This is why I love Apple

[TableFun]

I don't think we ever received any updates though.

 

[mrplunkey]

We whatever version we had was pretty dated. Wouldn't talk to icare, had to sign copies of notes once they got into centricity that I had already signed in icare. Bad templates. Ours was an EMR but not doing much to speed up efficiency.

double entry (bad/missing interfaces) + bad templates = death for an EMR

I'm personally skeptical of how we are doing EMR implementation anyway. Hospitals and Dr's offices are sucking them up right and left, but they all have radically different data models.

I should be able to hand my NextGen-based doctor's office a USB drive on my keyring and offload my personal medical record. Then, if I present in an ER 1,000 miles away, I should be able to hand them my drive and them upload me into Cerner, McKesson, IDX, etc. etc. Then when the episode is over, I should be able to update my drive and take it back to my Dr.'s office to upload the updated information.

The right answer would be to harmonize at least some aspects of the data models used and *then* push for mass adoption across hospitals and dr's offices. EMR's clearly have local benefits as well, but we're really missing big picture if we don't focus on portability from the start.

 

[wootoom]

holy shit lol

 

[Mr. dB]

double entry (bad/missing interfaces) + bad templates = death for an EMR

I'm personally skeptical of how we are doing EMR implementation anyway. Hospitals and Dr's offices are sucking them up right and left, but they all have radically different data models.

I should be able to hand my NextGen-based doctor's office a USB drive on my keyring and offload my personal medical record. Then, if I present in an ER 1,000 miles away, I should be able to hand them my drive and them upload me into Cerner, McKesson, IDX, etc. etc. Then when the episode is over, I should be able to update my drive and take it back to my Dr.'s office to upload the updated information.

The right answer would be to harmonize at least some aspects of the data models used and *then* push for mass adoption across hospitals and dr's offices. EMR's clearly have local benefits as well, but we're really missing big picture if we don't focus on portability from the start.

If Steve Jobs had got into EMR technology, these features would be ancient history by now.

 

[mrplunkey]

If Steve Jobs had got into EMR technology, these features would be ancient history by now.

Microsoft and GE tried to cut a deal around 2003 but Scott McNealy (CEO of Sun Microsystems & GE board member) cut it off at the knees.

 

[miplank]

I have a Verizon iPhone and had it insured up until I shattered my screen. I sent it I to the company. They made me pay a 200 dollar deductible and then sent me a refurbished phone. Bullshit

Yeah, they tried to sell me that insurance for our iphones too. I asked them all what it covered and what the deduct. was and then laughed and told them no way.


Should've taken it to apple and got a new one for free, sucker.

 

[TableFun]

If Steve Jobs had got into EMR technology, these features would be ancient history by now.

I always wonder what my pager would look like if it were designed by Steve.

 

[pdaddyII]

Lol we recently switched from GE's centricity to EPIC.

We're starting EPIC in a couple weeks actually.

 

[pdaddyII]

Yeah, they tried to sell me that insurance for our iphones too. I asked them all what it covered and what the deduct. was and then laughed and told them no way.


Should've taken it to apple and got a new one for free, sucker.

I did take it to Apple, first thing I did actually. They told me it would cost them 175.00 to fix it. I figured I would pony up the quarter and get a new phone. I didn't know it would be refurbished until I got it in the mail. Their customer service is obsolete. They rank an 'F' on BBB.

 

[cindylou]

Guess I lucked out. I had my iphone4 for 18 days before I lost it. My insurance was asurion. I paid 160 dollar deductible and got a new phone the day after my claim was processed and it wasn't refurbished.