April 30, 2012 Joe Bormel, M.D.
Of late, there has been a loud resurgence of the collective physician voice on the topic of healthcare IT mandates.
In effect it is saying, “too much, too fast, with insufficient regard to sustainability, incentives and penalties.” The recent CMS announcement to delay ICD-10 by one year adds credence to this position. Let's break that down into further detail.
March 9, 2012 Joe Bormel, M.D.
One of our most important considerations in acceptance and usability is to provide the flexibility users need to customize the system to meet their unique demands and organizational policies. To accomplish this goal, we often depend on those users to guide us in creating the functionality they feel is important to derive the greatest benefit for their hospitals and patients.
February 27, 2012
During the past 18 months or so, I have talked with many hospital CIOs and HIM professionals. I’ve been impressed with how so many organizations have accepted the transition to ICD-10, and have had plans to do so in place for some time. My impression is that hospitals are moving right along toward meeting the transition’s October 2013 deadline. And according to the surveys I’ve read, most feel they will make it. But now, CMS may move that deadline out, which has the potential to severely complicate training and implementation cycles. There was a lot of buzz about a delay at HIMSS last week, and that is the topic of my blog.
January 24, 2012 Joe Bormel MD, MPH
The final installment of this three-part series examines the provider organizational process issues of medication reconciliation. By incorporating elements from a presentation by Vickie Kamataris, this post gives providers a path to maximize their use of technology.
December 29, 2011 Joe Bormel, M.D.
Truly advanced computers will be needed in order to help patient care organizations advance to the next levels in physician documentation and management of the ICD-10 coding system.
November 10, 2011
My conclusions, based on what I learned at AMIA and captured in the list of assumptions, are there exist several concrete and useful ways to approach medication reconciliation that are not in common practice today:
November 4, 2011
Last week, I attended the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) conference in Washington, DC. This conference is the largest U.S. gathering of practitioners, researchers, academics, and government/policy professionals working in informatics.
October 19, 2011
I’m here to share a few of the major messages that resonated during this convention. So without further ado, here are my notes, grouped by subject area. I'll try to share the names of the presenters where I can, since the presentations and audio are available to AHIMA members.
October 10, 2011
Mark Hagland asked me if I would blog about the passing of Steve Jobs and how his genius relates to us working in HCIT. I’m both pleased and honored to do so. Here are my thoughts.
October 1, 2011
The 83rd annual convention of AHIMA is getting underway as I write this, and with it HIM is at the center of the biggest regulatory reforms in most of our careers, ARRA/MU and ICD-10.
