Electronic Medical Record

automation of the HealthCare process

old notes

Healtheon is in this space...

CCR is an emerging standard...

some random thoughts:

• the idea of small doctor's offices buying a locally-run EMR app sounds insane to me these days
• everyone needs Broad Band so software like this can be provided as an ASP
• if everyone thinks that Prescription Drugs errors are a biggest or most-preventable category of Medical Error, then starting out by pushing that narrow behavior change might make a lot of sense: Online Prescribing
• and of course the government can impose electronic filing for reimbursement
• and further applications can be extended a bit at a time, and integrated in terms of granular transactions via Web Services standards. This might not quickly lead toward a fully-integrated EMR view, but that's not necessarily warranted for most patients
• there's obviously a huge Digital Identity problem surrounding all this data being shared loosely
• and a potentially huge transition cost if an attempt is made for spooge all history into it up front. A more realistic and pragmatic approach might be to focus on putting a small amount of summary data into the system for existing patients, and just moving forward.