Comments on: News 2/12/10

By: FlimFlam Man

FlimFlam Man — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:06:18 +0000

Why would the VA spend massive resources on developing multiple interfaces to VistA to alpha test more than one LIS vendor? Cerner has been the vendor of choice for some time now and the Vista integration has been the delay due to a lack of development resources. I have no interest in who the vendor is actually. I’m just an outside observer but would certainly be interested in the process that you think is being used by the VA for this project.

By: CrissCross

CrissCross — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:06:01 +0000

I know who you are Flim Flam and I can’t believe you are saying that… you dreamed that one up although this is the way you would like to see things happening. There are atleast two other choice companies that are being alpha tested…they are not alpha testing just one company.

By: Suzie, RN

Suzie, RN — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:06:31 +0000

Re: Bassett winning an award from HIMSS

How many hospitals were in the hunt for this prestigious award?

“The selection of submissions was conducted by a Peer Review Body. Members of the HIMSS Patient Safety & Quality Outcomes Committee and additional subject matter experts from organizations such as The Joint Commission (TJC), , the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), and the American Society for Quality (ASQ), provided support to the review process.”

I now see that the Joint Commission is in bed with the EHRVA trade group HIMSS. You can sure bet your bottom dollar that the Joint Commission is interested in safety with its HIMSS association.

By: Mountain Man

Mountain Man — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:36:58 +0000

Implementation costs are about the same for Meditech vs. Epic outside of the vendor fees. (Software, Support and Services).

Most of the hardware, human capital, change management, process redesign all have to be done regardless of the logo in the corner of the screen.

Vendors always place too much importance on the feature/function of the software. The bulk of the work is done to process redesign.

Having said this, some vendors do a better job of guiding their clients through this than others.

In general…there is a base line of cost that are part of what most would consider a “System implementation”. The delta between Meditech and Epic would not be significant percentage of the total cost.

By: Drunken Claim

Drunken Claim — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:42:30 +0000

PigEarstoPurses –

“Also good to see EPIC win over the McKesson’s of the world.”

Uh… Epic is a Mckesson of the world.

To me, it’s not always a good thing to see a $73 million price tag, with no details on the strategy…