There were a number of really great articles on EHR and EMR this week that I didn’t get a chance to blog on. If you’re interested in doing some weekend reading consider checking these articles out.
Chris Thorman, who blogs about electronic medical records at Software Advice, wrote a fascinating blog post on the possible use of Twitter as a way of tracking the causes, distribution and control of disease in different populations. I also loved the title which was “Twitter: Growing Virally But Can it Stop Viruses?”
David Goldman from CNN Money wrote a great summary article on the current state of Electronic Health Records, highlighting many of the obvious challenges with reaching the goals set by the Obama administration. The article grabs you right away by beginning with: “Getting an electronic health record system in place by 2014? Tough. Getting hospitals to pay millions now for systems that comply with unknown standards and implement them by October 2010? Yikes!”
Finally Infoworld writer, Jennifer Kavur, wrote an instructive article on the arduous patch to Electronic Health Records that is taking place in Canada. Canada is well behind much of the developed world when it comes EHR implementation, as we are here in the US. Reading the article may shed additional light on what we may be facing.
If you’re in the US – enjoy the parades and the fireworks!
