Ehrs

medical records, policy issues

Heads-up on EMR usability discussion

e-Patient Dave | April 14, 2011

On April 21 I’ve been invited to testify again on behalf of patients at a meeting organized by the Office of the National Coordinator for health IT. As we did here twice last year, let’s discuss what the meeting should here. Here’s the document they sent. Comments, please! Certification/Adoption Workgroup April 21, 2011 9:00 a.m. [...]

medical records, policy issues, pt/doc co-care, Why PM

Tell HHS: What’s the role of patient generated data in Meaningful Use?

e-Patient Dave | April 14, 2010

Next Tuesday Regina Holliday and I are among those testifying to the Health IT Policy Committee’s workgroup on Meaningful Use. Please help me decide what to submit for my testimony. My session is Panel 2: Incorporating Patient-Generated Data in Meaningful Use of HIT. Questions: a. What is the role of patient-generated data in improving health [...]

general, medical records, policy issues, reforming hc, trends & principles

Meaningful Use: The Elephant IS In The Room

Gilles Frydman | May 18, 2009

Comparative Effectiveness: a comparison of the impact of different options that are available for treating a given medical condition for a particular set of patients. Such studies may compare similar treatments, such as competing drugs, or they may analyze very different approaches, such as surgery and drug therapy. The analysis may focus only on the [...]