tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post2914513644966398388..comments2024-03-18T04:38:01.678-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: Dispatch from HIMSSJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-16651347929705598432009-04-12T03:51:00.000-07:002009-04-12T03:51:00.000-07:00Storing healthcare data in the cloud is clearly a ...Storing healthcare data in the cloud is clearly a challenge if the many advantages of cloud computing are to be realised. This topic was addressed recently at our "Out of the Slipstream" conference in Phoenix: see http://www.slideshare.net/george.james/securing-the-cloudRob Tweedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455762392019541755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-7230766940550998842009-04-09T06:22:00.000-07:002009-04-09T06:22:00.000-07:00I agree with Kate about the 'integrated PHR'. I am...I agree with Kate about the 'integrated PHR'. I am just finishing my thesis from Northwestern Medical Informatics program and did a demonstration of my project at HIMSS. It's a data exchange from NextGen EHR to the HealthString PHR via CCR/PDF-Healthcare. We are conducting a research study including patients with chronic conditions to see how the sharing of data and a pre-populated PHR (with meds, allergies, problems to start off) can help to improve care coordination, relationship with physician, and will eventually look at clinical outcomes. Phase 2 will be the patient sending data back via CCR/PDF to the physician to store in the EHR before their visit. You could do the same with embedding the CCD in the PDF and can also add attachments within the PDF (ECG, hosp D/C summary, etc.) It's been quite tricky but very interesting project with LOTS to learn still... so far so good though. Love the move to educating and engagine our patients in their health! :-)Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834765569171334965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-19644922044131441392009-04-09T06:11:00.000-07:002009-04-09T06:11:00.000-07:00I admire your steadfast optimism that the technolo...I admire your steadfast optimism that the technology changes sweeping through IT will be adopted by Health Care reasonably soon. In my observations and participation in Health Care IT I find it moves much more slowly than the industry. It was slow to the Internet, still is slow to Web 2.0 and unless we all do Microsoft Azure in the clouds, it will be slow there as well.<BR/><BR/>Doubling spending while asking for projects on ready to go sounds like a feeding frenzy of the business as usual folks. <BR/><BR/>I hope I am wrong.Wayne D. Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10300297955346453687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-73145255985207411042009-04-08T04:32:00.000-07:002009-04-08T04:32:00.000-07:00We need to merge EHR with PHR and create a Virtual...We need to merge EHR with PHR and create a Virtual Care Plan. In this model, all information exists in order to serve the patient's care plan. The care plan of a healthy person is mainly preventive care. For a person with health conditions, the care plan organizes both personal and medical information in a way that serves the patient. The data sharing occurs virtually and authorized users interact with the care plan according to their role in the care planning. This model allows us to move beyond the territoriality that exists within our current conceptions of EHR/PHR>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895633630722893244noreply@blogger.com