*Thoughts on PCAST — “Without a doubt, it could not be implemented in the timeframe that was suggested in the original report”
*Other ways than MU to foster progress
*The quality measures conundrum
*Are CIOs influencing policy? “I’d be thrilled to see a mainstream, community healthcare system CIO on the Policy Committee itself”
Marc Probst, Member, HIT Policy Committee, CIO, Intermountain Healthcare, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 2
Phil Fasano, EVP/CIO, Kaiser Permanente, Transcript/Podcast Chapter 2
*Staying in sync with government
*Thoughts on PCAST — “We do not believe that putting health data in a cloud is in the best interests of our patients from a security and privacy standpoint”
*Thinking through the new ACO regs
*Meshing ACO/MU — “We believe we’re directionally correct and fundamentally aligned”
*An update on the Epic project
*Life post-implementation
Faulkner Floats Conflict Charge in PCAST Debate
Judy Faulkner, CEO of Epic and a member of the HIT Policy Committee, told other members of the committee and new National Coordinator Farzad Mostashari, M.D., she was concerned that forces promoting the PCAST vision also stood to gain from its adoption. “What is showing up in blogs — I have seen and sometimes been […]
PCAST Workgroup Struggles With DEAS Concept
At its final meeting — during which Chair Paul Egerman sought to put the finishing touches on its upcoming report to the HIT Policy Committee — some members of ONC’s PCAST Report Workgroup chafed at their narrow mandate of only suggesting ways the report’s principles could be integrated with Meaningful Use, not commenting on its […]
PCAST Workgroup Sees Little Chance for Major Stage 2 Strides
Because the industry lacks a standardized UEL message wrapper, there’s little chance CMS/ONC can inject significant PCAST-report principles into Stage 2 of its Meaningful Use incentive program, according to Stan Huff and Dixie Baker, both members of the PCAST Workgroup, a subgroup of ONC’s HIT Policy Committee. Workgroup Chair Paul Egerman, a retired software entrepreneur, […]
healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey: CIOs Feel Unheard in MU Formation
More than 82 percent of CIOs say the voices of those who will have to implement MU (providers/vendors) are not being heard and acted on by the people crafting it, according to a recent healthsystemCIO.com SnapSurvey. Despite that widespread sentiment, the same percentage say they would be disappointed if the program were to be cancelled […]
John Glaser, CEO, Health Services Business Unit, Siemens Healthcare, Podcast Chapter 1
With just under a year at the helm of Siemens Healthcare, it’s fair to say John Glaser has taken full measure of life on the vendor side. As such, he’s been immersed in issues like deciding which products are “go-forward,” which customer segments are best suited to the vendor’s offerings, and which industry regulations will […]
Stage 2 Sausage Enters Rulemaking Grinder
HITECH’s Meaningful Use Stage 2 requirements started their year-plus journey through federal advisory committees, regulation writers, public comment and countless revisions after a draft set of recommendations were floated for discussion at this month’s HIT Policy Committee meeting. Outlined by Paul Tang, M.D., vice chair of the committee and chair of its Meaningful Use Workgroup, the measures generally seek to increase thresholds established in Stage 1 as they climb to a Stage 3 apex.