Comments on: Are we building the foundation for a Health IT Tower of Babel? http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1499 Convening diverse perspectives on healthcare reform Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:43:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dr. William D. Kirsh http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1499&cpage=1#comment-6028 Dr. William D. Kirsh Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:33:01 +0000 http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1499#comment-6028 I cannot agree more with Dr. Nixon, adoption and use is critical and the resistance to change is a significant barrier to over come. Take for example the adoption of ePrescribing, not well adopted and limited by not being able to prescribe controlled medications. This limits the technologies adoption and effectiveness. I cannot agree more with Dr. Nixon, adoption and use is critical and the resistance to change is a significant barrier to over come. Take for example the adoption of ePrescribing, not well adopted and limited by not being able to prescribe controlled medications. This limits the technologies adoption and effectiveness.

]]> By: Dr. Clarence Nixon, Jr., http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1499&cpage=1#comment-5406 Dr. Clarence Nixon, Jr., Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:55:04 +0000 http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1499#comment-5406 I certainly agree with your position. There are tremendous benefits associated with IT and electronic systems. However, if health care organizations lack strategic focus and insight - realized benefits from IT and electronic systems will remain limited and mediocre. Primary issues are poor adoption rates and cultural resistance to change. These issues are best addressed at the board level. Your belief regarding leveraging systems to improve community or regional health is a strategic issue. Therefore boards of directors or those responsible for governance must step-up and provide strategic direction and resources to realize significant benefits from IT and electronic systems - these benefits would include improved community and regional health performance by leveraging common data. I certainly agree with your position. There are tremendous benefits associated with IT and electronic systems. However, if health care organizations lack strategic focus and insight – realized benefits from IT and electronic systems will remain limited and mediocre. Primary issues are poor adoption rates and cultural resistance to change. These issues are best addressed at the board level. Your belief regarding leveraging systems to improve community or regional health is a strategic issue. Therefore boards of directors or those responsible for governance must step-up and provide strategic direction and resources to realize significant benefits from IT and electronic systems – these benefits would include improved community and regional health performance by leveraging common data.

]]> By: Leslie http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1499&cpage=1#comment-4458 Leslie Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:58:53 +0000 http://www.healthcaretownhall.com/?p=1499#comment-4458 There is a lot of information on this subject, and maybe even some misinformation. An interesting video at http://www.EHRtv.com can be seen here: http://www.ehrtv.com/interpro-solutions-inc-with-greenway-medical-technologies/ It discusses Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, and shows how far we've come - and yet how far there is left to go. -Leslie There is a lot of information on this subject, and maybe even some misinformation.

An interesting video at http://www.EHRtv.com can be seen here: http://www.ehrtv.com/interpro-solutions-inc-with-greenway-medical-technologies/

It discusses Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, and shows how far we’ve come – and yet how far there is left to go.

-Leslie

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