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re: Electronic Health Records – Still not good enough Part 2

hlthblog — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:44:12 GMT

Mark,

Thanks for sharing. I agree that the way forward does require more heavy lifting from the intelligence of the devices we use--IBM Watson is indeed one such example.

Bill Crounse, MD

re: Electronic Health (Medical) Records – Still not good enough

hlthblog — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:54:19 GMT

David,

Thanks for your question. Microsoft does not develop or sell EMR solutions directly. We do work with literally hundreds of partners around the world who use our platform, applications, and solutions in developing the electronic medical record solutions they sell. There are many choices on the market. For a small physician office, I would recommend any one of the ONCHIT certified, likely cloud-based solutions that will meet the needs of the physicians you serve.

Bill Crounse, MD

re: Electronic Health (Medical) Records – Still not good enough

David Patterson — Wed, 15 May 2013 22:14:31 GMT

I own a small medical billingcompany in IL. Need an affordable EHR to market to the 1-6 physician market in preparation for 1/1/15 Obamacare ACO mandate. What do you have that I can sell under license?

re: Electronic Health Records – Still not good enough Part 2

Mark D — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:08:22 GMT

Dear Bill

Keep rolling your eyes. The barrier for entry is too high. I sat near a certain Steve Wozniak on a flight today and thought that he wouldn't be able to do what he did today. Very few companies have the breadth to do what is required. Microsoft will not (too busy with hardware?). Apple will not (too busy with design). Google will not (too busy with data).

But IBM, the company that gave Microsoft it's break, when it felt hardware was the way forward, might. The vision they put forward is compelling.

www-03.ibm.com/.../watson

Mark

re: Electronic Health (Medical) Records – Still not good enough

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re: How intelligent buildings and smart cars might lead to better health and healthcare

hlthblog — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:03:04 GMT

Joan,

Thanks for writing. I always welcome re-posts or syndication of HealthBlog content so long as the source and author remains very clear. I will also notify you of this in a separate e-mail.

Bill Crounse, MD

re: How intelligent buildings and smart cars might lead to better health and healthcare

hlthblog — Tue, 07 May 2013 16:00:55 GMT

Lee,

Thanks for sharing your comment. I agree this will be a major shift for providers. However, I also believe that most of the real-time monitoring and analysis of the longitudinal view will be done by machines, leaving clinicians time to focus on the n=1 of a more personalized, preventive healthcare system.

re: How intelligent buildings and smart cars might lead to better health and healthcare

Lee Kauffman — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:24:16 GMT

The use of this data would require providers to shift their focus from single data points to a longitudinal view of a patients stats. Even systems with CDS, evidence based medicine and best practices are not geared to dealing with this data for an individual. Healthcare providers will need to be trained and re-oriented on how to balance the data which effectively becomes a sample size of n=1 versus population based statistics. From my perspective this will be the most difficult aspect of the transition to personalized medicine.

re: How intelligent buildings and smart cars might lead to better health and healthcare

joan justice — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:03:44 GMT

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re: Enjoying Life on Sabbatical with Windows 8 Devices and Apps

hlthblog — Fri, 03 May 2013 13:50:43 GMT

Thanks for the kind words Vincent. I have missed all of you as well. Regarding Western Europe, I will be visiting in June as I swing through Sweden and Norway for the International Hospital Event being held in Oslo.

Bill Crounse, MD