Are the health IT hyper-enthusiasts inept, or merely insane?

From a psychiatrist, partially in response to the article about me in Kaiser Health News , on the travails of health IT. They write: ......

Are the health IT hyper-enthusiasts inept, or merely insane? 2015-05-21T19:23:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

New York Times: "A Digital Shift on Health Data Swells Profits in an Industry"

The New York Times has published an article today by Julie Creswell entitled " A Digital Shift on Health Data Swells Profits in an Indu...

New York Times: "A Digital Shift on Health Data Swells Profits in an Industry" 2015-05-20T19:34:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Dr. Richard Cook on the Health IT Sector's Ills

This explanation of the health IT sector's ills comes from Dr. Richard Cook , a physician, educator, researcher, and patient safety expe...

Dr. Richard Cook on the Health IT Sector's Ills 2015-05-20T18:28:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Comments by Dr. Reed Gelzer on RAND Health IT Report and Op-Ed in Pittsburgh Post Gazette

A 2005 RAND Corporation report predicted that health IT could save the U.S. healthcare system $81 billion a year. Since then, however, an...

Comments by Dr. Reed Gelzer on RAND Health IT Report and Op-Ed in Pittsburgh Post Gazette 2015-05-18T19:41:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Twitter EHR "revolt": #EHRbacklash

As noted at the new IEEE Spectrum piece " U. S. Electronic Health Record Initiative: A Backlash Growing? "  (worth reading in its ...

Twitter EHR "revolt": #EHRbacklash 2015-05-18T19:05:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

When "Human Error" Causes EHR Downtime, Who is Liable For Patient Injuries That Result?

In the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was this story of yet another EHR " glitch ": March 9, 2013 12:17 am   Human error the cause o...

When "Human Error" Causes EHR Downtime, Who is Liable For Patient Injuries That Result? 2015-05-18T18:55:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

JAMA: "Improving the Electronic Health Record—Are Clinicians Getting What They Wished For?" - No, But Utopia Arrives Soon

At a new JAMA piece " Improving the Electronic Health Record—Are Clinicians Getting What They Wished For? ", former Columbia U. a...

JAMA: "Improving the Electronic Health Record—Are Clinicians Getting What They Wished For?" - No, But Utopia Arrives Soon 2015-05-18T18:39:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Fred Schulte: "GOP senators call for overhaul of electronic health records program"

Fred Schulte, investigative reporter at the Center for Public Integrity ( link to bio ), has authored a new article worth reading in its ent...

Fred Schulte: "GOP senators call for overhaul of electronic health records program" 2015-05-18T03:07:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Repost: Health IT Ten Commandments (1970) v. Health IT Truisms (2012)

I believe this Oct. 2012 post bears repeating, especially in view of the recent ECRI Deep Dive study of health IT risk (36 hospitals/9 week...

Repost: Health IT Ten Commandments (1970) v. Health IT Truisms (2012) 2015-05-18T02:20:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Clouded "Visionary" Leadership - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's EPIC "Business Cycle Disruptions"

A typical excuse for the multi-million dollar compensation now enjoyed by many leaders of health care organizations is these leaders' su...

Clouded "Visionary" Leadership - Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center's EPIC "Business Cycle Disruptions" 2015-05-17T22:02:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Want to help a hospital go bankrupt? Get a bad EHR - Westchester hospitals' sale price over $54 million, Hospitals' debt about $200M

- Posted at the Healthcare Renewal Blog on June 3, 2013 -  Sound Shore Medical Center (New Rochelle, NY) is filing for bankruptcy protec...

Want to help a hospital go bankrupt? Get a bad EHR - Westchester hospitals' sale price over $54 million, Hospitals' debt about $200M 2015-05-17T21:11:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Electronic siloing: An unintended consequence of the electronic health record - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine

EHR systems have largely been designed by those of a manufacturing, mercantile, and management computing background, largely due to abdicati...

Electronic siloing: An unintended consequence of the electronic health record - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 2015-05-14T23:35:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

EHR importance vastly oversold? Community health center battles for electronic patients' records - but patient care goes on anyway

There are two lessons from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story below. 1) Beware outsourcing the ownership of your hospital or clinic'...

EHR importance vastly oversold? Community health center battles for electronic patients' records - but patient care goes on anyway 2015-05-14T23:30:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown

Candid Nurse EHR Opinions at Facebook Page "Friend a Nurse" Are Not So Friendly

At my Jan. 2010 post "An Honest Physician Survey on EHR's" ( http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2010/01/honest-physician-survey-on-...

Candid Nurse EHR Opinions at Facebook Page "Friend a Nurse" Are Not So Friendly 2015-05-13T04:02:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: Unknown