There are many efforts afoot to make Health Records management more economical and more reliable. Another less obvious value is facilitating distributed specialized support so the patient doen’t need to leave their community to be near the specialist, rather the specialist can monitor remotely and work through the local health care community. Of course there are times one must go to the specialist, but why not attempt to minimize that since there are social costs, financial costs and patient discomfort and disharmony as a result.
Minnesota First State to Require Electronic Submission of Health Transactions¹
Minnesota is now the first state in the nation to require all health care payers and providers to submit claims and eligibility transactions electronically using a common format starting in 2009. The new requirements, signed into law by Governor Tim Pawlenty as part of the 2007 Omnibus Health and Human Services funding bill, apply to all health care providers and affects virtually anyone who bills for or buys health care services on behalf of a group of people. Electronic administrative health care transactions can reduce costs and improve the efficiency of health care….
Implementing an EHR: Going live is no snap²
Problems, snafus, and some victories take place as three different practices start using their new EHRs.
The only thing you can count on when implementing an electronic health record system is that little will go according to plan. In this second article in our series on implementing an EHR, three small and medium-sized practices report on the unexpected and often frustrating problems they encountered when they turned on their new EHR and practice management systems….
After nearly two decades in health care administration, it is apparent to me that the System is shaking out in ways that may prove to be both very interesting and disparaging to many of our citizens. In the recent Wall Street Journal Article, Care Gap Hospital Building Boom Sparks Fear Cities Will Be Left Behind, the nuances of the current five year, $100 billion building expansion that has taken place from 2000 to 2005 in the industry, the majority of that construction has occurred in the suburbs in order to allow the hospitals to target the affluent. This, according to the article, has resulted in a financial struggle for the urban centers that often treat the poor. The result of this movement? “Scores have had to shut their doors.”….
The partial answer is things like these:
A telemedicine-based on-line community of physicians, financial donors and emergency personnel bringing advanced medical assistance to disaster zones and areas of chronic humanitarian need around the world
- Humanitarian Emergency Logistics & Preparedness (HELP), located in Payson, AZ, USA
¹ Jun 28, 2007, GovTech News Report
² Ken Terry, Medical Economics, Jul 6, 2007
³ World Health Care Blog, by Nick Jacobs, July 6, 2007
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