Comments on: Monday Morning Update 7/6/09 http://histalk2.com/2009/07/02/monday-morning-update-7609/ Healthcare IT News and Opinion Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:24:30 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: PezMan http://histalk2.com/2009/07/02/monday-morning-update-7609/comment-page-1/#comment-4688 PezMan Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:28:17 +0000 http://histalk2.com/?p=2315#comment-4688 Thanks Rick...I was going to say the landscape issue is not a concern on the iPhone. I have seen Portal applications run quite successfully using a simple web browser on the iPhone. If the vendor uses an Internet browser they can access their Portal, not really sure how they can't access their applications. Thanks Rick…I was going to say the landscape issue is not a concern on the iPhone. I have seen Portal applications run quite successfully using a simple web browser on the iPhone. If the vendor uses an Internet browser they can access their Portal, not really sure how they can’t access their applications.

]]> By: Seeking Truth http://histalk2.com/2009/07/02/monday-morning-update-7609/comment-page-1/#comment-4687 Seeking Truth Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:02:20 +0000 http://histalk2.com/?p=2315#comment-4687 RE: UnitedHealth - Did United factorer in the amounts paid due to legal action in their estimates of savings by investing in technology...Yes, United owns Ingenix, and within the past year United was sued over improper use of an Ingenix database, which was used to reduce provider reimbursement, in New York. The state of New York won that suit and is suing other insurance payers that also used the same database as supplied by United/Ingenix, with other states to follow in similar law suites. Looking forward to more on the United / Ingenix marriage, consider how a 'coding editor' (such as that provided by Ingenix) will impact for the pending ICD-10 conversion. Are there any providers out there that plan to use a coding editor that is owned by an insurance payer? RE: UnitedHealth – Did United factorer in the amounts paid due to legal action in their estimates of savings by investing in technology…Yes, United owns Ingenix, and within the past year United was sued over improper use of an Ingenix database, which was used to reduce provider reimbursement, in New York. The state of New York won that suit and is suing other insurance payers that also used the same database as supplied by United/Ingenix, with other states to follow in similar law suites. Looking forward to more on the United / Ingenix marriage, consider how a ‘coding editor’ (such as that provided by Ingenix) will impact for the pending ICD-10 conversion. Are there any providers out there that plan to use a coding editor that is owned by an insurance payer?

]]> By: Rick O'Pry http://histalk2.com/2009/07/02/monday-morning-update-7609/comment-page-1/#comment-4685 Rick O'Pry Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:12:13 +0000 http://histalk2.com/?p=2315#comment-4685 I think we in healthcare IT keep missing the point; You should not have to buy another application or worse, a bunch of Citrix servers to access the applications you already own. Not only that, there is the cost associated with the additional training, implementation and support of these add-on products. Your core applications should be written in a programming language that was developed in this century so they’ll work like all of our kids’ Myspace and Facebook accounts….across the Internet. My kids would laugh at me if I asked them what they installed to get into Facebook. Oh and BTW (as my kids would say), the intuitive interface that comes with the iPhone allows the user to pinch and expand screens so real estate is not really an issue. I think we in healthcare IT keep missing the point; You should not have to buy another application or worse, a bunch of Citrix servers to access the applications you already own. Not only that, there is the cost associated with the additional training, implementation and support of these add-on products. Your core applications should be written in a programming language that was developed in this century so they’ll work like all of our kids’ Myspace and Facebook accounts….across the Internet. My kids would laugh at me if I asked them what they installed to get into Facebook. Oh and BTW (as my kids would say), the intuitive interface that comes with the iPhone allows the user to pinch and expand screens so real estate is not really an issue.

]]> By: MountainMan http://histalk2.com/2009/07/02/monday-morning-update-7609/comment-page-1/#comment-4684 MountainMan Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:24:16 +0000 http://histalk2.com/?p=2315#comment-4684 The ability to run an application on the iPhone and the usability of the application are two distinct issues. Your typically going to run into real estate issues. The ability to run an application on the iPhone and the usability of the application are two distinct issues. Your typically going to run into real estate issues.

]]> By: PezMan http://histalk2.com/2009/07/02/monday-morning-update-7609/comment-page-1/#comment-4683 PezMan Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:00:35 +0000 http://histalk2.com/?p=2315#comment-4683 RE: iPhone use among HIT vendors I was under the impression that both McKesson and Cerner had the ability to use the iPhone with their web-portal solutions (not really sure if Epic has one yet). Also with the advent of Citrix working on the iPhone, wouldn't HIT vendors who have Citrix capabilities be able to utilize their solutions on the iPhone with relative ease? RE: iPhone use among HIT vendors

I was under the impression that both McKesson and Cerner had the ability to use the iPhone with their web-portal solutions (not really sure if Epic has one yet). Also with the advent of Citrix working on the iPhone, wouldn’t HIT vendors who have Citrix capabilities be able to utilize their solutions on the iPhone with relative ease?

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