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 'emr innovation'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:36:01 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4517225&cid=t_454577_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FOtL0fB14zuo%2F Turns out that my previous post about lack of EMR innovation at HIMSS was a little more controversial than I expected it to be. Plus, I’m not sure that I communicated the entire message about EMR innovation and the future of EMR software in healthcare (I’m blaming the late nights and lack of sleep). I’m still suffering the HIMSS hangover and on this too small to type well netbook, but let me try and add some more context to the previous post. One person emailed me about my “disappointment with EMR software.” I’d be careful to characterize it as disappointment with the EMR industry. I’m really optimistic about the future of EMR. I still think they’re a great value proposition and that EVERY (leave a few rural settings aside) doctor should and ... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4517225 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 16:04:21 +0100 4517225 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4472992&cid=t_454577_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2011%2F02%2F13%2Fon-the-bookshelf%2F While I read The Myths of Innovation as an eBook, my next three are all paperbacks: Reading in the Brain: The New Science of How We Read by Stanislas Dehaene Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Healthcare Sector: From Idea to Funding to Launch by Luis G. Pareras, MD Keys to EMR/EHR Success: Selecting and Implementing an Electronic Medical Record by Ronald B. Sterling. The last two are Greenbranch Publishing. Watch for book reviews in the near future. (Source: eHealth) eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4472992 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 01:09:09 +0100 4472992 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4219838&cid=t_454577_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2010%2F12%2F01%2Fsecondary-use-of-emr-data%2F Part of the value of EMRs is the secondary use of the rich clinical data. Quality studies are an obvious win. This week, a new article by Kaiser Permanente Medical Group used this data in one of several registries to analyze 80,000 Total Joint and 5000 ACL Reconstruction Procedures in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. The data was collected “through standardized documentation at the point of care” and “supplemented with existing administrative data from our electronic health records and other independent databases.” See the registry database structure here. Also published this week is a second article from the Cleveland Clinic Chronic Kidney Disease Registry regarding the eGFR definition. This is another example utilizing these registries with secondary data f... eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4219838 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:45:47 +0100 4219838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4207395&cid=t_454577_123_f&fid=39036&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpediatricinc.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F11%2F29%2Fhealthcare-to-ipad-or-not-to-ipad%2F The mobihealthnews blog posted an infograph titled “Sizing Up the iPad for Healthcare” a while back. The data shows that 60% of physicians plan to either buy an iPad, were interested in learning more about the device or bought one when it came out. There is no doubt that the iPad is an attractive device for just about any healthcare setting. And that includes a medical office. In our medical practice, we’ve had mixed reviews with the iPad. It appeared to be very promising when we first started testing it. But my doc’s report a few problems with it. For example, they complain that connecting to our EMR via the remote desktop program (RDP) isn’t as easy. They also report a lot of lag and poor response. I know these problems may or may not be the iPad’s fault. It could be a bandwi... Pediatric Inc blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4207395 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 11:00:48 +0100 4207395 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3831425&cid=t_454577_113_f&fid=34631&url=http%3A%2F%2Fehealth.johnwsharp.com%2F2010%2F08%2F06%2Fibm-initiative-to-improve-healthcare-quality-and-costs%2F Recently IBM announced a major initiative to address significant data problems in healthcare. Acknowledging the fact that data is in structured and unstructured format and from various sources, the task of integrating these data points into a individual dashboard format can enable better medical decision making.  One tool to enable this kind of data integration is their text analytics tools LanguageWare™ (LW) and Cognos Content Analyzer (CCA). Both of these were acquisitions by IBM in the past few years and it appears that they are now integrated enough to be used with large data sets in health care.  Analyzing unstructured information can benefit insurance companies as well. The tool looks like it combines natural language search and semantic technologies. The video illustrations the... eHealth blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3831425 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:27:24 +0100 3831425