Excellent high level comments. Rick calls the notion of constant change the fluxus quo
That is definitely a good point. Any other notions? Specific issues that require deep understandings is what I am after. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 3:46 PM, David Whitten <whit...@worldvista.org> wrote: > > One thing that I find I have to repeat is an idea that Rick Marshall originally expressed: > > Health IT has to be constantly changing and being refined, because the field of Medicine is constantly changing and being refined. > > It is a very enchanting thought that you can create a software system for Health IT and stamp it "perfect" and then never have to re-visit that system again. It is very enchanting and wrong. Best Practices in Medicine constantly are being re-evaluated, and any computer system that supports medical practice and healthcare must be re-evaluated regularly as well. > > David > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 11:31 AM, fred trotter <fred.trot...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> One of the experiences that I have had, time and time again is that when I talk to doctors about Health IT, they have some basic Information Technology gaps in their education. They simply do not understand some of the fundamentals of Information Technology and have trouble even understanding what I am talking about when I talk about things like "structured data". >> >> Alternatively, "normal" IT people do not get some of the fundamental complexities of the healthcare delivery process that prevents them from understanding certain Health IT concepts. >> >> The kind of thing I find myself repeatedly explaining to doctors include "Why you need to include prescription data in a normalized way in the patient chart, rather than just writing in plaintext in a note" >> >> The kind of thing I find myself repeatedly explaining to IT people include "Why billing data cannot be relied upon for clinically accurate data mining" >> >> In your experience, what other things do you as Health IT people have to consistently explain to doctors and/or IT people about Health IT. I am looking for the kinds of things that you have explained at least three or four times. Perhaps you have explained them enough times that you have an impatient lecture that you have to give on the topic? >> >> Another way to ask the question is "If there were a FAQ for Health IT, what should go on it?" >> >> Thanks, >> -FT >> >> -- >> Fred Trotter >> http://www.fredtrotter.com >> >> -- >> http://groups.google.com/group/Hardhats >> To unsubscribe, send email to >> hardhats+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<hardhats%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > -- > http://groups.google.com/group/Hardhats > To unsubscribe, send email to > hardhats+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<hardhats%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> -- Fred Trotter http://www.fredtrotter.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
