The causes of digital patient privacy loss in EHRs and other health IT systems
This past Friday I was invited by the Patient Privacy Rights (PPR) Foundation to lead a discussion about privacy and EHRs. The discussion, entitled “Fact vs. Fiction: Best Privacy Practices for EHRs in the Cloud,” addressed patient privacy concerns and potential solutions for doctors working with EHRs.
While we are all somewhat disturbed by the slow erosion of privacy in all aspects of our digital lives, the rather rapid loss of patient privacy around health data is especially unnerving because healthcare is so near and dear to us all. In order to make sure we provided some actionable intelligence during the PPR discus...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - January 26, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Shahid N. Shah Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
HIMSS ’14 YourTurn is a conference customization option for unconference lovers
Events such as the annual HIMSS Conference take months to plan and properly execute which means that some topics and subject areas that are being covered at the conference might not be as timely as they could be. Also, event planners and selection committees choosing topics for keynotes and presentations do a pretty good job at picking the sessions they think will be the most widely applicable to a large audience. (Source: The Healthcare IT Guy)
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - January 26, 2014 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
HIMSS ’14 YourTurn is a conference customization option for unconference lovers
Events such as the annual HIMSS Conference take months to plan and properly execute which means that some topics and subject areas that are being covered at the conference might not be as timely as they could be. Also, event planners and selection committees choosing topics for keynotes and presentations do a pretty good job at picking the sessions they think will be the most widely applicable to a large audience. What we’ve seen over the past few years is that more timely and more personalized sessions require some innovative new approaches.
Last year the planning team at HIMSS was kind enough to interview me about ...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - January 26, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Shahid N. Shah Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Guest Article: Digital health doesn ’t stop with Meaningful Use, claims and payment technologies still matter
“Digital Health” is often centered on EHRs and Meaningful Use to the detriment of many other technologies that can help improve patient satisfaction. To help make sure that we don’t forget how useful modern technologies are to actually getting paid for medical services, I invited Jay Fulkerson , president and CEO of Health Payment Systems (HPS), to take us through the most important issues surrounding claims and payment tech. Prior to his role at HPS, Fulkerson served as chief executive officer of Touchpoint Health Plan (which was acquired by United Healthcare) so he knows the payment spa ce pretty well. (Source: The Healthcare IT Guy)
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - January 13, 2014 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Guest Article: Digital health doesn ’t stop with Meaningful Use, claims and payment technologies still matter
“Digital Health” is often centered on EHRs and Meaningful Use to the detriment of many other technologies that can help improve patient satisfaction. To help make sure that we don’t forget how useful modern technologies are to actually getting paid for medical services, I invited Jay Fulkerson, president and CEO of Health Payment Systems (HPS), to take us through the most important issues surrounding claims and payment tech. Prior to his role at HPS, Fulkerson served as chief executive officer of Touchpoint Health Plan (which was acquired by United Healthcare) so he knows the payment space pretty well. (S...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - January 13, 2014 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
Guest Article: Digital health doesn’t stop with Meaningful Use, claims and payment technologies still matter
“Digital Health” is often centered on EHRs and Meaningful Use to the detriment of many other technologies that can help improve patient satisfaction. To help make sure that we don’t forget how useful modern technologies are to actually getting paid for medical services, I invited Jay Fulkerson, president and CEO of Health Payment Systems (HPS), to take us through the most important issues surrounding claims and payment tech. Prior to his role at HPS, Fulkerson served as chief executive officer of Touchpoint Health Plan (which was acquired by United Healthcare) so he knows the payment space pretty well. He...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - January 13, 2014 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Shahid N. Shah Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
No, installing an MU certified EHR does not mean you ’ll be document-free or paperless
As I travel and speak with physician practices and hospital execs about health IT, I often hear questions about how practices can become paperless as they transition from manual to electronic processes. For those of you that have installed EHRs, you know that going digital does not mean that you’ll be paperless and you’ve probably had to buy more scanners and printers than you originally planned. For those of you that haven’t installed your EHR you’re probably puzzled so let me take a mom ent to explain why you shouldn’t believe vendors that tell you that you can be completely document-free or paperless in your...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - November 20, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
No, installing an MU certified EHR does not mean you ’ll be document-free or paperless
As I travel and speak with physician practices and hospital execs about health IT, I often hear questions about how practices can become paperless as they transition from manual to electronic processes. For those of you that have installed EHRs, you know that going digital does not mean that you’ll be paperless and you’ve probably had to buy more scanners and printers than you originally planned. For those of you that haven’t installed your EHR you’re probably puzzled so let me take a moment to explain why you shouldn’t believe vendors that tell you that you can be completely document-free o...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - November 20, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
No, installing an MU certified EHR does not mean you’ll be document-free or paperless
As I travel and speak with physician practices and hospital execs about health IT, I often hear questions about how practices can become paperless as they transition from manual to electronic processes. For those of you that have installed EHRs, you know that going digital does not mean that you’ll be paperless and you’ve probably had to buy more scanners and printers than you originally planned. For those of you that haven’t installed your EHR you’re probably puzzled so let me take a moment to explain why you shouldn’t believe vendors that tell you that you can be completely document-free or...
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - November 20, 2013 Category: Technology Consultants Authors: Shahid N. Shah Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The connected EHR, cooperative med devices, and accountable tech are the future of health IT
Earlier this week I spoke at Atlanta Healthcare IT Leadership Summit on Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) and what I call “accountable tech“. I was pleasantly surprised to learn most of the audience agreed that ACOs can’t succeed without the right technology but am continuously disappointed as to how little we as an industry are doing about it.
Accountable tech is health IT that truly enables the slow but emergin g move from fee for service (FFS) based payments to value-driven and outcomes based payments. (Source: The Healthcare IT Guy)
Source: The Healthcare IT Guy - November 15, 2013 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
