tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120633882024-03-13T12:01:21.366-07:00Co-Creating Health - A Patient Centered Design VoiceCreating the space for collaborative patient centered and patient designed Health IT ideas, policies, and products to flourish.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger280125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-34886304958886717622015-10-21T11:12:00.001-07:002015-10-21T11:12:15.640-07:00WSJ Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes interview with Oct 21First portion of her interview with my rough transcription
Jonathan Krim Global Technology Editor, The Wall Street
Journal Interview Wed Oct 21st with Theranos Inc. founder and Chief Executive Elizabeth Holmes at
the WSJDLive 2015 conference.
KRIM: You said that the Journals reporting has been
erroneous and is quote grounded in baseless assertions. Could you get specific
on the key points Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-29819563101350064582015-04-11T06:33:00.001-07:002015-04-16T20:50:59.658-07:00CMS proposed changes to MU Stage 2- only 1 patient/doctor required for engagementCALL TO ACTION - As of April 15th can make comments to CMS here - this is literally the only way to get this rule changed.. Build the movement later
Late Friday night in typical @CMSGov (Center for Medicaid and Medicare) released proposed new rules to modify CMS EHR Modifications Stage 2 2015 - 2017 (This is for stage 2 not the future stage 3 which is also out for comment)
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-76265823627183657202015-02-20T11:24:00.003-08:002015-02-20T11:31:33.489-08:0021st Cure's Act - The role of Government in patient centered health innovation.WHY DOES THIS MATTER? - Rapidly moving legislation which impacts patient engagement, health IT, Health innovation, social media and as well as data sharing an interoperability.
Although it originally had bi-partisian support lead collaborators, Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ), pulled their support. DeGette did not give a reason for her Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-34114288776044633202015-01-02T15:11:00.002-08:002015-01-02T15:11:58.419-08:00Pilot Accountable Communities of Health Announced
The Washington Health Care Authority today announced two awards of $150,000 each to further support and test the design of regional coalitions called Accountable Communities of Health (ACHs).
The two selected pilot ACHs are:
North Sound Accountable Community of Health, supported by Whatcom Alliance for Health Advancement. Serves the North Sound Regional Service Area: Whatcom, Skagit, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-85457361168936046582014-09-27T17:11:00.000-07:002014-09-27T17:11:50.463-07:00MU Stage 2 - view download "OR" Transmit 48% achieved it with portalsI often hear doctors lamenting how they shouldn't be held accountable for getting 5% of their patients to log on and view download and transmit their health data. They don't need to! It is a misunderstanding between what the EHR is required to offer vs what patients are being asked to do.
Although EHR's have to have the ability to do all three view, download AND Transmit to be certified &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-69098694632296915092014-09-22T22:14:00.001-07:002014-09-23T08:23:14.376-07:00Top EHRs meeting MU by Specity
Top 10 ambulatory EHR's that are meeting MU stage 2 and the top Specialities - Only 160 Family Practice Docs so far (NOTE: Athena doesn't break down by speciality)
(source data http://www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/mu_report.xlsx ) current as of Sept 22, 2014
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Top 10
EHR's for MU Stage 2 2014
FAM Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-69930811678882328962014-08-15T07:49:00.001-07:002014-08-15T07:50:09.502-07:00Carl Dvorak – Epic Systems Corporation Aug 15 Testimony
Panel 2: Exchange Service Providers Questions
http://www.healthit.gov/facas/sites/faca/files/GSG_Testimony_CarlDvorak_2014-08-15.docx
Carl Dvorak – Epic Systems Corporation Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-70450689867311707472014-06-11T09:53:00.000-07:002014-06-11T15:07:40.580-07:00Top EHR Vendors based on MU Attestation - March 2014
HR-vendors-count-dataset.xlsx as of 03/2014
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Vendor Total Providers Reporting the EHR Vendor Number of Providers where Vendor is the Primary EHR Vendor Percent of Providers with EHR Vendor as Primary
Epic Systems Corporation 90,582 90,582 20.00%
Allscripts 48,478 47,786 11.00%
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-21745967138155674132014-06-05T18:33:00.001-07:002014-06-05T18:47:25.929-07:00Washington State Exchange CIO recruitment
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange is seeking a Chief Information Officer (CIO)
The Washington Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) is a statewide marketplace for individuals and small businesses in Washington State to purchase private health insurance coverage andUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-73849425691811196922014-05-30T15:28:00.000-07:002014-05-30T22:12:13.005-07:00ONC Reorganizes as HITECH programs shut down
The Office of the National Coordinator has reorganized (as they do every few years) and there are now 11 directors (see chart below) . Interesting that even though the 2 billion in HITECH programs are shutting down there is a slight increase in staff (to 191) from prior years.
Here is the link which will be published in the Federal Register June 3rd. The "new" organization will Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-75327150699582366792014-05-25T08:20:00.001-07:002014-05-25T09:01:02.401-07:00Patients Access under Stage 1 of MU changes in 2014As a national recognized advocate of patient centered design in Health IT , the biggest concern I have with the proposed rule to delay both stage 2 and the use of 2014 certified EHR's is the impact it will have on patient access to their data.
I believe that patients are not just the center of the care but should be viewed as full-fledged members of their own care teams. We in fact Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-15540622182564533312014-05-17T22:25:00.001-07:002014-05-17T22:25:18.721-07:00Can Health Care learn from Mental Health how to design health care around clients/patients?In the middle of my high tech career I was a special needs housing developer (for people who were living with mental illness, homeless, living with AIDS, chronic alcoholics etc) and the key to our projects was the provision of services that were designed by and for the clients..
In King County (Seattle) we have 10+1 Foundational Principles that I have tried to incorporate into the wonky Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-85597985119627127042014-05-14T14:03:00.000-07:002014-05-17T06:55:50.200-07:00Who pays and who benefits from insurance under ACA? I often hear people say that one reason that we spend so much on health care is because "patients don't care about the cost of their care because their insurance pays for everything" so I was curious if that is true under the new plans offered under the ACA.
Under a bronze plan in Washington from one of the biggest Blues (Premera) in the state - for someone with diabetes the patient will pay &Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-3035887483822952522014-03-18T22:48:00.002-07:002014-03-18T22:48:50.663-07:00Guest Post by Darren Dworkin Cedars-Sinai Health System - Attending HIMSS Made Me Wonder: Does IT Matter?
HIT from the CIO's Chair
Attending HIMSS Made Me Wonder: Does IT Matter?
Written by Darren Dworkinon Wed, Mar 12, 2014
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Attending HIMSS Made Me Wonder: Does IT Matter?
Flying home from HIMSS after spending a week in Orlando and reflecting on the conference it made me think about Nicholas G. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-62368797687798712192014-03-10T21:45:00.002-07:002014-03-10T21:46:39.928-07:00CAN PATIENTS REALLY UNDERSTAND THEIR OWN HEALTH CARE - AND WHERE DO THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION?A friend / colleague of mine posted this and although I don't agree with the conclusion and the data is somewhat dated, I think his view is pretty common among many in healthcare and I could use your thoughts on how to respond..
Sherry
Can Patients Really Understand Their Own Health Care - and where do they get their information?
Written by Lynn Vogel - ACEon Sun, Mar 9, 2014
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-28881275573562110292013-11-02T04:29:00.004-07:002013-11-02T04:29:42.446-07:00Person Centered Health Care
Person at the Center
While the concept of “patient-centered health care” has been emerging over the past decade, there is vast distance between that concept and a truly “person-centric” vision that embraces the value of the individual inside and outside the health care system for improving both health and health care. Within health care settings, the person is often a recipient of health care Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-44034438282498080412013-10-15T07:48:00.002-07:002013-10-15T07:48:42.126-07:0010 essential population health IT tools
The 10 essential population health IT tools identified by the PCPCC are:
(PDF file here here )
Electronic health records, to document diagnosis, vital signs and other data needed for advanced analytics;
Patient registries, to serve as central databanks to identify care gaps and report quality measures;
Health information exchange, to coordinate care and share data between Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-58985428535024324022013-10-08T06:01:00.000-07:002013-10-08T06:01:01.137-07:004 different levels of Patients Interest and use of EHR
With almost 50 percent of patients taking EMR access into consideration when choosing a healthcare provider, the effective use of EMRs by providers is critical, according to a national consumer study by independent research firms Aeffect and 88 Brand Partners.
A recent EMR Patient Impact Study has identified four segments of EMR users, ranging from the disinterested, non-user,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-70011408551101607802013-09-15T19:43:00.001-07:002013-09-15T19:55:52.458-07:00Provider's getting support for Patient Engagement
Tomorrow as part of a
new strategy to build on the critical
importance of patient engagement under new payment models (ACO, PCMH, etc) and
new quality initiatives that measure patient satisfaction; a number of the 62 Regional Extension Centers across the US are announcing new patient engagement service
lines for providers in their regions.
Over 143,000 providers (over 43% of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-80507687040353894242013-09-02T08:14:00.002-07:002013-09-02T13:45:25.385-07:00More resources for Patient and Family EngagementThis is a work in progress and feel free to contribute your favorite resources - either here or on twitter @cascadia
► AHRQ Guide to Patient and Family Engagement
► Engaging Health Care Users: A Framework for Healthy Individuals and Communities. American Hospital Association.
► Institute for Healthcare Improvement: white papers, improvement stories, case studies, etcUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-10897438991328388172013-09-01T11:18:00.001-07:002013-09-01T11:31:16.597-07:00Five Ways Patient and Family Engagement Directly Impacts Your Hospital
A Leadership Resource for Patient and Family Engagement Strategies
Even if you know what patient and family engagement is how do you get started? This AHA resource "gives hospital and health system leaders concrete, practical steps grounded on evidence-based research to improve patient and family engagement in their organizations:"
assessing how well the organization is doing;
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-37153865759190954542013-06-28T00:30:00.001-07:002013-06-28T00:39:46.545-07:00Which EHR vendors are successful at getting primary care docs to MU?Using the most recent public CMS data I did a pivot table by EHR Vendors by primary care specialty. The top 10% of vendors (17 out of 368 ) account for 101,959 out of 120,295 of those providers.
Count of Attestation Year Column Labels
Row Labels 2011 2012 2013 Grand Total
3M Health Information Systems 1 1
INTERNAL MEDICINE 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-9626833457210166402013-05-15T06:16:00.001-07:002013-05-15T06:17:42.119-07:00eHealth News May 14th
· Mostashari: 3 tactics to redesign care and reap HIT – GovHealthIT
· Expert Healthcare Hackers – The Health Care Blog
· How does provider-developer collaboration improve health IT? – EHRIntelligence
· Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-17768134509252548212013-05-03T13:39:00.001-07:002013-05-03T13:39:25.691-07:00News This Week from HealthIT.gov
News This Week from
HealthIT.gov
In This Issue
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->National Nurses Week
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->Million Hearts® listening session
<!--[if !supportLists]-->· <!--[endif]-->HIT Policy Committee meeting
<!--[if !supportLists]-->·&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12063388.post-80545434799866275752013-04-06T11:41:00.001-07:002013-04-06T11:41:25.951-07:00Next PhaseGetting ready to roll-out a national community focused on patient centered design in healthIT in preparation for national service line focused on the same concept for the regional extension centers working with the Office of the National Coordinator at HHS.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0