Comments on: News 12/12/07

By: Todd Taylor, MD

Todd Taylor, MD — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:28:44 +0000

RE: Azyxxi – Microsoft’s Health Solutions Group is always happy to hear constructive feedback, good or otherwise. Points made about the information request process on the Azyxxi website are appreciated. A direct e-mail link (info@azyxxi.com) has been added under the “Contact Us” and the “Stay Informed” links.

By: Sachi

Sachi — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:30:19 +0000

Hi all,

I needed some help. Can Mr. H or anyone share their thoughts/experience on ambulatory EMR rollouts in hospital based clinics, especially one they are replacing an existing vendor based/home grown ambulatory EMR.

I needed thoughts on whether a ‘big bang’ approach works better than a phased implementation approach.

Thanks,
Sachi

By: pintoo

pintoo — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:43:00 +0000

Mr. H…loved your microsoft bashing (for good reason)…keep it up!

By: NY CIO

NY CIO — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:40:55 +0000

We implemented DB Technology’s RAS and RASi about a year ago. The RAS product takes the feed from our Siemens Eagle system. As a result we’ve stopped printing and decollating green bar paper!! (Paper cost savings was about $70K annually). We replaced an ancient document imaging system with RASi. With both applications, users can’t seem to get enough. Our roll-out to multiple departments has exceeded expectations. There are a few quirks to the system — and we may have to spend some money on a customization or two — but the deployment of the system has been a huge success and we look forward to implementing other functions. Vendor support has also been very good.

Keep up the great work, Mr. HISTalk and Inga.

By: glasshalffull

glasshalffull — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:07:52 +0000

re: selling patient data – first, I am not a vendor selling or buying data… no offense but why not let them sell your data as long as it is patient de-identified propoerly? it benefits targeting, messaging, product development and more. plus, your data from just your hospital or practice is not worth much (believe it or not.) it isn’t until you combine your data with other data sources that it becomes statistically valid and useful, after filtering all the inconsistencies and garbage that tends to get into data sets. you should advocate vendors aggregate your data become wildly successful and negotiate your piece of the pie in the form of lower costs should they actually succeed (as long as they do not violate patient / physician privacy.) if we continue this closed-minded approach, we exacerbate the problems in healthcare.