Comments on: News 4/4/08 http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/ Healthcare IT News and Opinion Sun, 20 May 2012 19:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: PTSD http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/comment-page-1/#comment-980 PTSD Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:17:55 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/#comment-980 Healthsparks, No worry about the comments. I actually owe you an apology. I re-read my comments and was surprised that they were actually attacking you, by name, not what I intended. I was refuting the line of thought that you were introducing and apologize for assuming you don't care. I checked out your website and blog and encourage other to do the same. Healthsparks,
No worry about the comments. I actually owe you an apology. I re-read my comments and was surprised that they were actually attacking you, by name, not what I intended. I was refuting the line of thought that you were introducing and apologize for assuming you don’t care. I checked out your website and blog and encourage other to do the same.

]]> By: Anonymous http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/comment-page-1/#comment-977 Anonymous Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:32:46 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/#comment-977 Re: "Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest is using Patient Care Technology’s Amelior ORTracker in its perioperative department. The automatic tracking software uses an ultrasound indoor positioning system from Patient Care’s business partner Sonitor Technologies." LVH-CC is using a system from Patient Care Technology SYSTEMS. PCTS shouldn't be confused with PtCT, a company in the home health industry. Re: “Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest is using Patient Care Technology’s Amelior ORTracker in its perioperative department. The automatic tracking software uses an ultrasound indoor positioning system from Patient Care’s business partner Sonitor Technologies.”
LVH-CC is using a system from Patient Care Technology SYSTEMS. PCTS shouldn’t be confused with PtCT, a company in the home health industry.

]]> By: HealthSparks http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/comment-page-1/#comment-972 HealthSparks Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:11:27 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/#comment-972 Wow, sorry you were offended by the comment but it was meant as a joke. As I mentioned when I wrote that I only have a developers perspective. Obviously I dont know every detail about nursing, but nurses dont know every detail about the technology they request either. Obviously the value of a nurse will not be replaced by a handful of gadgets and sensors. I dont appreciate you assuming that I dont care either. I dont make the decisions about what you get and dont get. If it were up to me you would get all those things. Of course business is business and people sometimes make decisions based on the cost rather than the value it could bring. I did read that piece on CIO's and honestly I didnt know it worked that way until I read it. Wow, sorry you were offended by the comment but it was meant as a joke. As I mentioned when I wrote that I only have a developers perspective. Obviously I dont know every detail about nursing, but nurses dont know every detail about the technology they request either.

Obviously the value of a nurse will not be replaced by a handful of gadgets and sensors.

I dont appreciate you assuming that I dont care either. I dont make the decisions about what you get and dont get. If it were up to me you would get all those things. Of course business is business and people sometimes make decisions based on the cost rather than the value it could bring.

I did read that piece on CIO’s and honestly I didnt know it worked that way until I read it.

]]> By: PTSD http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/comment-page-1/#comment-971 PTSD Sat, 05 Apr 2008 19:39:50 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/#comment-971 Healthsparks comments indicate a very limited knowledge of nurses and their workflow. Nurses just want things to work and if you are going to force IT on them, make sure that it works together and does the things they need it to do. How many devices should a nurse have to carry with them as they walk their estimated 1-5 miles for their 12 hour shift? It is bad enough having a non clinician running a supply room and not knowing (or caring) what items are for and how they should be logically grouped, we also have HealthSparks who doesn't understand (or care) what nurses are requesting and just giving them what he thinks they need. Did you read that piece on CIO's and their role in clinical system decisions and implementations? Healthsparks comments indicate a very limited knowledge of nurses and their workflow. Nurses just want things to work and if you are going to force IT on them, make sure that it works together and does the things they need it to do. How many devices should a nurse have to carry with them as they walk their estimated 1-5 miles for their 12 hour shift? It is bad enough having a non clinician running a supply room and not knowing (or caring) what items are for and how they should be logically grouped, we also have HealthSparks who doesn’t understand (or care) what nurses are requesting and just giving them what he thinks they need.

Did you read that piece on CIO’s and their role in clinical system decisions and implementations?

]]> By: HealthSparks http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/comment-page-1/#comment-970 HealthSparks Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:21:51 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/04/03/news-4408/#comment-970 When I first saw photos of the Medicity booth I thought... wow you could probably set that up outside and charge rent. I would move in! I found the "What Nurses Want" article to be very interesting. From a developer's perspective I couldnt help thinking about how if they got everything they asked for they would have very little to do anymore with robots, sensors for everything and one device that does it all. When I first saw photos of the Medicity booth I thought… wow you could probably set that up outside and charge rent. I would move in!

I found the “What Nurses Want” article to be very interesting. From a developer’s perspective I couldnt help thinking about how if they got everything they asked for they would have very little to do anymore with robots, sensors for everything and one device that does it all.

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