The Problems with Transitioning to an Electronic Health Record

There was an interesting article in Healthcare IT news about users on user dissatisfaction with the electronic health record at
http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/ehr-users-dissatisfied-consider-switch?topic=08,17,19

The article brings to light the importance of healthcare providers having essential informatics knowledge.  The two problems identified were:

• Providers not having enough knowledge to make decisions on purchase of a system
• Software developers not meeting the needs of practice settings

 It is a tragic situation because electronic systems are very expensive and implementation is time intensive. In addition, healthcare is very complex.  We have much work to accomplish as we work to develop an information exchange system.

Interoperability - National Learning Consortium Informatics and Nursing Website Update

Update for Chapter 15 on interoperability:

National Learning Consortium was added to the textbook website for Chapter 15 at http://dlthede.net/Informatics/Chap15Interoperability/chap15.html. This site represents the lessons learned from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) outreach programs (Regional Extension Centers, Beacon Communities, State Health Information Exchange) and through the Health Information Technology Research Center (HITRC).

Regional extension centers (RECs) was added to the index.

Free Webinar on HIE's

The Institute for Health Technology Transformation (IHT) is offering a free webinar, Kindling the Fire: How CIHIE is Building Interest, Understanding & Support for HIE in Central Illinois.  To register, go to http://ihealthtran.com/blast309.html

Speaker:

Joy Duling, Interim Executive Director, Central Illinois Health Information Exchange (CIHIE)

Date: April 3, 2012
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm EST

Linda has been busy updating the textbook web site located at http://dlthede.net/Informatics/Informatics.html.  The following links to resources are now available:

March 17, 2010 American College of Cardiology. (2008). ACC Unique Patient Identifier Principles. Puts fortu the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) position on Unique Patient Identifiers. (Chapter 21)

http://www.acc.org/practicemgt/HealthCareTechnology/principle_patient.cfm

March 17, 2010 Creating Unique Health ID Numbers Would Improve Health Care Quality, Efficiency, Study Claims (OCt 22, 2008). From Science Daily. Describes benefits and reports on a RAND corporation study. (Chapter 21) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081020120103.htm

March 17, 2010 Health Information Exchange. An up to date description of HIEs. Links to some that are now active. It was last updated Feb 10, 2010. (Chapter 16) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_information_exchange