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
EMR Increases Patient Satisfaction?
The Journal of Medical Internet Research just published a paper concluding that an EMR had improved patient satisfaction in Pediatric Rheumatology practices. Included in the overall satisfaction was the perceived improvement in quality by the patient. A couple of thoughts based on my experience: 1.) Frequent patients are more likely to report a positive feeling … Continue reading
Major Hurdles To Ambulatory EMR Implementations – Take 2
Back in September, I posted some of the hurdles that organizations experience when implementing an ambulatory EMR. The top three that I had dealt with at the time were: Treating the implementation as an entire organization project instead of a solely Information Systems/Technology project. Physician acceptance and leadership Reviewing existing physician practice group procedures and … Continue reading
Requiring A Dx In MPM On Lab/Rad Orders
For those who have made the attempt to implement the Ambulatory Order Management (AOM) module within MEDITECH and LSS Data Systems’s Medical and Practice Management Suite (MPM), one of the many common frustrations is that the system does not have the ability to require a diagnosis on a Lab or Rad order as part of its standard … Continue reading
Why do you want an ambulatory EMR?
Question: Why do you want to implement an ambulatory EMR? Answers I have received from numerous healthcare provider organizations: “Improve patient safety” “Enhance communication between providers” “Improve efficiency” “It’s where the industry is heading” (my favorite) “Stimulus funds” (new in ’09) “EMR package offering for local independent physicians” (new in ’09) In reality, there have … Continue reading
Aaron Berdofe, MHI - Health Informatics 