7/6/2009Meaningful-Use-Is-Not-Our-Greatest-Concern

There's much being said about meaningful use as it relates to how health information is collected and shared.  The most reputable and knowledgeable people have been quick to let us know... [More]

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Posted on: 7/6/2009 at 11:47 AM
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6/25/2009Phone Consultation that Pays

Thank goodness for telemedicine.  Not the buzzword, and really cool high definition video, but the ability to call the doctor and get help right away.  We’ve been using telemedicine pr... [More]

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Posted on: 6/25/2009 at 11:10 AM
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6/24/2009PHI Access Audit Trail II

First and foremost data whether personal and protected or not needs to be easily and quickly accessible.  Somehow while keeping the data easily and quickly accessible we need to protect what is p... [More]

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Posted on: 6/24/2009 at 7:08 PM
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6/16/2009Where's my audit trail?

Every EHR product I've seen provides some degree of audit control to keep track who, when, and what was accessed.  What's missing is all of the other avenues to the data.  A report writer ha... [More]

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Posted on: 6/16/2009 at 4:27 PM
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6/9/2009Encrypted USB Thumbdrive

If sensitive information must go off site this is a really cool way to do it. It even looks cool. Check out Iron Key Enterprise https://www.ironkey.com/enterprise Encrytion is great, but this d... [More]

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Posted on: 6/9/2009 at 2:53 PM
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6/8/2009Perception First

"Accelerate Adoption of HIT." Now there’s something easier said than done.  We need to develop Health Information Exchange (HIE), adopt Electronic Health Records (EHR), use this to have &ld... [More]

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Posted on: 6/8/2009 at 1:48 PM
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6/1/2009Workflow Rules that Change

Workflow has become the common buzz word for a depiction of a sequence of operations.  Regardless of its popular status, workflow has been a part of our human culture since we learned to build a ... [More]

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Posted on: 6/1/2009 at 6:29 AM
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5/29/2009“quality of care could be raised appreciably” with EHR

Dr. Fuchs makes some good points today in the NEJM, "Real reform begins by acknowledging that the three major problems— coverage, cost, and quality — must be attackedsimultaneously. The ... [More]

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Posted on: 5/29/2009 at 1:04 PM
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