Medsphere feels the wind at its back at HIMSS

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I might have mentioned

That I feel two of the most important challenges in HIT is to be
open for all platforms from day one and to be able to keep up
with changes in technology.

As to the first challenge, I use a Mac (an old PB) and keep
copies of all my imaging (from x-rays to a PET/CT scan) on it.
The doc who cut out my parotid gland was very appreciative to
be able to see the actual PET/CT images in addition to the
radiologist's report. As for the VA system, I can access it on a
Mac to reorder meds and check on appointments, but don't
have access to my lab reports.

As for the second challenge, I have an iPhone and I seem to
remember Google getting into this field. Not only should we
be able to access our electrnoic records via computers, we
should also be able to use the hand held computers to access
and/or hold our data.

A good example of a patient focusing on data is the lab reports
for my wife when she got a Dx of acute leukemia. We have
paper copies of the reports (sometimes prepared daily) and it
would be nice to be able to have them sent in a CSV format (or
other viable format) so we could have graphed various results.
It might seem odd, that, but cancer patients tend to get
involved in their condition and treatment. In my wife's case,
her brother is a Medical Scientist and I was faxing copies of the
reports to him every day at times.

I firmly believe that the consumer/patient level is a critical level
for success in Health IT., Consumers have computers and hand
held devices that can capture, store, display and calculate their
medical information. Consumer/patients are currently a link
between doctors/clinics/hospitals and are sometimes the only
electronic link.

Making HIT open is critical and excluding the consumer is a
sign of failure.

Posted by: Ken_z   Posted on: 04/06/09 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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