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How will PHRs evolve?
Personal Health Records (PHRs) are a patient-facing window of one’s own health record. They are part of modern Electronic Health Records (EHRs), which are physician-facing, and have evolved over time....
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Meaningful Use data paints a picture of the EHR industry
The finalized numbers for the federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) incentive program (Meaningful Use) allow for some insights into the state of the EHR vendor industry. A table of successful Stage 1...
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What motivates an EHR to change and improve?
A recent article in The Health Care Blog about how some Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems are poorly enough designed to where they present bad information, and thus can lead to potential patient...
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Should EHR usability be regulated?
The question of “usability” of Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems continues to be a topic of discussion. A recent report in iHealthBeat gathers comments from a number of influential expert...
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EHR Usability as a corporate culture for vendors
EHR Usability is a very important aspect influencing the utility of, and adoption of, Electronic Health Records (EHR). The use of EHR systems is moving out of the “early adopters” phase, and is...
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Did Meaningful Use encourage new EHR adoption?
Who has benefitted from the federal EHR Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) so far? Has it been simply a reward to those clinics and medical practices who already had an EHR (as some have argued), or...
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Meaningful Use 2012 mid-year report card
The mid-year data on the Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) has been released, allowing further insight into adoption of EHRs. The current year-to-date Meaningful Use...
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The looming policy struggle for Meaningful Use
The federal EHR Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) is based on the presumption that once a medical practitioner has adopted an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system, that system will remain in use for...
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Modern PHRs beyond Meaningful Use
Patient-facing health IT has come a long way, but is also poised to make another significant leap forward. Last week, the final rules for Stage 2 Meaningful Use were released, and even though these...
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Healthcare collaboration and PHRs in 2013
With the beginning of 2013, health IT is facing a new set of challenges. Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors are gearing up for Stage 2 Meaningful Use certification, which includes more emphasis on...
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Two-year EHR analysis now available
Newly released federal data has allowed analysis of the EHR Incentive Program (Meaningful Use) based on two years of data. First-year users, both from 2011 and 2012, as well as second-year users (who...
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Can patient engagement be achieved from a clinician messaging system?
For clinicians participating in the federal EHR Incentive Program (Meaningful Use), Stage 2 of Meaningful Use (MU2) is right around the corner (2014). No one yet has EHR software that is certified for...
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Identity verification is key for successful implementation of Direct
Health Information Technology is on the threshold of a significant step forward. Up until now, most of the emphasis in health IT was encouraging physicians and other ambulatory providers, as well as...
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Patient centered data is the best solution for “meaningful consent”
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) recently released guidelines to address the question of consent when it comes to electronic health information exchange (eHIE) – “meaningful...
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Value based healthcare payments – what kind of IT is needed?
The trend toward value based payment for healthcare services is gaining momentum. For better or for worse, we have paid for health care in the U.S. on a fee-for-service basis – from the perspective of...
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