In early February, I gave my “State of the Industry” presentation at the annual meeting of US Oncology. The Vice President of Informatics Development, Aaron Kaufman, had come across some of my columns and was intrigued by my politically incorrect take on the industry-transforming program. The video below is an honest evaluation of what’s happening in healthcare IT, specifically at the CIO level. It’s an analysis formed by reading thousands of articles, blog posts and tweets, interviewing hundreds of CIOs and other industry luminaries and reflecting for dozens of hours.
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Deborah says
Great Presentation Anthony! I believe you captured the mindset of healthcare professionals and their reluctance in adoption of HIT. Thanks for sharing this on your blog.
Deborah
Anthony Guerra says
Thanks for the kind words Deborah. I really hope HHS/CMS/ONC lower the Meaningful Use bar after reading all the comment letters.
flpoggio says
Anthony,
Good presentation.
Only thing you missed is that while the govt is going to ‘give’ docs a MU bonus if they meet MU criteria, they are trying to cut physician Medicare payments by 21%. Therefore if you miss the MU criteria your Medicare adj gets cut by 33% in the first year.
So if my math is correct (and I am a math major…and former CFO) then a -21% adj times a -33% penalty…get me a 6% INCREASE! So why bother?
And regarding the Stark issue, a new twist is some creative vendors are giving an ambulatory EMR free to docs if they get the hospital to buy their hosp CPOE /EMR. So a $10mill hosp deal gets as truckload of free physician systems. And as vendors know, hospital CEOs do listen to the docs that admit to their facility. Can you spell ‘cnflct of intrst’? Where’s Stark when you really need it?
Frank Poggio
The Kelzon Group
Anthony Guerra says
Thanks for the comment Frank.
Let’s also not forget that the government is laying all this stuff on physicians at the same time we are headed toward a primary care physician shortage. Add to that the aging baby boomers, and you’re going to have the elderly looking far and wide to find a physician who accepts Medicare.
If I were a physician, and I had the slightest chance of making ends meet without taking Medicare, I’d jump at it.
I wonder — will the government force medical schools to cut their tuition in proportion to the degree it reduces physician compensation? It seems only fair.