By William Hyman – Many initiatives, especially ones that are made mandatory, follow a similar pattern of hype. In our arena we see this in the adoption of EMRs. the establishment of HIEs, and the incorporation of AI.
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By William Hyman – The 21st Century Cures Act addressed what kinds of medical software are medical devices (and therefore subject to regulation by the FDA), and what kinds are not medical devices (and therefore not regulated by the FDA, but subject to CPSC and FTC).
By William Hyman – Now I’m being a patient. I visit my provider at a major medical center. I subsequently get a text message advising me to check my patient portal for updated information with a link that didn’t work. The portal is an AllScripts product which is also the EMR being used by my provider.
By William Hyman – The premise of Artificial Intelligence is that a properly constructed computer program can produce useful conclusions, and make recommendations, when presented with a fact set for a particular case (ie facts pertaining to a particular patient).
By William A. Hyman – A common complaint about EMRs is that while they might have technical capability, they might not have real world usability, or be “user friendly”.
By William Hyman – Back in April I commented on (mocked?) an 1832 page proposed CMS final rule with the zippy title “Medicare Program; Hospital Inpatient Prospective Payment Systems for Acute Care Hospitals and the Long-Term Care Hospital Prospective Payment System and Proposed Policy Changes and Fiscal Year 2018 Rates
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of May that we think deserve sharing again.
By William A. Hyman – Readers in this space are well aware of cybersecurity threats, and the need for affirmative security activities to prevent threats from becoming crises. Risk assessment is part of this agenda…
By William Hyman – The generic idea of medical record interoperability is that diverse record systems from diverse providers and diverse vendors should be able to send/share/exchange/display patient information in order to enable better individual healthcare.