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Tag Archives: medical software
Patient Portals versus APIs for Patient Access to Healthcare Information
Back in November 2015, Health Data Management published an article called “Challenges Ahead for Portals”. This is an interesting article because it indirectly describes the effect of too much regulatory involvement in healthcare services delivery. http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/challenges-ahead-for-portals-51630-1.html In the article, Raj … Continue reading
Thinking of building a Healthcare “e-Hub”?
If you are thinking of developing a healthcare e-Hub, this is not something that can be designed on the back of an envelope and implemented in a few days, weeks or months. As usual, the devil is in the details … Continue reading
Posted in FIXING HEALTHCARE, Interoperability, Software Design
Tagged EHR, EMR, Interoperability, medical software
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Healthcare Coordination of Care has many moving parts
As with most things complex, the basics are pretty simple. Patient calls in/arrives, a Case is set up. First things first – patients have one desire which is to get well, hospitals have scarce resources, doctors are busy. So, a … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptive Case Management, Business Process Management, Data Interoperability, Enterprise Content Management, FIXING HEALTHCARE, Interoperability
Tagged ACM, adaptive case management, best practices, decision support, EHR, EMR, fixing healthcare, hospital management software, Interoperability, medical errors, medical software
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Are healthcare cost increases inevitable?
“Healthcare costs will continue to rise until the entire system collapses under its own weight”. This doomsday scenario is certainly one possibility, but it is a “do-nothing” option. How about an approach that reduces costs at the same time as … Continue reading
Posted in Adaptive Case Management, Business Process Improvement, Business Process Management, Case Management, Compliance Control, Customer Centricity, Data Interoperability, Decision Making, Enterprise Content Management, FIXING HEALTHCARE, Interoperability, Operational Planning, Operations Management, Process auditing, Process Management, Process Mapping, Productivity Improvement, Strategic Planning, Telehealth
Tagged ACM, adaptive case management, best practices, BPM, business process analysis, business process improvement, business process management, cost savings, Data Exchange, decision making, ECM, EHR, EMR, Enterprise Content Management, fixing healthcare, healthcare, healthcare agencies, hospital management software, Interoperability, medical errors, medical software, operations planning, patient encounter, productivity improvement, strategic planning, workflow automation
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Basic BPM for Healthcare
Healthcare professionals have no difficulty understanding what a Case is and what a Best Practice protocol is. Ask any healthcare worker what Case Managers do and the answer will be “Well, they manage Cases”. A Case in healthcare is a … Continue reading
Posted in Automated Resource Allocation, Business Process Management, Case Management, Compliance Control, Data Interoperability, Decision Making, Interoperability, Process Management, Productivity Improvement
Tagged adaptive case management, business process management, EHR, EMR, healthcare, medical software, practice management software, productivity improvement, workflow automation
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So, you think you have achieved Continuity of Care?
No one doubts the importance of Continuity of Care in Medicine. ONC’s 45 CFR Part 160 Subpart C Final Rule includes a number of criteria (22 out of 44) that have a specific focus on Continuity of Care. 302a Drug-drug … Continue reading
What’s in your EMR?
A somewhat dated, but perhaps still valid article published by the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2007 highlighted that a representative subset of providers see 24 patients per day. Based on a 10-hour day this works out to 25 … Continue reading
What is the real purpose of an EMR?
Ask anyone what the difference is between an EMR and EHR. Chances are you will get mixed responses. EMR Defined My definition of an EMR is that it is a historical record of encounters or interventions where healthcare professionals can … Continue reading
Workshop – 49th Symposium of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan
I will be doing a workshop on ‘Electronic Medical Records’ covering key benefits, challenges and opportunities attached to EMR. This workshop is a pre-symposium event for the 49th Symposium of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan. It is scheduled for … Continue reading
Healthcare Professionals, repeat after me . . .
“I’M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I’M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE” – I don’t like my EMR, it does not handle my workflow, it does not improve patient care, it does not save time. . . . I … Continue reading