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Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:13:13 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174713&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fend-beginning-and-launch-i2o When Dr. Farzad Mostashari, the national coordinator for health information technology, addresses more than 4,700 healthcare professionals at the Allscripts Client Experience in Nashville on Monday morning, Aug. 29, he’s likely to discuss one of the most exciting developments in healthcare today – and perhaps surprisingly, it won’t be the meaningful use of electronic health records.  read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174713 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:48:46 +0100 5174713 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008365&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FbrEuvSpFHdM%2F I think it’s quite easy to predict that 3-5 years from now, one of the top topics on this blog and in the EHR world as a whole is going to be around EHR data extraction or if you prefer EMR data conversion. I’ve previously predicted that by the end of the EHR stimulus money we’re be lucky to achieve 50% EHR adoption. So, you’d think that in 3-5 years we’d still be talking about EHR selection and implementation. Certainly, that will still be a topic of discussion. Not to mention, which EHR vendor they should go to for their second EHR. However, I am certain that 3-5 years from now we’re going to see a mass of doctors switching EHR vendors. As part of my EHR blog week challenge (if you’re a blogger, you should participate too), today I’m going ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008365 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:31:57 +0100 5008365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4997647&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2F5UZx6zS7roM%2F Ever since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act became law in February 2009, giving birth to the phrase “meaningful use,” I’ve wondered when private insurers would follow the federal government’s lead and start offering financial carrots and sticks for using and not using EHRs. After all, one of the purposes of the Medicare and Medicaid incentive program was to address the fact that payers tend to reap the greatest financial gains from hospitals and physicians adopting EHRs, even though most if not all of the cost of acquiring the technology falls on the provider. Federal officials have made it clear all along that “meaningful use” is just that, the meaningful use of the technology. The government was not simply going to write checks so providers c... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4997647 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:02:52 +0100 4997647 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4789381&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F04%2F29%2Finterview-with-allscripts-president-and-xerox-executive-vp-about-500-million-hosting-services-contract%2F Many of you probably already saw the announcement of the $500 million contract that was signed between Allscripts Healthcare Solutions and ACS, A Xerox Company, to provide hosted IT service for the Allscripts’ Sunrise Enterprise Suite. Considering the size of the contract, I thought it would be interesting to do an interview to learn more about the Allscripts and ACS (Xerox) relationship. The following is an email interview with Lee Shapiro, President, Allscripts and Chad Harris, Executive Vice President and Group President, ACS Healthcare Provider and IT Applications Solutions. They duck a few of the questions, but provide some information about their relationship that I think’s useful and interesting. Lee Shapiro, president, Allscripts What percentage of Allscripts Sunrise E... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4789381 Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:39:47 +0100 4789381 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4684213&cid=t_179663_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2011%2F04%2Fspecial-k-red-berries-mission-hostile.html "You should not have to work around something that is not in the way" - SSThis post can be considered Part 9 of my multi-part series on the mission hostile user experience presented by commercial healthcare IT.Note: Part 1 is here, part 2 is here, part 3 is here, part 4 is here, part 5 is here, part 6 is here, and part 7 is here, and part 8 is here.Special K® Red Berries is one of my favorite cereals.In this context, however, "Special K Red Berries" is a metaphor for cerebral and other hemorrhages caused by health IT getting in the way -- actually obstructing -- physicians ordering emergency medications such as vitamin K given via the fastest route, intravenously.A cerebral hemorrhage at post-mortem (obviously). Note the big Red Berry.This EHR system, Eclypsis Sunrise Clinical Manager™,... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4684213 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:36:00 +0100 4684213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4642729&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F03%2F24%2Foperating-system-of-healthcare-it%2F Likewise, says Allscripts’ Tullman, “today we’re building the operating system for the future of healthcare. This country can’t afford its healthcare system anymore, so something’s got to change. We can no longer buy our way out of the problem.” – Source: Information Week The above comments sparks all sorts of interesting thoughts and questions for me. The first is “What is the Operating System of healthcare IT?” Obviously, we’re quite sure Tullman hopes that it’s the suite of Allscripts products. Although, how ironic is it that one company can have 5-10 (I lost count) different EMR software. I’ve never known an operating system to have 5-10 completely different software. Seems like something needs to change there. Unl... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4642729 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:29:51 +0100 4642729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4570607&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2Fci3mKyd-Tpc%2F Leave it to those in the ivory tower of Modern Healthcare to screw up something as simple as an unscientific poll about who should be the next national coordinator for health IT.  The poll lists a whopping two dozen names, ranging from the obvious—Dr. John Halamka, Dr. Paul Tang, current deputy national coordinator Dr. Farzad Mostashari—to the dark horse—Dr. Robert Hitchcock of T-System, Paula Gregory of the “Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicince” (sic)—and even a few laughable listings. For one thing, Dr. David Brailer is on the list. The first national coordinator (2004-06) left Washington because he wanted to be with his family in San Francisco. He’s currently running a $700 million equity investment firm and couldn’t possibly want to get back in... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4570607 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 23:35:02 +0100 4570607 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4566179&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2011%2F03%2F08%2Fcare360-ehr-medplus-and-quest-diagnostics%2F While some might consider the following commentary an ad for Quest Diagnostic’s Care360 EHR, it’s not. I don’t even have them as an advertiser. Plus, you could easily submit a number of other companies name in the place of Quest. However, the following were some thoughts I had after talking with the people behind Care360 EHR at Quest. First, let me clarify some name issues so we’re all on the same page. Quest Diagnostics is the company. It’s publicly traded on the NYSE with the ticker DGX. Most of you will know about Quest since they’re one of the leading lab companies in the US. MedPlus is the subsidiary within Quest that covers the healthcare IT portion of the company including their EMR software. Care360 is the name of their SaaS EHR software which th... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4566179 Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:55:13 +0100 4566179 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411721&cid=t_179663_150_f&fid=35777&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FPharmalot%2F%7E3%2Fmx56MBMU3R4%2F The behind-the-scenes world of pharma data and related healthcare info can often appear as inside baseball but, as we know, knowledge is power and metrics is king. So it should not come as a surprise that the value and volume of mergers and acquisitions in the pharma and overall healthcare info tech world is on the rise, at least according to a new report from an investment bank. To wit, the total deal value rose 81 percent in 2010, was estimated to be $11.6 billion from $6.4 billion the year before. The total number of deals also jumped - by 13 percent to 224 last year from 199 in 2009, according to Berkery Noyes, which noted there were 53 financially sponsored transactions in 2010, with an aggregate value of $2.8 billion. By comparison, there were 171 strategic deals. The largest transa... Pharmalot blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411721 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 13:45:58 +0100 4411721 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4265915&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2F2vWy6L-H1x4%2F I still have a hard time calling myself a writer or even press (although it’s convenient for getting into conferences). Plus, I think I reach, influence and interact with as many or more people than the traditional healthcare journalist. However, there’s something liberating about being called a blogger instead of a journalist because the standard and approach is different. At least I thought that was the case until I read this article on Forbes.com which declares Allscripts new API as “Open Source’s Debut in Healthcare.” Ok, to be fair, it was written written on a Forbes healthcare blog and not their magazine, but as a blogger I’m embarrassed that a Forbes blogger would write such a terrible article. Let me set the record straight. Allscripts launched a... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4265915 Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:24:38 +0100 4265915 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4251168&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F12%2F02%2Femr-stimulus-question-and-answer-what-if-my-emr-vendor-doesnt-certify%2F Pamela sent me the following EMR stimulus question in response to my post about Doctor’s having no choice with meaningful use: Can we show meaningful use without a certified EMR or would we still be penalized since our EMR vendor has no intention on becoming certified? The current HITECH law requires meaningful use of a certified EHR. So, you have to use a certified EHR to get the EMR stimulus money and to avoid the Medicare penalties. They have been looking at doing site certifications so you could show that you’ve put together everything to satisfy the certified EHR portion. However, so far I’ve only seen the site certification really apply to hospitals. I haven’t seen a site certification for smaller doctors offices (yet?). Just be aware that some are suggesting ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4251168 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:10:22 +0100 4251168 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3969071&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2F22Y9qkLZbrI%2F As I mentioned in my previous post about the race to be the first EHR certified (and the first ATCB to certify an EHR), there’s a lot more going on in the battle amongst the EHR certifying bodies. The first interesting detail surrounds the previous CCHIT certified EHR vendors. This turns out to be a really great move by CCHIT. A quick look at CCHIT’s website has 49 EHR products (or modules of products) that have been certified for either the CCHIT 2011 certification or for the Preliminary ARRA certification. That’s 49 pieces of EMR software (a few less since some are different versions of the same product) have paid $22k+ in order to be certified by CCHIT. I’ve talked to one of these EHR vendors and they said that CCHIT did a call with all current vendors and said t... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3969071 Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:05:52 +0100 3969071 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3862085&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog-tullman The recent release of the final rule on "meaningful use" will have a profound impact on healthcare providers across the country.  Those who already have an electronic health record in place are well positioned to capture a share of the $30 billion in Federal funding based upon meeting increasingly challenging standards of use.  Many of those who don't have an electronic health record are starting to search for one. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3862085 Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:06:09 +0100 3862085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3784344&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F07%2F15%2Flist-of-webinars-on-meaningful-use%2F Today, I thought it would be interesting to list the meaningful use webinars that I know of and to invite my readers to tell me about other meaningful use webinars that they know about. Just reply in the comments of this post or on the EMR and HIPAA contact us page and I’ll update this post with all the webinars we can find. Note to Readers: Just be aware that most of the EMR vendor presentations on meaningful use are also a “sales presentation” for that EHR software. Just be prepared to be sold if you attend the EHR company webinars. However, in many cases they can also be great sources of information, because they’ve spent a lot of time in Washington watching the meaningful use process. So, you have to take the good with the bad. I’ve taken a few minutes to ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3784344 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:59:17 +0100 3784344 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3678591&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F06%2F10%2Fallscripts-acquisition-of-eclipsys%2F I’m going to be a little lazy today and just give you a couple links to the story of yesterday. I guess I get busy sometimes too. In case you missed it, the BIG news yesterday was Allscripts acquisition of Eclipsys. I posted most of the relevant links on EMR and EHR yesterday along with some interesting user comments about the deal. Also, if you like this stuff, you’ll enjoy this lengthy analysis that was done on HISTalk about the acquisition. Here’s my thoughts after reading the HISTalk analysis: “After this merger, the new company will be trying to support eight EMRs systems and five practice management solutions with a sprinkling of inpatient technology” Talk about an ugly situation. Plus, this quote doesn’t even highlight all the HIE software they’re dealing w... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3678591 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:52:28 +0100 3678591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3366286&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F03%2F11%2Fallscripts-isnt-cchit-certified-2011%2F Sometimes it’s the little things you catch at an enormous conference at HIMSS that are the most powerful. One of those came for me when I was talking to the VP of marketing from one of the EHR vendors on the floor. This was one of the most interesting people I met with at HIMSS. As we were talking he kind of said off hand that one of the visitors to his booth had said Allscripts isn’t CCHIT certified. Now I should clarify. Allscripts was CCHIT certified back in 2007. However, they didn’t do CCHIT certification and in 2008 but they still haven’t done any of the 2011 full CCHIT certification or Preliminary ARRA certification either. As a side note, CCHIT has moved or taken down the previous years certification lists from their website (not sure why or where they moved... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3366286 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:56:39 +0100 3366286 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3033654&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F11%2F25%2Fopenemr-success-story%2F A little while back I read an interesting EMR success story using the open source EMR appropriately named OpenEMR. The story is by Joe Holzer and I got his permission to republish it here for all to enjoy. You can find more about Joe on his website (not the normal website) or at his email im@holzerent.com I think you’ll enjoy his story and some of the unique ways he used OpenEMR to address some challenging problems along with his passion for open source EMR software: I have implemented OpenEMR in a number of sites, and I advise on its use in their forums at Sourceforge.net. My wife Lynne was my first “client”, and her use of FREE OpenEMR allowed her to eliminate all need for my services as her business office manager, as well as all clearinghouse costs, as it prepares bot... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3033654 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:00:28 +0100 3033654 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2886542&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=38130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tempdev.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1003 Today Allscripts & Intuit announced a deal that will integrate Allscripts Practice Management with Intuit Quicken Health systems. Last week at the Health 2.0 Conference Intuit Quicken Health was one of the best demos because you could see how it really changes the patient’s experience. I can’t wait to see it working in combination with an EHR/PM system! Instead of using CPT descriptions on EOBs they use descriptions patients can easily understand so they know what they’re paying for. It breaks down payments into easily understood math. If the patient doesn’t agree with something on the bill, they can fix errors right on the website. The patient is also able to pay straight from the website. Related Posts April 6, 2009 — HIMSS Day 2: Allscripts HIE Demo J... Implementing EMRs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2886542 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:47 +0100 2886542 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2793258&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F09%2F08%2Fmy-ehr-stimulus-tour-experience%2F Many of you might remember me ripping on the EHR Stimulus Tour being a nice marketing idea for Allscripts. Ok, so maybe I went a little overboard when I said that the EHR stimulus tour sickens me and compared the EHR stimulus tour to an Amway or MLM convention. Yes, I did feel a little icky going to it and even leaving the event. However, I will admit that it was much calmer than I would have ever expected it would be. They did a pretty good job of leaving out the sales talk. Although, Allscripts really was the only vendor with much presence. A Citrix rep was there along with a local Embarq salesperson who had some Cisco IP representation as well. Overall, I have a feeling that many will go away from the event disappointed. They did provide some good information on the amount of the EHR st... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2793258 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:31:17 +0100 2793258 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2688649&cid=t_179663_87_f&fid=34765&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhcrenewal.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fshareholders-take-notice-that-patients.html At my Jan. 2009 post "Waste Feared in Digitizing Patient Records: Wall Street Journal" and others I have written about the illegitimacy and abuse of patient rights, as well as abuse of clinician trust committed by health IT vendors using patient care settings as an unconsented software development laboratory and beta testing site. I wrote:The IT industry uses hospitals, doctor offices and patients as alpha and beta test sites and subjects, unregulated by the FDA or other agency. When HIT fails, there is no central agency to report the failures to, only the vendor. Fixes go into a "queue" for remediation, with priority level decided by the vendor.Clinicians are also used by HIT vendors as a form of bank and insurance company. HIT vendors depend on (free!) physician and nurse ingenuity in f... Health Care Renewal blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2688649 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:21:00 +0100 2688649 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441900&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FuyVJIET1izs%2F No doubt many small EHR companies have been looking at themselves in the mirror long and hard and asking themselves how they’re going to survive this rough market. Not only did the HITECH act slow purchasing of EHR systems, but between “certified EHR” and “meaningful use” many are questioning where the small EHR vendor will fit into the EHR market. I could (and probably will at some point) expound on each of the topics above, but I think that EHR vendors have an even more difficult challenge on their hands. The challenge comes in the form of incredibly large number of marketing dollars and splashy partnerships. Here’s just one simple example of what I’m talking about. It was just announced that HEALTHeLINK, The Western New York Clinical Information... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441900 Wed, 27 May 2009 14:23:34 +0100 2441900 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2417086&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FvBTu2sCT-t8%2F I previously posted about the EHR stimulus tour (no link since I don’t want to promote them). Today I saw what seems to amount to a press release that talks about the “EHR Stimulus Alliance” and their tour to “educate 500,000 U.S. physicians about opportunities aligned with the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009.” This type of puffery just makes me sick. No. Not the educating 500,000 physicians. That’s a good thing and part of the motivation for this blog. The thing that makes me sick is this seems like just a big marketing campaign for Allscripts. Sure they have a list of other partners, but they’re basically partners of Allscripts. Check out the list: Allscripts, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Intel, Intuit, Microsoft Corp., and Nuance. ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2417086 Tue, 19 May 2009 03:53:22 +0100 2417086 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2398877&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34933&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpalmdoc.net%2F%3Fp%3D2335 I can’t right now myself as my hospital’s EMR is not fully up yet. Recently we had a round of vendor presentations and one of them was not really enthusiastic about accessing EMRs with a PDA claiming the screen is too small and that he would recommend rather rustic technologies instead like COWS (computers on wheels)! Such archaic thinking! Another vendor on the other hand demo’d his product’s mobile version which was very cool - it works via a PDA’s mobile browser so it’s pretty platform agnostic. It’s all about design and even if the screen is small, it is usable if the design is right. Anyway I came across this article (via a Tweet from @Berci) on Connecting your EMR through your iPhone which I think is interesting reading. Now, if you use an E... The Palmdoc Chronicles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2398877 Fri, 08 May 2009 04:00:00 +0100 2398877 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2390017&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FebtR8OO3CsE%2F Turns out the fish are starting to feed. Check out this website that talks about the “EHR Stimulus Tour: Educating the Nation.” Ok, I don’t really want you to check out the website, since I think it’s kind of sad. At the bottom it lists the “EHR Stimulus Alliance.” The following companies are listed in this EHR alliance: Allscripts Cisco Citrix Dell intel intuit Microsoft Nuance What a group of large companies trying to sell a bunch of product. I guess we should have expected something like this, but maybe I’m just a little surprised that they made a website for an EHR stimulus tour and everything. Interestingly the twitter link on the site goes to an Allscripts twitter account. I think we can clearly see who’s behind this website. Honestly, ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2390017 Mon, 04 May 2009 22:54:02 +0100 2390017 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348803&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FR8B7iVBEm5c%2F I finally had a few moments to watch the Matthew Holt interview of Glen Tullman, Allscripts CEO at HIMSS. Allscripts is no doubt a large player in the EHR industry (like it or not). This is especially true after Allscripts acquisition of Misys. So, Glen Tullman will have a large effect on the EHR industry so it’s worth listening to hear what he has to say. I’ll include a few quick comments of my own below the video. Overall a pretty low key video. There were a few things that are worth commenting on. The first thing that hit me was that Glen Tullman thought that the controversy over CCHIT was that CCHIT certified over 300 EHR vendors. Glen makes the argument that government wants a smaller footprint of EHR vendors and that 300 was too many. I guess I can kind of see why govern... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348803 Wed, 15 Apr 2009 05:53:52 +0100 2348803 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2314695&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F04%2Fearly-himss-news.html HIMSS09 doesn't officially start until Sunday, but the announcements already are starting to come fast and furious:First off, you may have already heard the news that Pamela Pure is out as president of McKesson's Technology Solutions division. The company's planned media briefing at HIMSS on Monday now will be led by Sunny Sanyal, chief operating officer of the IT division.In other executive news, the recently re-named Surescripts—formerly SureScripts-RxHub—has hired Harry Totonis as president and CEO. Totonis previously led the analytics division of MasterCard Worldwide and was a senior partner at Booz Allen Hamilton.I expect that this experience running an analytics operation might give pause to the privacy and anti-data-mining camps. Surescripts and the rest of the e-prescribing ind... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2314695 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:16:00 +0100 2314695 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2222370&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FGd5Nwaffsug%2F I’m always happy to have people smarter than me do a guest post on EMR and HIPAA.  There’s far too much going on with Health Care IT for me to be able to cover everything that’s going on.  So, I’d like to thank Randy Pickard for sending in the following guest post about the HITECH stimulus act. There is almost a Kafkaesque quality to the likely short term impact of the stimulus package upon adoption of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems. The passage of the stimulus package will probably serve as a speed bump to EHR adoption until the details of the act have been spelled out. Up until the passage of the stimulus package, adoption of EHR systems has been proceeding slowly but steadily. However, the vaguely defined promise of $17 billion in reimbursements for ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2222370 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:39:05 +0100 2222370 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200359&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F02%2F19%2Fallscripts-market-share-and-hitech%2F I recently found an interesting post about AllScripts market share after the acquisition of Misys last year. Based on recent research, Allscripts is estimated to own about 21% of market share for the practice management system space. Further, of the 18% or so of medical providers who have adopted electronic health records, Allscripts has around 17% of that market. 21% of the EHR market is pretty huge. Congratulations AllScripts. I previously posted a really cool viral EHR video by AllScripts. I really like things like this that AllScripts is doing. It’s nice that a technology company is using technology to encourage EHR adoption. I have been a little soured towards AllScripts after I posted about AllScripts CEO being a HIT advisor to Obama. I just can’t comprehend how an EHR ve... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200359 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:53:22 +0100 2200359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182360&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fmore-on-allscriptsand-fight-over-data.html Earlier today, I posted news about Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions intending to sell its Medication Services division to an unnamed purchaser for an unspecified amount. I've since gotten clarification via e-mail from company spokesman Todd Stein: "The release is earlier than we would normally have liked because we're required to reveal all material non-public information about the company prior to undertaking a share repurchase program like the one we also announced yesterday. That's to ensure that shareholders know everything about the company that they need to know in order to make an informed buy-or-sell decision."Indeed, Allscripts announced yesterday a $150 million buyback program and related $150 million increase in its credit commitments.The company also was named in a Bloombe... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182360 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:45:00 +0100 2182360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2182362&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F02%2Fallscripts-to-sell-drug-packaging.html Allscripts-Misys Healthcare Solutions today announced an agreement in principle to sell one of its oldest assets, the Medication Services division. But the press release left out one minor detail: the name of the proposed buyer.I've got a request in to the company, but if anyone else has any information, I'd love to hear it.Allscripts has been prepackaging prescription drugs from its Libertyville, Ill., pharmacy facility (and former corporate headquarters building) for longer than it's been selling electronic medical records, but medication services no longer is the central focus of the company."The proposed sale of our Medication Services business increases our focus on our core healthcare information technology businesses at a time when we expect electronic health records and electronic ... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2182362 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:19:00 +0100 2182362 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2144435&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F01%2F28%2Fallscripts-ceos-stunning-take-on-obamas-emr-plans%2F In a recent Wall Street Journal article on electronic medical records, they talk about Allscripts’ CEO’s take on the governments planned $20 billion investment in EMR.  Here’s a portion of the article: Glen Tullman, chief executive of the health IT outfit Allscripts-Misys Healthcare and an advisor to the Obama campaign on health information technology issues, argues that that any legislation should first help doctors buy and install electronic medical records, then give them financial incentives to actually use them in a way that could reduce waste and improve care. “That one-two punch would dramatically change the adoption rate for physicians,” he said in an interview with the Health Blog. I’ve talked about Obama EMR many times before on this blog and over the... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2144435 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:19:20 +0100 2144435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2081838&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=38130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tempdev.net%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D486 If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video should be worth ten thousand. We’ve posted some recent blogs about EMR 2.0 (here and here) outlining what makes an EMR and EMR 2.0. But we haven’t spent much time explaining why EMR 2.0’s are needed and what the benefits are to healthcare provides and patients. Look for some future blogs on these topics, but in the meantime check out this great video by AllScripts which is truly worth ten thousand words. My favorite words: “Shouldn’t connecting to healthcare be as easy as going online, using an ATM, or downloading music?” We agree that yes, connecting to healthcare should be as easy and with EMR 2.o it will be. (Source: Implementing EMRs) Implementing EMRs blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2081838 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:57:56 +0100 2081838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1875914&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2008%2F10%2F13%2Fthe-medical-quake-great-healthcare-blog%2F Well, I’d been meaning to link to my friend Ducknet or as she calls her blog, The Medical Quack, for a while, but never got around to it. I figured it was about time since she’s been posting like crazy on that blog and deserved a little love. I must admit that she posts a ton of medical related content. In fact, probably too much for me. I’m a little bit of a healthcare snob and have my preference for EMR and/or IT in healthcare. Ducknet has an incredible tech background with experience working at Intel and TabletKiosk. I’ve often turned to her on Skype to ask her details about the latest processors or the best tablet pc for my doctors to use with our EMR. She’s always been spot on. Plus, she finds nice little nuggets of EMR industry knowledge that I hadn&#821... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1875914 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 21:31:38 +0100 1875914 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1872972&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2008%2F10%2F13%2Fthe-medical-quake-great-healthcare-blog%2F Well, I’d been meaning to link to my friend Ducknet or as she calls her blog, The Medical Quack, for a while, but never got around to it. I figured it was about time since she’s been posting like crazy on that blog and deserved a little love. I must admit that she posts a ton of medical related content. In fact, probably too much for me. I’m a little bit of a healthcare snob and have my preference for EMR and/or IT in healthcare. Ducknet has an incredible tech background with experience working at Intel and TabletKiosk. I’ve often turned to her on Skype to ask her details about the latest processors or the best tablet pc for my doctors to use with our EMR. She’s always been spot on. Plus, she finds nice little nuggets of EMR industry knowledge that I hadn&#821... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1872972 Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:01:29 +0100 1872972 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1865376&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2008%2F10%2F09%2Fgreat-viral-video-on-emr-benefits-and-lack-of-adoption%2F My main hobby is playing with social media, website marketing and things people like to call viral marketing. So, you can imagine my interest in this EMR video from Allscripts describing the benefits of EMR ina really unique way. I love what Allscripts is doing. They even have a channel on YouTube called AllscriptsTV. I’m not sure this is the right way to market an EMR, but I’m impressed with what they’re trying to do. Things like this will hopefully start to break down barriers to EMR adoption. I will admit that a couple things disappointed me about the video. It was much too long. The same message could have been told in about 2-3 minutes instead of 5 minutes. Even the most entertaining videos are best at 2-3 minutes. With a subject as raw and uninteresting as EMR, 2-3... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1865376 Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:28:09 +0100 1865376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1399579&cid=t_179663_113_f&fid=36504&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMedicalRecordShow%2F%7E3%2F277616396%2F What would the perfect…nah, a nicer EMR look like? I take issue with that recent FPM opinion piece by Dr. Christine Sinsky, “e-Nirvana: Are We There, Yet?” As an EMR consultant who works with both physicians and an MSO, I find it lopsided and unhelpful. Yes, I’d like my EMR to be seamlessly integrated with my personal workflow, unobtrusive, and a snap to use. As one of my junior high teachers used to say, Well, there are a lot of things I’d like in life. And “putting Google on the project,” as Dr. Sinsky suggested, might or might not take us closer to making the magical EMR a reality. Putting Google’s essentially unlimited financial and programming resources would tend to tip the odds in favor of success. But so would putting the Almighty beh... The EMR/EHR Show: Making Your Electronic Medical Records Really Work blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1399579 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:10:46 +0100 1399579