Comments on: Kaiser has aches, pains going digital http://emradvice.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/kaiser-has-aches-pains-going-digital/ EMR industry news for Small Practitioners Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:47:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: blog.fixkp.org » Blog Archive » HealthConnect seeks federal disaster relief. http://emradvice.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/kaiser-has-aches-pains-going-digital/#comment-495 blog.fixkp.org » Blog Archive » HealthConnect seeks federal disaster relief. Fri, 04 Jan 2008 08:51:33 +0000 http://emradvice.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/kaiser-has-aches-pains-going-digital/#comment-495 [...] has been fleeing from HealthConnect since my email last year. With blistering exposés from the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal, there’s a lot of incentive to allude to an endorsement from the [...] [...] has been fleeing from HealthConnect since my email last year. With blistering exposés from the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal, there’s a lot of incentive to allude to an endorsement from the [...]

]]> By: FixKP: the unofficial Kaiser Permanente blog at blog.fixkp.org » HealthConnect seeks federal disaster relief. http://emradvice.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/kaiser-has-aches-pains-going-digital/#comment-494 FixKP: the unofficial Kaiser Permanente blog at blog.fixkp.org » HealthConnect seeks federal disaster relief. Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:26:02 +0000 http://emradvice.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/kaiser-has-aches-pains-going-digital/#comment-494 [...] has been fleeing from HealthConnect since my email last year. With blistering exposés from the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal, there’s a lot of incentive to allude to an endorsement from the [...] [...] has been fleeing from HealthConnect since my email last year. With blistering exposés from the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal, there’s a lot of incentive to allude to an endorsement from the [...]

]]> By: justen :: Epic: In for a penny, in for a pound? http://emradvice.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/kaiser-has-aches-pains-going-digital/#comment-493 justen :: Epic: In for a penny, in for a pound? Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:52:28 +0000 http://emradvice.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/kaiser-has-aches-pains-going-digital/#comment-493 [...] on the project (according to Kaiser Permanente: $3.2 billion; according to the Los Angeles: Times, $4 billion). Five of our nearly forty medical centers are now live, which, at this rate, means they’re [...] [...] on the project (according to Kaiser Permanente: $3.2 billion; according to the Los Angeles: Times, $4 billion). Five of our nearly forty medical centers are now live, which, at this rate, means they’re [...]

]]> By: Prakash http://emradvice.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/kaiser-has-aches-pains-going-digital/#comment-121 Prakash Thu, 22 Feb 2007 20:52:37 +0000 http://emradvice.wordpress.com/2007/02/15/kaiser-has-aches-pains-going-digital/#comment-121 My humble opinion is that what we are seeing here is due to a lack of proper planning of the implementation phase. There are a lot of EMR products that use out-dated programming technology resulting in poor software flexibility and customization capabilities. Source systems such as laboratory, pharmacy, radiology have only recently permitted integration via HL7 interfaces with physician offices resulting in alot of ambiquities. The lack of Lack of proper integration standards such as HL7 messaging standards and EDI can cause a lot of unfavourable results. I do not think whats happening at Kaiser is something thats going to put a dampner into the wide spread EMR implementation initiative. Instead I feel it will open the doors for more dialog with prospective vendors to ensure that the patient life is of paramount importance and the quality of service is improved. My humble opinion is that what we are seeing here is due to a lack of proper planning of the implementation phase.

There are a lot of EMR products that use out-dated programming technology resulting in poor software flexibility and customization capabilities. Source systems such as laboratory, pharmacy, radiology have only recently permitted integration via HL7 interfaces with physician offices resulting in alot of ambiquities.
The lack of Lack of proper integration standards such as HL7 messaging standards and EDI can cause a lot of unfavourable results.

I do not think whats happening at Kaiser is something thats going to put a dampner into the wide spread EMR implementation initiative. Instead I feel it will open the doors for more dialog with prospective vendors to ensure that the patient life is of paramount importance and the quality of service is improved.

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