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Slide Presentation: Patient Data Sharing–NOT Hoarding–is the New Normal

PowerPoint slides from the opening keynote of the virtual conference: Health Data Unbound — Innovations in Health Data Sharing.

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The Business Case for Health Data Sharing

Day-by-day, the business case for data sharing is growing stronger. In this essay, I’ll describe how COVID-19 is accelerating existing healthcare trends, how data sharing is becoming a key business strategy, and how you can learn more about these developments.

COVID-19 Accelerates Existing Trends

This might surprise you — one result of COVID-19 isn’t so much a new normal as it is the acceleration of pre-existing trends. Andreasen Horowitz venture capitalist Julie Yoo wrote about this in her masterful article: Healthcare: The Great Unlock.

She lists […]

Good or perfect: Cutting the fastest path forward

Guest post by Patrick Gordon, Director, Colorado Beacon Consortium

Early pioneers to Colorado did not have the luxury of waiting for railway or infrastructure to be in place before taming a new frontier. Their vision and determination laid the foundation for the settlers who followed. They used the tools and talents they had to develop an infrastructure and ultimately build viable, productive communities. Had they waited for the perfect conditions, they’d still be back east.

It’s a lesson we’ve […]

10 Reasons Why an Open IT Platform Strategy is the Right Long-Term Choice for an ACO

Many Physicians and Clinical Service Providers Will Not Be In Your ACO Contracting Network.
Expect Significant Patient Leakage (Migration) Out of Your ACO Network
Expect Patient Demands for Sharing Records.
Minimize Anti-Trust Concerns.
Expect Continuing Government Pressure for Broad Data Exchange.

Will ACO IT Models Be Walled Gardens or Open Platforms?

Will ACO (accountable care organization) IT models be walled gardens or open platforms?  i.e., will ACO IT platforms focus on exchanging information within the provider network of the ACO, or will they also be able to exchange information with providers outside the ACO network? (If the question still isn’t clear, click here for a further explanation.).

HITPC Meaningful Use Workgroup Offers First Draft of HITECH Stage 2 & 3 Objectives

At the December 13 meeting of the HITPC (Health IT Policy Committee), the MU (Meaningful Use) Workgroup proposed a first draft of HITECH Stage 2 and 3 objectives.

A full list of objectives for Stages 1, 2 & 3 is available in the PowerPoint presented to HITPC.

The proposed objectives contain a mix of items that are:

Unchanged from Stage 1
Similar MU criteria with higher implementation goals, e.g.,

Stage 1: CPOE for Rx orders 30%
Stage 2: CPOE for 60% of Rx, lab and radiology […]

Summarizing Early PCAST HIT Critiques: “Brilliant, but they didn’t do all their technical homework.”

Last week PCAST (The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology) issued a major report — “Realizing the Full Potential of Health Information Technology to Improve Healthcare for Americans: The Path Forward”. 

The reviews are filtering in and I’m seeing two major themes: 

The vision is on target:  “extraordinary”, “breathtakingly innovative”.
These guys didn’t do all their technical homework. The range varies, but the message is consistent. 

Here are some early critiques of the PCAST report. Let the debate continue!