Service Woes of EHR Vendors
One of my clients had their service representative notify them that they were leaving the company on Monday. Her last day would be that same day. Then she laughed maniacally. OK, she didn’t do the laugh, but there were some nervous giggles. Given the abruptness though, her supervisor was contacted, apologies were issues, and … Continue reading
What EHR Vendors and Health IT Pundits Should Say About the ACA Ruling
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
5 UI/UX Tips For MEDITECH’s New Web-Based EHR
For those not following the rumors, the conjecture…and well, the words coming out of MEDITECH’s employees’ mouths at their CIO Forum; MEDITECH is developing a web-based EHR for 6.1. It will supposedly come in a tablet-friendly format (meaning web-browser based, but “designed” for a smaller screen), and no it does not appear that it … Continue reading
Additional Meaningful Use 2011 Report Analysis
Yesterday, I gave a quick analysis to the newly released Meaningful Use November 2011 Attestation Report. Below you will find some additional analysis focused on ambulatory attestations (Attestors are of “EP” Provider Type). However, please note that all statistical analysis is limited by the available data. What the CMS report does not have is the … Continue reading
2011 Ambulatory EHR Market Share
Back in October, AmericanEHR released their 2011 Ambulatory Market Share report. The sample size they used is actually pretty small, but the number are similar to the 2010 Ambulatory Market Share results release by Capsite, so at least there is consistency.
Meaningful Use November 2011 Attestation Report
The CMS has released their Meaningful Use November 2011 Report for the masses to review. I have gone ahead and loaded the data into IBM’s wonderful Many Eyes site so you can play around with the data too. No big surprises have come out of this data. Epic is the heavyweight and is pulling in … Continue reading
ACOs and EHRs
Accountable Care Organizations are becoming the new Black. There are some of us who recognize how befitting that metaphor is given that healthcare models seem to have a cyclical nature to them. Mostly they cycle between physicians heading out to be independent from healthcare organizations and then coming back under the umbrella once again. Has … Continue reading
Advanced MD’s “Epic” EHR
Looks like Advanced MD is trying some new SEO tactics by inserting the name of a top-selling EHR into the ads for their not-so-top-selling EHR. I’m not sure what they were going for here, but wouldn’t this make more informed potential buyers less likely to take a look at their product because of stupid advertising? … Continue reading
Engaging The Patient With Your EHR (And Why MEDITECH Can’t Help You)
The most underutilized resource in all of healthcare is the patient. For those unfamiliar, e-Patient Dave (Dave deBronkart) is a fairly well known blogger and activist who uses his personal experience to advance the proliferation of healthcare data into the hands of patients. No, this isn’t meaning through Patient Portals or PHRs. The idea is … Continue reading
Aaron Berdofe, MHI - Health Informatics 