tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post134565470811421524..comments2024-03-27T09:55:23.143-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: Building the Nationwide Healthcare Information NetworkJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-58074741291684659782009-09-29T16:09:03.331-07:002009-09-29T16:09:03.331-07:00Woohoo! A blog post I have been looking for that d...Woohoo! A blog post I have been looking for that describes the requirements of trust and agreed technologies to support NHIN and HIEs.<br />I have past experience with Identity and Trust (SAML and similar technologies.<br />I plan to investigate how these Identity technologies relate to HealthITAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-9021536829198937422009-09-28T21:20:27.955-07:002009-09-28T21:20:27.955-07:00Excellent description of the NHIN vision and poten...Excellent description of the NHIN vision and potential! The only thing I would add to your characterization is that the NHIN should be viewed as an essential, trusted enabler for high quality, well coordinated health care for individuals, as well as for protecting communities at the local, state, and national levels. Ultimately, “incentives” for use should be inherent – to carry your telephone exchange analogy a step further, we certainly don’t need to “incentivize” people to use their cell phones! We use the phone service because it provides value (inherent incentive) to individuals and organizations, and a defined level of privacy protection. That should be the goal of the NHIN as well – not to dictate how enterprises, states, or regional exchanges do their jobs, but to provide a common framework for enabling basic connectivity and base-level protection.Dixie Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03486516651040409665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-38484999308752003792009-09-28T15:30:00.662-07:002009-09-28T15:30:00.662-07:00The following article has some good points and a l...The following article has some good points and a link to a paper looking at EHR in different nations. http://ehr.healthcareitnews.com/blog/cautious-look-around-world<br /><br />As John succinctly points out, it is about governance, standards and incentives. I think many of these countries are ahead because they are smaller, have government involved in healthcare and standards.GreenLeaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16159362981477129396noreply@blogger.com