tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post3963904656518739420..comments2024-03-27T09:55:23.143-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: A Healthcare IT PrimerJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-68548303014975207442009-03-30T11:22:00.000-07:002009-03-30T11:22:00.000-07:00Jim said...A number of times you have mentioned da...Jim said...<BR/>A number of times you have mentioned data element dictionaries. I'm a developer of a new database dictation platform and certainly could use such a dictionary. Our technology produces documents and discrete data from each dictation session and we would like to use any new standards for data elements.Jim Harterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01425954931288589057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-60264786078994981552009-03-29T18:27:00.000-07:002009-03-29T18:27:00.000-07:00John,Again, thanks for the lucid descriptions.Exce...John,<BR/>Again, thanks for the lucid descriptions.Excellent summary of terms.<BR/>A huge opportunity that always seems to be under the covers is the enormous amount of information that currently resides in paper charts - and could be a valuable resource if mined correctly. In addition, at least in some cases, the legacy information held in those charts might have important patient safety consequences if not gathered and integrated during the adoption of an EMR. (Flomax ->Cataract surgery, allergic reactions in the past, etc.)Many of the elderly patients have difficulty remembering current meds, much less drugs they have been on in the past. Can you elaborate on your experiences moving from the paper to digital (specifically how you folks handled moving paper chart data into the electronic systems)? Was it scanned in as PDF documents, or was a more concerted effort made to pull the data into the EMR?Chasing Paperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04815451589723305466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-78525250928235781522009-03-28T16:15:00.000-07:002009-03-28T16:15:00.000-07:00Excellent comments and a clear way to provide defi...Excellent comments and a clear way to provide definitions that understandable by everyone. I often get asked these same questions, and I provide similar answers, but since you have stated them so eloquently, I can now I can point them here. Thanks John for sharing.Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15494174579808436497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-23563764218710545462009-03-25T05:50:00.000-07:002009-03-25T05:50:00.000-07:00Your definitions, which are consistent with those ...Your definitions, which are consistent with those published by NAHIT, are clear and concise, indicating that an organization/physician practice uses an EMR--a single product/system or network of systems within the organization. <BR/><BR/>So how has EHR become the favored name--by the government (government documents and regulations, including ARRA and the HITECH Act, identify systems used by physicians as "EHRs"); by most news media (WSJ yesterday); even this blog (PHRs and EHRs are different products...EHRs are workflow tools for clinicians.)?Filamentihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390785198755988170noreply@blogger.com