Comments on: What’s The Best EHR Technology For Your Practice? http://www.physiciansnews.com/2010/03/08/what%e2%80%99s-the-best-ehr-technology-for-your-practice/ Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:13:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: eMedicalOffice http://www.physiciansnews.com/2010/03/08/what%e2%80%99s-the-best-ehr-technology-for-your-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-1310 eMedicalOffice Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:43:49 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=3071#comment-1310 What I would like to know is - How is the Patient Confidentiality protected through centralizing the patient records? Does that mean that any doctor with access to EMR or EHR software will be able to look at any persons medical records? What if I don't want a family friend doctor to know what my health issues are ? Is there a plan for that ? Thanks What I would like to know is – How is the Patient Confidentiality protected through centralizing the patient records?

Does that mean that any doctor with access to EMR or EHR software will be able to look at any persons medical records?

What if I don’t want a family friend doctor to know what my health issues are ?

Is there a plan for that ?

Thanks

]]> By: John Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2010/03/08/what%e2%80%99s-the-best-ehr-technology-for-your-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-1307 John Johnson Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:03:55 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=3071#comment-1307 A few things were left out of the C/S model vs SaaS. First, as the EMR software gets enhanced through updates and version releases, it will also require hardware and software(O/S, db, etc.)upgrades and that capital expense(incl. labor) needs to be figures into the C/S cost structure. With a SaaS model, it is already included in the cost structure. Second, very few health care organizations invest in the redundancy of the on-site infrastructure so when a fan or power supply quits, the server is down. With a SaaS model, most data center operations have extensive redundancy so that uptime is around 99.99% all the time. Third, the telecommunications issues are the same for both C/S and SaaS. If you have multiple locations that need to access the PM/EMR, solid telecommunication lines are necessary from a reliable company. Fourth, typically the biggest headache for a health care practice is the IT labor that is responsible for the upgrades, maintenance, etc. All of that is already covered for the server and storage in the SaaS model. A few things were left out of the C/S model vs SaaS. First, as the EMR software gets enhanced through updates and version releases, it will also require hardware and software(O/S, db, etc.)upgrades and that capital expense(incl. labor) needs to be figures into the C/S cost structure. With a SaaS model, it is already included in the cost structure. Second, very few health care organizations invest in the redundancy of the on-site infrastructure so when a fan or power supply quits, the server is down. With a SaaS model, most data center operations have extensive redundancy so that uptime is around 99.99% all the time. Third, the telecommunications issues are the same for both C/S and SaaS. If you have multiple locations that need to access the PM/EMR, solid telecommunication lines are necessary from a reliable company. Fourth, typically the biggest headache for a health care practice is the IT labor that is responsible for the upgrades, maintenance, etc. All of that is already covered for the server and storage in the SaaS model.

]]> By: Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson http://www.physiciansnews.com/2010/03/08/what%e2%80%99s-the-best-ehr-technology-for-your-practice/comment-page-1/#comment-1303 Jeremy Engdahl-Johnson Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:12:05 +0000 http://www.physiciansnews.com/?p=3071#comment-1303 Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there's more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system? Federal funding may be encouraging a move toward EHR, but there’s more to it than just installing systems. How can healthcare data pooling lead to a better system?

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