shy in your comments. It’s a simple 13 question anonymous survey...

In most cases, chart abstraction is a major bottleneck which can slow the transition to EHR use to a crawl, not to mention cratering caregiver productivity in the process. But if it's done thoughtfully, you can avoid some of the chaos, the study suggests...

I’ve now had two people send me links to a study coming out of Stanford University that says that EHR software doesn’t improve patient care in the US (Here’s one story about it from Reuters). So I figure that it must be a topic that...

To successfully demonstrate meaningful use, providers must report on all patients, regardless of payer. The government describes the program as “payer-neutral” as it applies to patients. Even though providers elect to pursue incentives under either Medicare...

Today I came across this really great chart that compares the meaningful use stage 1 requirements with the proposed requirements for meaningful use stage 2 and 3. The comment period is still open for meaningful use stage 2 and 3 so make your voice heard...