Comments on: News 10/2/09 http://histalk2.com/2009/10/01/news-10209/ Healthcare IT News and Opinion Wed, 23 May 2012 12:45:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Programmer http://histalk2.com/2009/10/01/news-10209/comment-page-1/#comment-5983 Programmer Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:22:30 +0000 http://histalk2.com/?p=3027#comment-5983 <i>Of course, availability of lousy “data” will make another secondary use attractive: sham peer review against doctors that hospital management doesn’t like: You can't even show that hospital IT systems are collecting bad data, nevermind that it will be used to get rid of anyone.</i> Of course, availability of lousy “data” will make another secondary use attractive: sham peer review against doctors that hospital management doesn’t like:

You can’t even show that hospital IT systems are collecting bad data, nevermind that it will be used to get rid of anyone.

]]> By: Anon http://histalk2.com/2009/10/01/news-10209/comment-page-1/#comment-5982 Anon Sun, 04 Oct 2009 01:23:56 +0000 http://histalk2.com/?p=3027#comment-5982 Of course, availability of lousy "data" will make another secondary use attractive: sham peer review against doctors that hospital management doesn't like: http://www.jpands.org/vol14no3/huntoon.pdf Of course, availability of lousy “data” will make another secondary use attractive: sham peer review against doctors that hospital management doesn’t like:

http://www.jpands.org/vol14no3/huntoon.pdf

]]> By: William Bradford http://histalk2.com/2009/10/01/news-10209/comment-page-1/#comment-5972 William Bradford Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:56:39 +0000 http://histalk2.com/?p=3027#comment-5972 Noah you're right, more propaganda for the HIT vendors..certainly automation of the health care process/EMR's has no value for patient care and clinical practice, patient safety, efficiency or cost effectiveness. The paper system everyone operated under worked so well before..if it wasn't broke why try to fix it with this new fangled technoblah blah... I'm tired of physicians complaints about automation and its evils. Propaganda?? How about real life examples of the benefits of well designed and well implemented technology solutions. There are bad cars on the road and the people that drive them just like there are bad technology solutions and the uneducated who waste money and time on purchasing and implementing them. Noah you are so very right...why would anyone ever want to turn their horse and buggy in for one of them new fangled horseless carriages! Noah you’re right, more propaganda for the HIT vendors..certainly automation of the health care process/EMR’s has no value for patient care and clinical practice, patient safety, efficiency or cost effectiveness. The paper system everyone operated under worked so well before..if it wasn’t broke why try to fix it with this new fangled technoblah blah…

I’m tired of physicians complaints about automation and its evils. Propaganda?? How about real life examples of the benefits of well designed and well implemented technology solutions. There are bad cars on the road and the people that drive them just like there are bad technology solutions and the uneducated who waste money and time on purchasing and implementing them.

Noah you are so very right…why would anyone ever want to turn their horse and buggy in for one of them new fangled horseless carriages!

]]> By: Programmer http://histalk2.com/2009/10/01/news-10209/comment-page-1/#comment-5969 Programmer Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:47:50 +0000 http://histalk2.com/?p=3027#comment-5969 <i>Garbage in and garbage out will hardly improve outcomes. The EMR reports are chock full of useless information and dummy diagnoses to enable upcoding. Pathetic and delusional ideas, above. </i> Suzie RN, are you aware that the "useless" reports where you work might not be indicative of the entire EMR market? As for "upcoding", I assume that any hospitals which regularly upcode are already aware that their stats are not valid. They are probably in the "less than one quarter" of healthcare executives surveyed who don't expect the secondary use of EMR data will be their organization’s greatest asset over the next five years. Garbage in and garbage out will hardly improve outcomes. The EMR reports are chock full of useless information and dummy diagnoses to enable upcoding. Pathetic and delusional ideas, above.

Suzie RN, are you aware that the “useless” reports where you work might not be indicative of the entire EMR market? As for “upcoding”, I assume that any hospitals which regularly upcode are already aware that their stats are not valid. They are probably in the “less than one quarter” of healthcare executives surveyed who don’t expect the secondary use of EMR data will be their organization’s greatest asset over the next five years.

]]> By: hitgal http://histalk2.com/2009/10/01/news-10209/comment-page-1/#comment-5968 hitgal Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:14:44 +0000 http://histalk2.com/?p=3027#comment-5968 How can Allscripts go wrong? Glen advises the President on HIT. Did Glen also make a pitch for the Olympics to be in Chicago? How can Allscripts go wrong? Glen advises the President on HIT. Did Glen also make a pitch for the Olympics to be in Chicago?

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