healthsystemcio.com » Standards http://healthsystemcio.com healthsystemCIO.com is the sole online-only publication dedicated to exclusively and comprehensively serving the information needs of healthcare CIOs. Tue, 22 May 2012 15:25:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=361 2010-2011 healthcio@gmail.com (Anthony Guerra) healthcio@gmail.com (Anthony Guerra) healthcare IT 1440 http://healthsystemcio.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/hscio-square-144x144.gif healthsystemcio.com http://healthsystemcio.com 144 144 http://healthsystemcio.com/?feed=podcast Helping CIOs Improve Healthcare healthsystemCIO.com Podcasts feature one-on-one interviews with the industry's most influential figures. From hospital CIOs to CEOs from the largest EMR vendors, you'll enjoy these lively exchanges with editor Anthony Guerra. healthcare IT, health care IT, CIO, Chief information officer, HITECH, Meaningful Use, health information technology, hospital IT Anthony Guerra Anthony Guerra healthcio@gmail.com no no CHIME Urges Gov To Look Before Metadata Leap http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/21/chime-urges-gov-to-look-before-metadata-leap/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/21/chime-urges-gov-to-look-before-metadata-leap/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:06:15 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8763 In response to an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking on the use of metadata standards to support health data exchange, CHIME is urging government officials “to study the complex issues more closely and to work with industry partners to develop and test metadata standards before considering any broader action,” the organization stated. In comments it [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/09/21/chime-urges-gov-to-look-before-metadata-leap/feed/ 0 Two Standards Forward, One Step Back http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/23/two-standards-forward-one-step-back/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/23/two-standards-forward-one-step-back/#comments Tue, 23 Aug 2011 11:49:04 +0000 Will Weider http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=8341 I am all for standards. The more we define and codify the practice of medicine, the better and more interoperable our EHRs become. But a standard, for the sake of a standard, takes us backwards. I believe the writers of the Final Rule that defined Meaningful Use of an EHR took us backwards when they [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/08/23/two-standards-forward-one-step-back/feed/ 1 IOM Cites Patient ID As Challenge http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/iom-cites-patient-id-as-challenge/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/iom-cites-patient-id-as-challenge/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 11:40:55 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7498 A new report from the Institute of Medicine identifies the most important principles that should guide the establishment of a digital infrastructure “that will support a learning health system at the national level.” Areas identified for further analysis included the potential health and economic returns associated with IT, consensus on standards and quality measures, and [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/24/iom-cites-patient-id-as-challenge/feed/ 0 The Petitio Principii of ACOs http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/04/the-petitio-principii-of-aco%e2%80%99s/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/04/the-petitio-principii-of-aco%e2%80%99s/#comments Wed, 04 May 2011 15:18:31 +0000 dmmorreale http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7232 The serious lack of infrastructure to support an expansive and meaningful ACO strategy is missing from the healthcare technology toolkit. Some may view this as a non critical issue but with so many organizations engaged in some form of ACO activity, we have to ask, “Have we begged the question?” It seems to me we [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/05/04/the-petitio-principii-of-aco%e2%80%99s/feed/ 1 Phil Fasano, EVP/CIO, Kaiser Permanente, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 1 http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/21/phil-fasano-evpcio-kaiser-permanente-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/21/phil-fasano-evpcio-kaiser-permanente-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/#comments Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:42:28 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=7043 *Kaiser, Mayo, Geisinger, Intermountain & Group Health form the Care Connectivity Consortium *What is the Holy Grail of health information exchange? *The state of standards *Cracking the sustainability code on cross-organizational HIE

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2011/04/21/phil-fasano-evpcio-kaiser-permanente-transcriptpodcast-chapter-1/feed/ 0 0:14:29 Earlier this month, five organizations launched the Care Connectivity Consortium to facilitate the secure exchange of electronic data in real-time at facilities across the country. The vision, according to Kaiser Permanente EVP and CIO Phil Fasano, [...] Earlier this month, five organizations launched the Care Connectivity Consortium to facilitate the secure exchange of electronic data in real-time at facilities across the country. The vision, according to Kaiser Permanente EVP and CIO Phil Fasano, is for providers to have all of a patient’s information at his or her fingertips during the encounter. But before that vision can be realized, there are a few key questions that need to be answered, primarily in terms of reimbursement and standardization. In this interview, Fasano talks about how the nation’s largest non-for-profit health plan and care provider plans to deal with the reimbursement issue, how it is preparing for Meaningful Use, how it handles budgeting and project prioritization, and why data sharing is so important. HIE, Standards Anthony Guerra no no CHIME Wants Changes to Certification Standards IFR http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/16/chime-wants-changes-to-certification-standards-ifr/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/16/chime-wants-changes-to-certification-standards-ifr/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:31:44 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1762 Further clarification is needed as to how certification will apply to organizations that use multiple clinical systems as components to an overall EHR, states CHIME in a comment letter to ONC regarding the Certification standards and implementation specifications IFR. CHIME supports wording in the rule that requires only certification of individual EHR modules. Additionally, CHIME [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/03/16/chime-wants-changes-to-certification-standards-ifr/feed/ 0 EMRs, Lab Results & Cost of Complying w/MU http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/26/emrs-lab-results-and-the-cost-of-complying-with-meaningful-use/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/26/emrs-lab-results-and-the-cost-of-complying-with-meaningful-use/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:51:10 +0000 Marc Holland http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1319 In my last posting, I talked about some of the Meaningful Use observations made at the recent Health Stimulus Exchange Conference in Boston.  Another interesting factoid cited at the conference came from Mickey Tripathi, in his presentation on Regional Extension Centers.  Mr. Tripathi, who is the co-chair of the Information Exchange Workgroup of the HIT Policy Committee, [...]

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]]> http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/26/emrs-lab-results-and-the-cost-of-complying-with-meaningful-use/feed/ 4 Standards Committee Struggles for Balance http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/25/standards-committee-struggles-for-balance/ http://healthsystemcio.com/2010/02/25/standards-committee-struggles-for-balance/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:17:29 +0000 Anthony Guerra http://healthsystemcio.com/?p=1306 Instead of recommending small adjustment to the Standards and Certification Interim Final Rule (IFR), the 10th meeting of the federal HIT Standards Committee was consumed by a fundamental, philosophical debate of just how specific the group should be in its regulations, and the nature of the regulatory process itself. “We have to balance when to [...]

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