Comments on: EMR Vendors on HITECH – Part Three of a Series http://www.histalkpractice.com/2009/03/19/emr-vendors-on-hitech-part-three-of-a-series/ Physician practice and systems news and opinion Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:34:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Evan Steele, CEO SRSsoft http://www.histalkpractice.com/2009/03/19/emr-vendors-on-hitech-part-three-of-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Evan Steele, CEO SRSsoft Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:23:02 +0000 http://www.histalkpractice.com/2009/03/19/emr-vendors-on-hitech-part-three-of-a-series/#comment-153 "Bignurse", thank you for your posting a link to the HIMSS study. In fairness, the practices analyzed in that study were winners in a competition organized by HIMSS - an organization heavily supported by EMR vendors. In order to qualify, any landmark study should meet this "smell test": (i) the study is either large in scale or by an unbiased venerable, nationally recognized institution; (ii) the study is not vendor funded; and (iii) the study must specifically address physician productivity (i.e., not demonstrate benefits accruing only to other industry stakeholders). “Bignurse”, thank you for your posting a link to the HIMSS study.

In fairness, the practices analyzed in that study were winners in a competition organized by HIMSS – an organization heavily supported by EMR vendors.

In order to qualify, any landmark study should meet this “smell test”: (i) the study is either large in scale or by an unbiased venerable, nationally recognized institution; (ii) the study is not vendor funded; and (iii) the study must specifically address physician productivity (i.e., not demonstrate benefits accruing only to other industry stakeholders).

]]> By: Bignurse http://www.histalkpractice.com/2009/03/19/emr-vendors-on-hitech-part-three-of-a-series/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Bignurse Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:06:33 +0000 http://www.histalkpractice.com/2009/03/19/emr-vendors-on-hitech-part-three-of-a-series/#comment-151 Re: Evan Steele's discussion of ROI gained from organizations using “'government'” EMRs (traditional, CCHIT-style EMRs)", see the HIMSS website. A report of the ROI achieved by four Davies Award-winning community health organizations is presented at http://www.himss.org/davies/docs/2009DaviesCHO_ROI_FactSheet.pdf. Granted, this is not a study per se, but a compilation of actual ROI achieved as a result of "meaningful" EMR implementation. Re: Evan Steele’s discussion of ROI gained from organizations using “’government’” EMRs (traditional, CCHIT-style EMRs)”, see the HIMSS website. A report of the ROI achieved by four Davies Award-winning community health organizations is presented at http://www.himss.org/davies/docs/2009DaviesCHO_ROI_FactSheet.pdf. Granted, this is not a study per se, but a compilation of actual ROI achieved as a result of “meaningful” EMR implementation.

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