Knowledge Rocks! » EMR http://www.joelalleyne.net Musings, thoughts and opinions on Info Tech (IT), Info Management (IM) and Knowledge Management (KM) Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:19:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Will Inter-Professional Care (IPC) take root? http://www.joelalleyne.net/2009/05/28/will-inter-professional-care-ipc-take-root/ http://www.joelalleyne.net/2009/05/28/will-inter-professional-care-ipc-take-root/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 12:40:36 +0000 Joel Alleyne http://www.joelalleyne.net/?p=103 In an article related to the Digital Health counterpoint in Business Week, the role of physicians and their status is examined [Doctors' Pride: A Hurdle to Digital Medicine -- A forerunner in New England found that some physicians would sooner cut ties than see their elite status threatened].

It seems that a number of physicians in this health network were not keen on the new egalitarian roles presented by the hospital network. Physician roles (indeed all health provider roles) are key to any successful integration across the system. It is not sufficient to mandate integration in IPC.

]]> http://www.joelalleyne.net/2009/05/28/will-inter-professional-care-ipc-take-root/feed/ 0 The Other Side of Digital Health http://www.joelalleyne.net/2009/05/28/the-other-side-of-digital-health/ http://www.joelalleyne.net/2009/05/28/the-other-side-of-digital-health/#comments Thu, 28 May 2009 12:21:11 +0000 Joel Alleyne http://www.joelalleyne.net/?p=100 Business Week publiched an article challenging the broad asumptions concerning the benefits of digital health initiatives. It is worth reading along with the sidebar article highlighting Newt Gingrich’s Health-Care Mission.

In a nutshell, this article provides links to research and cases where the promise of electronic health has not been realized. It is always good to see the other side.

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