tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post2136369419740224748..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: More Perversity on Health IT Risks, and ... EHR Sense from Nurses on "Nurse Talk", a Syndicated Radio ShowRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-53718794074504548412014-01-20T00:33:24.861-05:002014-01-20T00:33:24.861-05:00Our EHR "IPOC" section gives options ab...Our EHR "IPOC" section gives options about whether the patient:<br />1. Smokes<br />2. Wants to quit<br />3. Has made attempts to quit<br />4. Has no desire to quit<br />5. Quit and resumed smoking<br /><br />It has NO option for "patient does not or has never smoked"<br /><br />If this is part of capturing meaningful use it is biased.<br />It forces the user to choose the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-79728450983655473132013-07-08T12:59:18.129-04:002013-07-08T12:59:18.129-04:00I just want to point out that the oft quoted IOM e...I just want to point out that the oft quoted IOM estimate of the # of preventable hospital deaths has long since by shown to be a not-so-simple math error. People should stop quoting this erroneous "evidence." See Hayward RA et al JAMA 2001 & HSR 2007.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-80601142202190196402013-07-06T11:15:55.411-04:002013-07-06T11:15:55.411-04:00Anonymous July 5, 2013 at 4:39:00 PM EDT writes:
...Anonymous July 5, 2013 at 4:39:00 PM EDT writes:<br /><br /><i>My neighbor just told me today that her EHR has her as a 50 yr. smoker. Of course she is not and is horrified that it says so. That is going to be a pain in the arse- time consuming chore to get deleted from the record.... If ever.</i><br /><br />Many employers will no longer hire smokers. Health insurance companies will also considerInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-68915504357653010502013-07-05T16:39:51.646-04:002013-07-05T16:39:51.646-04:00My neighbor just told me today that her EHR has he...My neighbor just told me today that her EHR has her as a 50 yr. smoker. Of course she is not and is horrified that it says so. That is going to be a pain in the arse- time consuming chore to get deleted from the record.... If ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-43748359977580807592013-07-05T16:28:27.926-04:002013-07-05T16:28:27.926-04:00About the talk interview, i found the conduct in t...About the talk interview, i found the conduct in the description of how the Cerner employee guides the nurses on what to document, or not, to be appalling. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com