MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'chilmark'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:46:04 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4676902&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FpPQ_bVNqlgg%2F Nothing like enjoying the end of the weekend by going over some tweets from interesting people in the healthcare IT and EMR world. The first one hit me the strongest since I think I sometimes get so wrapped up in the details of EMR and healthcare IT that I forget to stop and remember really why we’re doing all of this. Thanks Diane for reminding us. #bbpBox_54579505100107776 a { text-decoration:none; color:#0084B4 !important; } #bbpBox_54579505100107776 a:hover { text-decoration:underline; } What are the ends of medicine? To cure sometimes, relieve often, comfort always. Regardless of wealth or lack thereof. about 14 hours ago via ÜberSocial @DianeEMeier Diane E. Meier After John Chilmark from Chilmark Research skipped doing his taxes (thankfully mine a... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4676902 Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:22:19 +0100 4676902 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4470457&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FOJbSxg3uq_M%2F I know I’ve talked far too much about HIMSS already, but I figured it’s the weekend and so not many of you are reading the site any way. So, I’ll take the topic du jour it seems and talk about my thoughts on making the most of your time at HIMSS. I will offer the disclaimer that this is only my second year, so I’m interested to hear your ideas as well. However, I learned a lot my first year and so I figured I’d share a few thoughts. Be Selective My biggest suggestion for people is to be selective in what they want to do. 30,000 people, a ton of overlapping sessions and a ginormous (it’s not a word, but should be) exhibit hall. Yet, you have to pack that all into a couple days. It’s really important for you to be selective about who and what you wan... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4470457 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:53:06 +0100 4470457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4203203&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F11%2F22%2Fa-few-emr-and-healthcare-it-blog-recommendations%2F 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 list. In fact, I could probably do this every weekend and not repeat the same blog recommendations. Maybe I will! Especially since then as I read various other blogs I can remember to make note of it. So, for this post I’ll start with some popular ones that many people know about. Fierce EMR – I really like the work that Neil Versel does and Fierce is lucky to have him working on their EMR content. HIStalk – This is often a bit too hospital focused for my tastes. They do have HIStalk Practice which is more ambulatory ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4203203 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 08:30:33 +0100 4203203 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4055714&cid=t_407105_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmobile-health-joy-or-dismay%2F2010.10.11 Last month, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) issued a report, Healthcare Unwired, examining the market for mobile health monitoring devices, reminder services, etc. among both healthcare providers and the general public. One of the big take-away points seems to be that 40% of the general public would be willing to pay for mobile health (or “mHealth”) devices or services ranging from reminders to data uploads — and the reaction by insiders is either joy (40% is good) or dismay (40% is not enough). PwC estimated the mHealth market to be worth somewhere between $7.7 billion and $43 billion per year, based on consumers’ expressed willingness to pay. Deloitte recently issued a report on mPHRs, as well — and there is tremendous interest in this space, as discussed in J... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4055714 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:00:27 +0100 4055714 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3946563&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Ffeds-set-example-data-portability The Personal Health Record (PHR) market is fraught with challenges.  First there is the issue of getting personal health information (PHI), which is most often not in a common digital, computable format such as a CCD or CCR-based file. Even when PHI is in a common data standard, such as administrative data (claims data), that data can be fraught with errors that would confuse even the wisest and most knowledgeable of patients. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3946563 Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:13:36 +0100 3946563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3490711&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F04%2F16%2Fadvice-to-karen-bell-cchit-head%2F I previously posted about the new head of CCHIT, Karen Bell. Most of you probably know that I’m not a huge fan of CCHIT, but I’ve decided that I’d like to give Dr. Bell some advice for CCHIT. Free consulting. How cool is that? Here we go… If Dr. Bell really wants to solidify CCHIT’s position in the EHR world she’ll find a way to show that the CCHIT EHR certification improves usability, EMR implementation success, reimbursement, etc. CCHIT has some vague terminology about the “assurances” that CCHIT certification provide. Unfortunately, they end up being empty assurances about things that doctors don’t really value. I’d be really impressed to see an independent study done on the EMR implementation success of CCHIT certified EHR ver... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3490711 Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:47:29 +0100 3490711 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3467848&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FJgEfzU3e3I0%2F As always, Chilmark Research has a nice post up talking about the new head of CCHIT, Karen Bell. You can see the official CCHIT announcement here. Chilmark brings up two interesting points about what he thinks we can expect from Karen Bell as head of CCHIT. Dr. Bell knows Washington DC and HHS quite well from her many years there. She is effective in a highly politicized environment and will be able to effectively lead CCHIT through that political minefield. … Dr. Bell will put up a Chinese Wall between CCHIT and the HIT vendor organization, HIMSS. She is fully aware of the perceived conflicts of interest between CCHIT and HIMSS and will seek to create some distance between these two organizations. I first must say that the first part is a really smart move by CCHIT. I’d always... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3467848 Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:58:57 +0100 3467848 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3023224&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F11%2F21%2Femr-stimulus-money-is-all-or-nothing%2F The wonderful John Chilmark posted a short message he heard from a Keynote address by John Halamka at the PHAT conference put on by the Harvard School of Public Health. Here’s the message: there will be no partial reimbursement for meeting just part of meaningful use. Its all or nothing folks. I think we all assumed this was basically the case, but it’s interesting to hear John Halamka say it. Let’s not take this quote too far out of context. I don’t think that John Halamka was saying that if you don’t qualify for one year of EMR incentive, that the next year you won’t have any more chances to qualify. I think he’s saying that either you’re going to get that years portion of EMR stimulus money or you’re going to be stuck waiting for the... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3023224 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:45:47 +0100 3023224 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2719788&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F08%2F14%2Fimportance-of-defining-meaningful-use-and-certified-ehr%2F John at Chilmark Research posted a note about the importance of how ONC and HHS define the terms “meaningful use” and “certified EHR.” I wanted to echo his comment so here it is: Note: We can not emphasize enough just how important these two terms (meaningful use & certified EHRs) are to the market. These terms will literally define the HIT market for the next decade and whether you are an HIT vendor or one looking to adopt an HIT solution, having a clear understanding of what these terms mean and their implications will be critical to your success. Basically, the $36.3 million in EHR stimulus money is dependent on “meaningful use of certified EHRs.” That’s a lot of money and influence on two terms. I hope as many people as possible will parti... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2719788 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:40:01 +0100 2719788 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2621884&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FGsC5Ed1Fxbg%2F I posted previously a short summary of the changes to meaningful use in the final meaningful use matrix presented at the HIT policy committee meeting. As I’ve thought about these changes this weekend, I couldn’t help but remember the major problem I (and many others) had with the original meaningful use criteria being too complex. My argument then was that the 22 meaningful use criteria as a collective whole were too much for a doctor’s office to complete in the current time frame. Unfortunately, it seems that the HIT policy committee has chosen to only make slight simplifications of the meaningful use matrix for hospitals (For inpatient CPOE, only 10% of orders must be entered electronically) and has actually added to the EMR requirements for ambulatory clinics. I do thi... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2621884 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:10:14 +0100 2621884 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2615394&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FnQZKzRDsdnY%2F I read that the HIT Policy Committee meeting that happened on July 16, 2009 was a “big one” according to Chilmark Research. He said that “the committee went from hearing revised recommendations for Meaningful Use, to recommendations from the HIE workgroup and lastly recommendations regarding certification processes for EHRs.” I was unfortunately tied up doing a presentation on ARRA EHR Stimulus money and so I wasn’t able to follow the event live (or on one of my twitter accounts). I know that Chilmark is planning to do some posts and I’m looking forward to those. I also found this short summary from John Halamka about the changes to meaningful use in the final definition: 1. For inpatient CPOE, only 10% of orders must be entered electronically 2. For pro... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2615394 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:37:16 +0100 2615394 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2441897&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2F01EqMxEr-pA%2F There’s a whole lot of discussion going on (rightfully so) right now about CCHIT EHR certification and of course the term “certified EHR.” I don’t know if anyone else has noticed or not, but there seems to be a bit of a growing movement towards not having ONE EHR certifying body (presumably CCHIT). A post over on John Chilmark’s blog highlights a really interesting point about having only one EHR certifying body. The point is that there’s little accountability if CCHIT is the only body that’s certifying EHR vendors. What reason would CCHIT really have to improve its certification if it’s the de facto standard for certification? CCHIT admitted that their CCHIT EHR certification wasn’t up to the ambitious goals of HITECH/ARRA. That doesn&... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2441897 Fri, 29 May 2009 21:49:28 +0100 2441897 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200358&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2009%2F02%2F19%2Fmedicaid-and-medicare-reimbursement-schedules-for-hitech%2F John Chilmark has posted a couple of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement charts that I think are worth looking at. I’ll leave the discussion of the reimbursement schedules on Jonh’s blog: HITECH Act Reimbursement Schedule Medicaid Reimbursement Schedule I just recently found John’s blog and think you should all check it out. He’s very thoughtful in his posts and the ones I’ve read have been well written and on target. Related posts:Free EMR by Medicare? I’ve been working with John Deutsch of EMR Experts, Inc....AllScripts Market Share and HITECH I recently found an interesting post about AllScripts market share...Big Winners from Obama EHR Stimulus HITECH Whenever government decides to spend $20 billion, there are bound... (Source: EMR and HIPAA) EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2200358 Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:09:00 +0100 2200358 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2200359&cid=t_407105_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=2121421&cid=t_407105_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclinicalit.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F01%2Fthat-was-fast.html Barack Obama has been president for just about three hours now, and already the White House Web site has been completely made over. Here's Obama's healthcare agenda. Notice that it contains not a word about technology on this page.However, healthcare is mentioned as part of the technology agenda. This part looks unchanged from the campaign, at least so far: "Use health information technology to lower the cost of health care. Invest $10 billion a year over the next five years to move the U.S. health care system to broad adoption of standards-based electronic health information systems, including electronic health records."Note, though, House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wis.) said last week that the economic stimulus plan would include $20 billion for health IT. I'm not e... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2121421 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:04:00 +0100 2121421