Comments on: Research Explains Why EHRs Won’t Achieve “Meaningful Use” http://blog.srssoft.com/2009/12/research-explains-why-ehrs-won%e2%80%99t-achieve-%e2%80%9cmeaningful-use%e2%80%9d/ From Evan Steele, CEO SRSsoft Wed, 08 Sep 2010 11:45:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Nick Orlowski http://blog.srssoft.com/2009/12/research-explains-why-ehrs-won%e2%80%99t-achieve-%e2%80%9cmeaningful-use%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3120 Nick Orlowski Fri, 25 Dec 2009 07:22:27 +0000 http://blog.srssoft.com/?p=709#comment-3120 This research speaks directly to the experiences of my client. They are a small oncology practice in Western North Carolina and about two years ago tried an EMR product from one of the large vendors (I won't say which one). The efficiency of the office degraded so much that they were enthusiastic about switching back to paper. Their solution was to hire a programmer (me) to implement custom software that was 110% focused on their workflow. We realized that the failure point of a lot of EMR implementations were due to good salesmanship on the part of the vendor. I spend a good amount of time ghosting nurses and doctors, taking notes in order to build the best-fitting product possible. I especially like your term 'laser-focused approach' because that is exactly how I am tackling this problem. I am chronicling the insights, design decisions, failures and successes at my blog. This research speaks directly to the experiences of my client. They are a small oncology practice in Western North Carolina and about two years ago tried an EMR product from one of the large vendors (I won’t say which one). The efficiency of the office degraded so much that they were enthusiastic about switching back to paper.

Their solution was to hire a programmer (me) to implement custom software that was 110% focused on their workflow. We realized that the failure point of a lot of EMR implementations were due to good salesmanship on the part of the vendor. I spend a good amount of time ghosting nurses and doctors, taking notes in order to build the best-fitting product possible. I especially like your term ‘laser-focused approach’ because that is exactly how I am tackling this problem. I am chronicling the insights, design decisions, failures and successes at my blog.

]]> By: C Reusch @ Nassau Cardiology PC http://blog.srssoft.com/2009/12/research-explains-why-ehrs-won%e2%80%99t-achieve-%e2%80%9cmeaningful-use%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-2926 C Reusch @ Nassau Cardiology PC Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:34:17 +0000 http://blog.srssoft.com/?p=709#comment-2926 Your post makes many points that are not mentioned often enough in most EHR related articles-Hopefully those involved in the future development and regulation of EHRs take note and pay attention. Best wishes to you and the entire SRS staff for the holidays and New Year ! Your post makes many points that are not mentioned often enough in most EHR related articles-Hopefully those involved in the future development and regulation of EHRs take note and pay attention.
Best wishes to you and the entire SRS staff for the holidays and New Year !

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