tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post5764163795675986157..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Open Letter to President Barack Obama on Healthcare Information Technology: The "We're Right" Wing vs. The "Left Out" WingRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-86553692533901928342010-09-21T11:20:40.590-04:002010-09-21T11:20:40.590-04:00We need IT advancements in medicine if only to hel...<i>We need IT advancements in medicine if only to help streamline EMRs within the medicinal community.</i><br /><br />While I agree we need IT advancements in medicine (most notably centering on <b>human factors improvement, computational linguistics, rational thinking about what really needs to be digitized, and other mission-friendly adaptations</b>, not on technology), that is a weak excuse InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-17690215710001019072010-09-21T10:02:08.080-04:002010-09-21T10:02:08.080-04:00We need IT advancements in medicine if only to hel...We need IT advancements in medicine if only to help streamline EMRs within the medicinal community. The <a href="http://www.drfirst.com/" rel="nofollow">hitech act</a> ensures the privacy and security of those involved in the process, a major concern of those who were on the fence about Eperscribing. DrFirst is an excellent example of a company using technology to streamline medicine. Check Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-37551693726994701972008-12-10T22:21:00.000-05:002008-12-10T22:21:00.000-05:00That's a very good analysis. Did you know you can ...That's a very good analysis. Did you know you can post this sort of thing at Obama's website change.gov? Click on the "tell us your story" button and submit it. Maybe they'll listen. Maybe.Sydneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17038514318463662024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-65371778407252829922008-12-10T13:56:00.000-05:002008-12-10T13:56:00.000-05:00blog wrote:In that same spirit, I would ask you to...blog wrote:<BR/><BR/><I>In that same spirit, I would ask you to re-evaluate the allusions you appeared to make early in the letter to government-run healthcare.</I><BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comment. Actually, I'm close to centrist (see "Political Map of Pharmaceutical Bloggers" <A HREF="http://scientific-misconduct.blogspot.com/2008/02/updated-political-map-of-pharmaceutical.html" REL="nofollow">InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-48458548096921080502008-12-10T13:37:00.000-05:002008-12-10T13:37:00.000-05:00I'm very sympathetic to your critique of the "indu...I'm very sympathetic to your critique of the "industrialists". The real world is uncertain, and the scientific method requires us to always suspect our own beliefs and evidence-supported assertions. Anyone who treats empirical matters as religion is bound to falter.<BR/><BR/>In that same spirit, I would ask you to re-evaluate the allusions you appeared to make early in the letter to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-90745025880631007432008-12-08T20:01:00.000-05:002008-12-08T20:01:00.000-05:00clearly, clinicians should be at the center of des...<I>clearly, clinicians should be at the center of designing it.</I><BR/><BR/>Yet many if not most IT personnel would not see this as clear at all. <BR/><BR/>Certainly, the issue of clinician leadership of health informatics initiatives is undecided. The chief of staff of the hospital where I trained recently opined that it is "not a sine qua non" that a physician should lead clinical informaticsInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-58439700030063136672008-12-08T13:09:00.000-05:002008-12-08T13:09:00.000-05:00Everything you say here sounds very logical. Clear...Everything you say here sounds very logical. Clearly, there is a huge difference between using IT in an office and using IT in an ER.<BR/><BR/>Healthcare is not like other industires is so very many ways . . . and, clearly, clinicians should be at the center of designing it. <BR/><BR/>I know only a little about Health IT so please excuse a few naive questions:<BR/><BR/>I am under the impression Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com