Health Reform
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These questions and answer sets came directly fromJoe Boyce, MD – CIO/CMIO at Heartland Health. St. Joseph, Mo 64506, who has kindly allowed me to share. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. His post appeared on a listServ and was his suggestion of exam questions for the currently developing Medical Informatics Board […]
Some interesting news pieces to review this week including The Value of the EHR “The Relationship Between Electronic Health Records and Malpractice Claims,” from the Archives of Internal Medicine on Jun 25 and featured in the AMED News: “EHR use linked to fewer medical liability claims” on July 16 A research letter published online June […]
Voice of the Doctor – JulyThis month we will be July 6I will be joined by my friend and colleague Reid Coleman who joined Nunace as the CMIO for Evidence Based Medicine. Reid was previously the CMIO for Lifespan. He and I both attended the recent Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems 21st annual […]
Last week I had the privilege of attending and participating held at the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda California that took place the same day the Supreme Court announced their decision upholding the Patient Care adn Affordability Act The agenda was filled with a great list of speakers, innovators and visionary thinkers. The early part […]
and improve the quality of healthcare!HealthImaging featured a report Medical errors cost U.S. $17 billion in 2008 which estimated that This figure amounted to 0.72 percent of the $2.39 trillion spent on healthcare that year in the U.S. The study identified the sources based on medical claims estimating: 564,000 inpatient injuries (1.5 percent of all […]
Great post from Dr Halamka laying out the details of what is required to qualify for meaningful use incentives http://mycourses.med.harvard.edu/ec_res/nt/36980CA6-E154-4820-A0ED-8B235138B79F/measures.pdf Posted via email from drnic’s posterous
A recent Dustin Comic like all good comics hit the proverbial nail on the head Unfortunately the healthcare reform fails to address key aspects to the incentive problem in healthcare. The system remains centered on measuring what we do for patients rather than the end result. There are moves by employers and the insurance industry […]
The topic of hours and fatigue in medicine continues to rumble on with no real resolution in site. A couple of recent articles and news items highlighted the continuing challenges. The Daily Mail reported the Coroners’ comments and verdict in this piece (Coroner hits out at doctors’ hours after patient dies) and Doctors.Net also featured […]
In the Spirit of helping those that face the digital tidal wave of technology in healthcare with trepidation I offer the following top ten reasons why this will be a good thing and include some thoughts on easing the transition from current methods to a digitized clinical office 1) Ready Access for EveryonePaper medical records […]
IN a study that holds little surprise to me (declaration I own no Apple stock and am not linked to them in any way aside from being a user): Doctors Choose iPhone over BlackBerry. While there may be much wrong with Apple product they get one very important aspect right – usability. I’ve said it […]
Through provoking piece in the Washington Post today – Health Reform’s Next Test by Jim Yong Kim and James N Weinstein at Dartmouth Hitchkcock. As they state It is well known that U.S. health-care costs, as a share of our economy, are the highest in the world but that compared to other industrialized countries, our […]
