tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525603577846082493.post7695250014142607741..comments2012-11-11T09:33:51.862-05:00Comments on Health Information Exchange: AHRQ Web M&M on Electronic Health RecordsBen Littenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06057049894764818725noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525603577846082493.post-35660174185157738372008-10-12T12:40:00.000-04:002008-10-12T12:40:00.000-04:00Simple applications like a shared problem list, or...Simple applications like a shared problem list, or a shared medication list, are orders of magnitude easier to implement than a full service EHR and would get us a lot of the potential value of the EHR in the short run.<BR/><BR/>Likewise, decision support based on laboratory values from all sources (a la Vermedx) would have alerted the PCP in the Web M&M case that continuing to push the hypoglycemic agents is a bad idea.<BR/><BR/>What bothers me is that we often hold off on implementing a good narrow solution to a problem like diabetes decision support, or shared problem lists, because they don't also optimize billing, improve scheduling, and reduce the hospital's overhead. Maybe the perfect EHR will do all those things (maybe not), but it can't do them yet. Meanwhile, the perfect kills the good.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your comment.<BR/><BR/>BenBen Littenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06057049894764818725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6525603577846082493.post-36346981358989824762008-10-11T21:41:00.000-04:002008-10-11T21:41:00.000-04:00You said "I feel there is plenty of room for speci...You said "I feel there is plenty of room for specific focused solutions to the problems of communicating with us primary care physicians" What are your suggestions past CC-ing notes to <BR/>PCPs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com