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

December 13, 2010 /

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: 

  1. The vision is on target:  “extraordinary”, “breathtakingly innovative”.
  2. 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!

Why Context and Relevance Matter to Health Data Computability
Care and Cost blog (David C. Kibbe MD, MBA); December 13, 2010

My Review of the PCAST Report on HealthIT
The Language of HealthIT
Healthcare Standards blog (Keith Boone); December 8 & 9, 2010

Recasting e-health in the USA
Healthbase Australia blog (Eric Browne); December 11, 2010

Realizing the Full Potential of Health IT to Improve Healthcare for Americans: Yet Another Path Forward?
HIMSS blog (Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN); December 10, 2010

The Health IT report is very good; some opinionated suggestions
Benlog blog (Ben Adida PhD); December 8, 2010

Imaging and the PCAST
David Clunie’s blog; December 12, 2010

The Spirit of PCAST
Life as a Healthcare CIO blog (John Halamka, MD); December 10, 2010

Updated (12/14/10)

Don’t re-invent the (clinical content) wheel…
Archetypical blog (Healther Leslie MD); December 14, 20210

Toward a Universal Exchange Language for Healthcare
Adventures in Computing blog (Joel Amoussou)

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9 Comments

  1. Vince Kuraitis on December 13, 2010 at 2:51 pm

    Early PCAST HIT Critiques: “Brilliant, but they didn’t do all their technical homework.” http://bit.ly/hcBUK7 #EHR #HITPol #HealthIT



  2. Netspective Health on December 13, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Summarizing Early PCAST HIT Critiques: “Brilliant, but they didn’t do all… http://goo.gl/fb/NjPTZ #HIT #HealthIT



  3. Aparna M K on December 13, 2010 at 3:45 pm

    Summarizing Early PCAST HIT Critiques: “Brilliant, but they didn’t do all their technical homework.” |… http://dlvr.it/BKHml



  4. Eric Shaver on December 14, 2010 at 10:01 am

    RT @VinceKuraitis: Early PCAST HIT Critiques: “Brilliant, but they didn’t do all their…” http://bit.ly/hcBUK7 #EHR #HITPol #HealthIT



  5. Keith W. Boone on December 14, 2010 at 12:30 pm

    List of Summaries #PCAST #HealthIT Report “Brilliant, but they didn’t do all their technical homework.” http://bit.ly/f0JJdX



  6. CGCollaborative on December 14, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    Summarizing Early PCAST HIT Critiques: “Brilliant, but they didn’t do all their technical homework.” | e-CareManagement http://ow.ly/3pdoa



  7. Kerstin Forsberg on December 15, 2010 at 1:14 pm

    List of blog posts on #PCAST #HealthIT Report – Universal Exchange Language for Healthcare #UELH http://bit.ly/f0JJdX via @motorcycle_guy



  8. Heather Leslie on December 15, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    RT @motorcycle_guy: List of Summaries #PCAST #HealthIT Report “Brilliant, but they didn’t do their technical homework.” http://bit.ly/f0JJdX



  9. Leif Hanlen on December 15, 2010 at 3:41 pm

    RT @omowizard: RT @motorcycle_guy: Summaries #PCAST #HealthIT: Brilliant, but they didn’t do their tech. homework http://bit.ly/f0JJdX