Comments on: News 5/2/08 http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/ Healthcare IT News and Opinion Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:24:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Lazlo Hollyfeld http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 Lazlo Hollyfeld Fri, 02 May 2008 23:36:28 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/#comment-1074 There are some things that genetics has already been very useful in health care (e.g., BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 screening for breast cancer) and some of the things in molecular diagnostic are very promising. Just another case though of putting the horse ahead of the cart. If we just focused on doing the things we know that worked much better in health care, you really would start to see some see changes in quality, safety, and cost. There are some things that genetics has already been very useful in health care (e.g., BRCA-1 and BRCA-2 screening for breast cancer) and some of the things in molecular diagnostic are very promising. Just another case though of putting the horse ahead of the cart. If we just focused on doing the things we know that worked much better in health care, you really would start to see some see changes in quality, safety, and cost.

]]> By: Art_Vandelay http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Art_Vandelay Fri, 02 May 2008 22:30:03 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/#comment-1073 Re: Genetics - I feel grossly under-informed. I fail to see what the issue is. It is another result type that is patient-centric as far as I know. The volume of data is crazy and there is a paucity of standards but those are the main challenges. Can someone fill me in? Re: Genetics – I feel grossly under-informed. I fail to see what the issue is. It is another result type that is patient-centric as far as I know. The volume of data is crazy and there is a paucity of standards but those are the main challenges. Can someone fill me in?

]]> By: Lazlo Hollyfeld http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 Lazlo Hollyfeld Fri, 02 May 2008 15:01:20 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/#comment-1071 Genetic information linked to EMRs? This has to be one of the most overhyped and worthless issues I have heard about. Let's actually try to get useful information into an EMR first before going down worthless rabbit holes. Besides all of the issues you actually get with genetic testing (e.g., false positives, etc.), they hype I have seen around genetic information is sorely lacking and will be for quite some time unless it is a specific single-point gene mutation. Just a ton of things that need to come together from several different fields to figure out the pathway sequences of events. Genetic information linked to EMRs? This has to be one of the most overhyped and worthless issues I have heard about. Let’s actually try to get useful information into an EMR first before going down worthless rabbit holes. Besides all of the issues you actually get with genetic testing (e.g., false positives, etc.), they hype I have seen around genetic information is sorely lacking and will be for quite some time unless it is a specific single-point gene mutation. Just a ton of things that need to come together from several different fields to figure out the pathway sequences of events.

]]> By: Embarrassingly Anonymous http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 Embarrassingly Anonymous Fri, 02 May 2008 13:55:39 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/#comment-1070 RE: Healthcare Sexual Harassment - pandemic proportions in healthcare. Forget the Catholic Church’s improprieties briefly and go into many of your prestigious cathedrals of healthcare and you will probably find one lone person in a sexual harassment situation. My first had account of advances made toward me were from my boss's secretary in a well know medical cathedral. My wife was told the same night that her sexual innuendos turned to physical advancement and I left the hospital within a few weeks. Contrary to all those good old boys & girls in healthcare who think they are being cute, medicine is not a rerun of the adventures of "MASH." Patients need to know that we are honorable people when were are at work in the hospital. RE: Healthcare Sexual Harassment – pandemic proportions in healthcare. Forget the Catholic Church’s improprieties briefly and go into many of your prestigious cathedrals of healthcare and you will probably find one lone person in a sexual harassment situation.

My first had account of advances made toward me were from my boss’s secretary in a well know medical cathedral. My wife was told the same night that her sexual innuendos turned to physical advancement and I left the hospital within a few weeks.

Contrary to all those good old boys & girls in healthcare who think they are being cute, medicine is not a rerun of the adventures of “MASH.” Patients need to know that we are honorable people when were are at work in the hospital.

]]> By: Jason http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/comment-page-1/#comment-1069 Jason Fri, 02 May 2008 01:17:10 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/05/01/news-5208/#comment-1069 Rumor (c0nfirmed) is going around that Brown and Toland IPA in San Francisco is threatening to terminate provider and referral agreements with doctors who are using their EMR and billing services and want out. Rumor (c0nfirmed) is going around that Brown and Toland IPA in San Francisco is threatening to terminate provider and referral agreements with doctors who are using their EMR and billing services and want out.

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