August 2009 - EMR and HIPAA

Free Health Information Exchange – HIE

One of my readers pointed out that NaviNet was offering their Health Information Exchange (HIE) solution to state governments for free. Here’s a short part of the press release: NaviNet (formerly NaviMedix), America’s largest real-time healthcare...

Published Mon, Aug 31 2009 2:27 PM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR Interoperability and Working Together

I recently got the following email which highlights my point that the EHR stimulus money should have been focused on things like interoperability standards and not funding EMR adoption the way it is doing it. He also makes some interesting comparisons...

Published Sun, Aug 30 2009 1:33 PM by EMR and HIPAA

HIT News ARRA EMR Stimulus Newsletter

I’ve had this link to an EMR Stimulus Newsletter/website for a while, but I’d debated whether to post it or not. Why you might ask? I think a lot of the information is quite biased and much of it leaves out important perspectives on the EHR...

Published Sun, Aug 30 2009 1:20 AM by EMR and HIPAA

ARRA EHR Stimulus Money Poll

Time for another poll about the topic on everyone’s mind: the EHR stimulus money. ARRA has definitely changed the EHR world with the promise of an estimated $36 billion in EHR stimulus money. The question is, how many people are planning to try...

Published Fri, Aug 28 2009 1:18 PM by EMR and HIPAA

EMR Is About the Money

I’m really coming around on this fact. I’m not sure I should, but I am. I’m beginning to realize how big of an impact for good or bad that all this EMR stimulus money can have. Now, don’t get me wrong. I think long term there’s...

Published Thu, Aug 27 2009 2:16 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Health Information Technology Regional Extension Centers

David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, has been putting out some letters about HIT and EHR in particular. In his latest letter he talks about the recent announcement of the HIT Regional Extension Centers designed to...

Published Wed, Aug 26 2009 5:00 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Sailing Towards EMR – Treasure Island or Iceberg?

The United States is moving steadily towards Electronic Medical Records (EMR). The HITECH Stimulus Act is like a hurricane-force wind, driving practices towards the electronic age. Many doctors have conflicting opinions about EMRs. Are they a treasure...

Published Wed, Aug 26 2009 1:23 PM by EMR and EHR

Interoperability, Meaningful Use and Certified EMRs

I like reading the weekly newsletters from XLEMR. Ryan Ricks has a way of making complex issues simple. This is a part of his recent newsletter. Meaningful use has four main functional requirements: computerized order entry, drug interaction checking...

Published Tue, Aug 25 2009 5:23 PM by EMR and EHR

EMR Hype, Hope and Hyperbole

I’ve been exchanging emails with someone in the EMR industry who described us as going through some interesting times of hype, hope and hyperbole. Then, they went on to say: “I have installed (successfully and not so successfully) EMR’s and...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2009 5:36 PM by EMR and HIPAA

Lies from Meaningful Use Consultants

Ok, I know I should see this coming and just expect it. However, it doesn’t make it any more right or me any more upset that this kind of shady practices occur. Yes, today I received my first notification that some EMR Consultant…errr…should...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2009 12:04 PM by EMR and HIPAA

New EMR and HIPAA Advertiser

As I usually do, I want to welcome a new advertiser to EMR and HIPAA. I always appreciate those who advertise on EMR and HIPAA and allow me to bring a different perspective to most of those you find in the EMR world. I also want to extend my thanks to...

Published Mon, Aug 24 2009 11:02 AM by EMR and HIPAA

Simple Patient Information and Payment Portal

Many of you know I’m all about keeping things simple, effective and useful. It’s better to have something simple that does a killer job at what it does than to have something so complex that no one uses it. In fact, that’s really the...

Published Sat, Aug 22 2009 12:44 PM by EMR and HIPAA

HIPAA Breach Notification Final Rule Released By HHS

Yes, this website is called EMR and HIPAA, but as you can tell from the content I’m much more interested in EMR than I am in HIPAA. Although there is certainly some correlation. That said, I think there’s some interesting things happening...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2009 2:39 PM by EMR and HIPAA

SRSsoft Brings Doctors Together in Call for Productive EMR Software

This is a part of a post on the SRSsoft website. I am a fan of SRSsoft because I think they have it right when they focus on “provider productivity” as a key component of any “good” EMR. See the link below to see the whole blog post, but basically, they...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2009 12:09 PM by EMR and EHR

Converting Data from Old EMR to New EMR

There was a lot of interesting response to my article on replacing an EMR. I actually got an email response that I believe is a really interesting read about one EMR vendors take on the challenges of converting the data from an old EMR to a new EMR. Here’s...

Published Thu, Aug 20 2009 1:38 PM by EMR and HIPAA