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Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)
Creating the “Blood Pressure Chart” App: An Independent Developer’s Story
by Mateusz Mucha. Mateusz is a freelance web application developer from Krakow, Poland. 31 y.o., married, enjoys rock climbing, sailing, skiing and having 6 meals a day. Contact him at muszek@gmail.com
This is a short story about Blood Pressure Chart – a web-based tool used to manage, analyze and share blood pressure records. The old saying, “necessity is a mother of invention”, is almost applicable here. Almost, because coming up with an idea to store whatever records in a web app […]
Webinar: Beacon Communities Reshaping Landscape for HIT and Population Health
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 1-2 p.m. Eastern Time — Presented by the Care Continuum Alliance
Federally supported “Beacon Communities” are at work now defining how health information technology will support accountable, evidence-based care in communities – especially for care of chronic conditions. Backed by $235 million in federal grants, 15 communities across the country are serving as Beacon Community pilots for eventual wide-scale, performance-based use of technology to improve our health care delivery system.
The goal of the webinar is to address
The fundamental nature […]
Healthcare IT News Highlights Mobile Health Expo Presentation
Mike Miliard did a great job in capturing highlights and key points of my presentation at the Mobile Health Expo conference earlier this week. You can read his story here.
Please write me at vincek@bhtinfo.com in you’d like a copy of the PowerPoint presentation.
Update: Neil Versel of FierceEMR also wrote up the presentation. Here’s a link to his concise, on-target article “HIE, mobility, open platforms start to knock down ‘walled gardens’ of proprietary EMRs.”
Care Coordination Metrics: One Can of Worms that NEEDS to be Opened
“Track who is on a care team — and share info with the patient.”
That’s just one of the summary recommendations coming from expert testimony given in a recent public hearing on how to improve care coordination through the use of health information technology. The Meaningful Use workgroup and Quality Measures workgroups are now wrestling with how to translate this recommendation into meaningful use criteria for HITECH Stages 2 and 3.
Seems like […]
Verizon Abandoning Walled Garden Network & Business Model: Implications for Healthcare
Wha…? why are we talking about Verizon…isn’t is a healthcare blog?
When a major, multinational company does a complete turnaround on its operating and business model, it’s worth noting and examining the reasons behind the switch.
Wireless Week reported on a presentation made at the CTIA conference this week by Verizon COO, Lowell McAdam:
In a nod to the future, McAdam also said Verizon Wireless will scratch its “walled garden” approach because “in a 4G world, we need to turn that guarded model inside out.” […]
The State-of-the-Art of Care Management Software: Disconnected
Care management software is intended to help patients make critical connections across the health care delivery system. Today it’s used primarily by 3rd party care managers who are typically either employed directed or indirectly by payers. While not surprising, the state-of-the-art of care management software is that it continues to function as disconnected islands of information.
The  2010 Health Information Technology Survey (available at no charge) provides an insightful yet sobering snapshot of care management software. The study was sponsored by TCS Healthcare Technologies, the […]
Status Report: HITPC and Workgroup Activities on HITECH Stages 2 & 3
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OK, let me be the first to admit that today’s “just-the-facts-ma’am” post might be a little dry…but trust me, its really important stuff to know in understanding the process of how the Health IT Policy Committee (HITPC) and its workgroups are approaching formulating recommendations for HITECH Stages 2 and 3.
At this point at least two different workgroups are involved in developing recommendations for HITECH Stages 2 and 3.
A newly formed Quality Measures Workgroup. This group will “produce initial recommendations on […]
Megatrend Spotting: Health Plan Role of Having “Best Data About YOUR Medical Conditions” is Up for Grabs
Who has the most comprehensive data about YOUR clinical conditions?
For most people, the answer today is “your health plan”, but it’s not at all clear that health plans will continue to have this role in the future.
As physicians and hospitals adopt EHRs, it’s foreseeable that clinical data about patients will be far more available and accessible.
Will patient data become:
A jockeying point for control and business advantage between health plans and care providers,
A collaborative opportunity to optimize clinical care and care […]
Overview: Here Come Stages 2 and 3 of HITECH!
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We’ve spent the past year creating the MU (meaningful use) requirements for Stage 1 of the HITECH act. As shown by the diagram above, Stage 1 focuses on Data Capture and Sharing. Now it’s time to begin to focus on Stage 2 (Advanced Clinical Processes) and Stage 3 (Improved Outcomes).
The current generation of EMRs (electronic medical records) were designed primarily to assist care providers with clinical documentation, billing, and maximizing revenues. They were not designed to enable care coordination and […]
A Manifesto for Healthcare’s Disruptive Innovation of the Decade: Open EHR Technology Platform(s) and Ecosystem
fyi, here’s a copy of my PowerPoint presentation at today’s Healthcare Unbound conference.
The Twitter hashtag for the event is #HCU10.