EHR Cartoons – Fun Friday

Like to share with you a funny EHR related cartoon by John Lynn. I think you’ll enjoy :)

Using SDLC Methodology to Implement HIT

The implementation of HIT significantly alters technical, social, organizational, economic, cultural, and
political aspects of the work environment. Since healthcare is a very complex, highly dynamic and interactive
environment, an iterative software development/ implementation process like System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is one of the best suited approaches for successful implementation of HIT. This article from Leidos Health puts that as simple as it can be, enjoy!

Epic's Faulkner: Large customers not buying into health IT cloud

Over the last few months, it has been clear that health IT cloud vendors are becoming more viable choices for enough healthcare providers that the market will grow into a$50 billion global market by 2018. Vendors of all stripes are charging hard into the marketplace. Read more..

Hospital takes EHR heavyweight to court

A rural Montana hospital has filed suit against  NextGen Healthcare, alleging the company violated its contract by both failing to install an EHR system by the set deadline and not providing a system that meets 2014 federal meaningful use criteria. http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/hospital-takes-ehr-company-court?topic=,08,17

5 Things to Know About HL7 FHIR

A new term spreading (almost like fire) through the healthcare interoperability world is HL7 FHIR, pronounced as “fire.” Here are the Top 5 things I think you should know about this upcoming standard many hope will help solve many current issues in interoperability. Learn more

Why Do Healthcare IT Projects Fail?

It is not uncommon to read commentaries from healthcare thought leaders about healthcare IT projects that fail, either failing to meet objectives, failing to come in on time/on budget, or failing entirely. Within the provider community there seems to be an abundance of anecdotal stories of EHR and other technology failures. Some of these stories are perpetuated by the EHR software vendors themselves. Right after a practice has had a very promising demo from software vendor A, software vendor B comes in and says, righteously, “Oh, we just deinstalled system A in a practice. It was a disaster but now they are very happy.” Read more at: http://www.physicianspractice.com/blog/why-do-healthcare-it-projects-fail#sthash.goMCNFhi.dpuf

Cerner Forced To Pay Out Large Settlement To Customer

Cerner has struck a settlement agreement with one of its customers which will force the giant IT vendor to take significant charge against its fourth-quarter earnings.

The client, Trinity Medical Center of Minot, N.D., claimed last year that the patient accounting software sold by Cerner in 2008 was defective and didn’t deliver on the promised business benefits.

In the suit, the medical center asked for $240 million in damages, while Cerner only estimated damages of $4 million.  To settle the matter, the two parties agreed to go into arbitration, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Read more..