The following is our regularly scheduled roundup of tweets from yesterday’s #HITsm chat. You can also check out John’s blog post on yesterdays #HITsm topics.
Topic One: Costs vs benefits. Will high costs always be the #1 barrier cited to #healthIT adoption?
T1: Costs aren’t just $ setup costs, but also workflow disruption, learning curve #HITSM
— Gautam Jaggi (@GautamJaggi) June 28, 2013
T1: Costs an issue in Australia when GP HIT cost subsidised 90%+ adoption but also need education/training #hitsm
— georgemargelis (@georgemargelis) June 28, 2013
T1: User experience will also be barriers. Need better experiences for physicians and patients. #hitsm
— Jon Mertz (@jonmertz) June 28, 2013
A1 The costs will be multidimensional – due to optimization, human capital, industry forces #HITsm
— LeAnna J. Carey (@thehealthmaven) June 28, 2013
Topic Two: Why does ePrescribing have such widespread acceptance while #telehealth adoption is so low?
T2: ePrescribing is just sending Rx using different channel. #Telehealth involves 2-way dialog. #HITSM
— Gautam Jaggi (@GautamJaggi) June 28, 2013
T1 seems that smart decision makers see where costs are truly found to ultimately save time and $, so they lower barrier to adoption #HITsm
— Kitterman Marketing (@KittermanMG) June 28, 2013
T2: Telehealth = ATMs 50 yrs ago. Unthinkable customers could handle $ remotely. Many docs, like bank tellers, r threatened. #HITsm
— Gautam Jaggi (@GautamJaggi) June 28, 2013
T2: Will the results of national pilot test for bundled payments instead of Fee-for-Service by CMS give us the answer? #hitsm
— Anshu Jindal (@AnshuBJindal) June 28, 2013
Topic Three: #HIE as a noun or a verb? Does negative press for HIE organization$ hinder health data exchange as a whole?
T2: I never agreed w/ ATM analogy. HC has more & more complex transactions type than ATM – stamps and gold bars included. #HITsm
— Steve Sisko (@ShimCode) June 28, 2013
T3: Yes, HIE is a verb – think of it as a friendly “exchange”. HIE-dy ho, neighborino! 🙂 #hitsm
— Jarrod Sandel (@JarrodSandel) June 28, 2013
T3: OK, enough “gramma” debate. Do health orgs see #HIE bad biz models as reason to not work at exchanging data? #hitsm
— Chad Johnson (@OchoTex) June 28, 2013
t3: HIE Business model needs reimbursement change pay to share data built into professional fees and tied to accreditation #hitsm
— georgemargelis (@georgemargelis) June 28, 2013
#HITsm T4: Is #CommonWell just a bully in a fairy godmother costume?
T4: Groups, associations, lists, teams, all exclusive… meaning there are outsiders. #hitsm
— Chad Johnson (@OchoTex) June 28, 2013
T4: Read something about a push for REST and HL7 as the common standard that should serve everyone well? #HITsm
— Steve Sisko (@ShimCode) June 28, 2013
T4: Realistically, though, maybe widespread industry paradigm shift requires bullies, be they government, angry mobs, or #CommonWell #HITsm
— Mandi Bishop (@MandiBPro) June 28, 2013
Topic Five: Open forum: What #HealthIT topic had your attention this week?
T5: Continuing debate over how #HIT shd be regulated or not. #FDASIA #hitsm
— Stephanie Zaremba (@s_zaremba) June 28, 2013
T5: This graphic was an eye-opener to me, showing how well the U.S. is doing in EMR and HIE use: http://t.co/Zv0Kj56q12 #HITsm
— Chad Johnson (@OchoTex) June 28, 2013
T5: Silicon Valley VC thinks IT is only solution to healthcare issues arrogance ignorance or intelligence? http://t.co/kzyKsRcAjB #hitsm
— georgemargelis (@georgemargelis) June 28, 2013
