Archive for December 24th, 2007
Photo: National Christmas Trees and The White House, Happy Holidays
December 24th, 2007 | Popularity: 15% 0 comments | Leave a replyA CIO posts his medical record in 2 formats; Employer Best Practices for PHRs
December 24th, 2007 | Popularity: 20% 0 comments | Leave a replyPCHIT links for December 24th:
- Life as a Healthcare CIO: Standards for Personal Health Records – To prove a point about portability, John Halamka, MD, posts his medical record on his blog, in unstructured and structured formats.
- Health Privacy – Health Privacy 101 – HPP Releases Best Practices for Employers Offering PHRs. A good primer on PHR practices for employers.
First recorded spam; Physician Blogs; Enjoying culture of DC Neighborhoods; Empowering staff; LEAN definitions
December 24th, 2007 | Popularity: 44% 0 comments | Leave a replyDecember 24th:
- The etiquette of telecommunications | Getting the message, at last | Economist.com – The economist describes the first incident of spam, via telegraph.
- Are Suggestion ?Boxes? the Best Way to Go? | Lean Six Sigma Academy – Also interested in employee empowerment as much as patient empowerment. I should have installed one of these in my office before I went on sabbatical.
- Training Within Industry: Lean Jargon – Part III, Gemba (Genba), Genbutsu, Genjitsu – Catching up on my LEAN studies. Helpful guide to common LEAN terms. These are my favorites.
- Out of the shadow — Calman 19 (1): 170 — Health Affairs – Bearing witness to inequities for those we are trying to serve. I am having similar experiences in my work, and it has impact. Great article by Neil Calman, MD.
- Rising Popularity of Medical Blogs Raises Questions About Anonymity, Reliability – iHealthBeat – This is an important topic to me as a physician blogger. I do not blog about patient experiences except in the most general terms. At the same time, I think patients want to improve the system they get care in and we should (or I am) develop best practice
- Cultural Tourism DC – U Street Heritage Trail – Great map and walking tour of African American History. Perfect for the nation’s most walkable city
Disparities in clinical care – avoiding them in HIT; California CHC implementing an EHR
December 24th, 2007 | Popularity: 26% 0 comments | Leave a replyPCHIT links for December 19th through December 21st:
- RCHC Redwood Community Health Coalition chooses eClinicalWorks – A California Safety-Net system that is implementing an electronic health record.
- Racial Profiling: The Unintended Consequences of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Report Cards — Werner et al. 111 (10): 1257 — Circulation – I am starting to dig a little into disparities research. The authors point out that the benefit of CABG is the same for diverse populations, yet the performance is not the same. Should we think of HIT in a similar way? I am worried about profiling in the
- How Do Physicians Use the Internet for Work-Related Activities? – iHealthBeat – 39 % say they e-mail online with patients, 20% in 2005, with NCI estimate at 10%.
