In Technology For Doctors Issie Rabinovitch passes on common sense suggestions to improve security on EMR systems:
http://www.canhealth.com/doctors.html#D06octstory2
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In Technology For Doctors Issie Rabinovitch passes on common sense suggestions to improve security on EMR systems:
http://www.canhealth.com/doctors.html#D06octstory2
Tags: EMR
In CanadianEMR there is a whole section devoted to disussion Exam Room configurations and set up of the equipment for EMR systems in primary care settings. Everthing from screen orientation (whether to allow direct view by the patient) to hardware brackets for mounting the computer is open game in this section of the site….many worthwhile hints from pioneer implementors can be found at:
http://emruser.typepad.com/canadianemr/b_exam_room_configurations/index.html
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These are keywords used in the EMR categories of the Viable Web Site:
ASP Application Service Provider – a model for system delivery where software is offered as a service from a centralized provider rather than as a licensed or purchased local computer application
CanadianEMR A web resource where Canadian physicians or users of EMR system are welcome to post questions or comments about EMR or their experiences in this area (anyone can view the site, no registration required)
Available from the Medical Records Institute (pdf) is their latest annual survey of EHR Trends and Usage which reveals insights into the:
You can fiind it at: http://www.medrecinst.com/survey/2006/download.asp
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Alan Brookstone has posted an interesting piece in CanadianEMR where he discusses the exipration of the Alberta Physician Office System Program (POSP). As he indicates:
Here in BC the nascent Physician Information Technology (PITO) program is still largely underwraps … but Physicians are being told to wait… to not buy either hardware or software until the program is fully underway or they may not be eligible for funding if their choice turns out not to be on the PITO qualified EMR vendor list when it finally comes out.
In CanadianEMR Dr. Brookstone reports that a change in the presentation of lab results has eliminated a huge benefit that he had as a clinician in easily identifing trends through graphing the results for presentation to patients to demonstrate progress or lack thereof.
The discussion thread was quite active and included opinions that went beyond the trouble of changing of standard presentation methods to the very usefulness of graphing medical results.
I don’t believe the discussion does more than scratch the surface, and will be writing more about the visual display of medical information in future posts, but this appears to be one of the few discussions of the state of the art in EMR: http://emruser.typepad.com/canadianemr/2004/07/changes_in_lab_.html
In this piece in CBC News In Depth by Robert Sheppard its noted that despite a massive program sponsored by the federal and provincial government (Canada Health Infoway; 6 years; $1.1 billlion) less than 20% of Canadian GP's are actually using electonic IT systems for clinical care.
The reasons of course are many but the one pointed to as a major culprit is money – as in who is going to pay:
The BC Ministry of Health has posted an update to their PITO Frequently Asked Question page.
Items marked as “new” include:
The FAQ can be found at: http://www.health.gov.bc.ca/msp/legislation/bcmaagree_faqs_pito.html#1
Leaders of the Vancouver Coastal Health Physician User Group met with representatives of the the Physician Information Technology Office (PITO) which was set up by the BC
Medical Association and the BC provincial government to coordinate the implementation of IT products and services and disbursement of IT funds to physicians.
You can find the article at:
http://www.vch.ca/medlink/technology_news/0405_pito.htm
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