Comments on: News 9/19/08 http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/ Healthcare IT News and Opinion Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:21:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: ExHCITnut http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/comment-page-1/#comment-2270 ExHCITnut Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:37:04 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/#comment-2270 Heard rumors about an Eclipsys reorg and layoff today. Any word on that from others? Heard rumors about an Eclipsys reorg and layoff today. Any word on that from others?

]]> By: Grizzled Veteran http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/comment-page-1/#comment-2265 Grizzled Veteran Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:06:19 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/#comment-2265 Edmund Billings you are right AHLTA WAS developed by Northrup to Fed specifications.Was it ever publically bid ? Probably not, after all there were only about 500 EMR vendors in operation at that time. Edmund Billings you are right AHLTA WAS developed by Northrup to Fed specifications.Was it ever publically bid ? Probably not, after all there were only about 500 EMR vendors in operation at that time.

]]> By: Ichy http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/comment-page-1/#comment-2236 Ichy Sat, 20 Sep 2008 01:27:42 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/#comment-2236 Eclipsys buys Medinotes. Thank goodness. Now, Clinician can get the utilization and support it deserves. Maybe Eclipsys will start to expand their market horizons even more. (Smaller and bigger.) "e" users? Future? Not necessarily a compatible pair of terms. Doesn't matter. None of us need non-interoperable, non-future-friendly garbage slowing down the process anymore. Eclipsys buys Medinotes. Thank goodness. Now, Clinician can get the utilization and support it deserves. Maybe Eclipsys will start to expand their market horizons even more. (Smaller and bigger.)

“e” users? Future? Not necessarily a compatible pair of terms. Doesn’t matter. None of us need non-interoperable, non-future-friendly garbage slowing down the process anymore.

]]> By: Edmund Billings MD http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/comment-page-1/#comment-2235 Edmund Billings MD Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:13:49 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/#comment-2235 In 2008, no hospital or clinic in this country should be purchasing a non-interoperable EMR or have to spend a dime on getting systems to inter-operate. The standards and technologies are available, but the proprietary systems business model does not serve the market well and should grind to a halt right now. The last thing health care needs is one more system that doesn't talk to another. We’ve seen plenty of that - just look at AHLTA, which, by the way, was developed by a contractor, not the government. In 2008, no hospital or clinic in this country should be purchasing a non-interoperable EMR or have to spend a dime on getting systems to inter-operate. The standards and technologies are available, but the proprietary systems business model does not serve the market well and should grind to a halt right now. The last thing health care needs is one more system that doesn’t talk to another. We’ve seen plenty of that – just look at AHLTA, which, by the way, was developed by a contractor, not the government.

]]> By: David Macfarlane http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/comment-page-1/#comment-2234 David Macfarlane Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:04:33 +0000 http://histalk2.com/2008/09/18/news-91908/#comment-2234 Actually, our country’s health system has been in wait-and-see mode for years when it comes to electronic medical records. The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported that of 2,700 practicing physicians in the U.S., a paltry four percent had a “fully functional” EHR system. That is exactly why Rep. Pete Stark’s proposal makes perfect sense. We can’t wait any longer for vendors to provide an interoperable health IT system - not when we have a proven system like VistA that makes perfect sense. OpenVista, the commercialized version of VistA is now in use in dozens of facilities. AHLTA, on the other hand, was designed privately and is not interoperable. Actually, our country’s health system has been in wait-and-see mode for years when it comes to electronic medical records. The New England Journal of Medicine recently reported that of 2,700 practicing physicians in the U.S., a paltry four percent had a “fully functional” EHR system. That is exactly why Rep. Pete Stark’s proposal makes perfect sense. We can’t wait any longer for vendors to provide an interoperable health IT system – not when we have a proven system like VistA that makes perfect sense. OpenVista, the commercialized version of VistA is now in use in dozens of facilities. AHLTA, on the other hand, was designed privately and is not interoperable.

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