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Comment on Speaking of healthcare data, is Microsoft the elephant in the room? by Jerry Fahrni

Jerry Fahrni — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:43:16 +0000

That’s fantastic information, thanks Heather. I played with the search and prescribe for a big, very nice. It just makes me more confident that Microsoft will be a major player sooner rather than later. I think they need another pharmacist on that development team, and I think I might know one. ;-)

As usual, the information you share with me is awesome.
Jerry

Comment on Speaking of healthcare data, is Microsoft the elephant in the room? by Heather Leslie

Heather Leslie — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:20:29 +0000

Hi Jerry,
There is also the partnership between the UK’s NHS and Microsoft for NHS branded Office suite and initiation of the NHS Common User Interface work a number of years ago to develop a common look and feel for NHS clinical applications – http://bit.ly/cgPcSm.
Also note the non-NHS Microsoft Health Common User Interface – design guidance and toolkit controls for developers – http://bit.ly/ddd3cg. The latest work involved display for medication administration and ’search & prescribe’. The design docs I’ve see have been very good.
Regards
Heather

Comment on BCMA Implementation checklist and lessons learned by Jerry Fahrni

Jerry Fahrni — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:36:59 +0000

Thanks for the kind words, Mark. It was my pleasure. One thing I’ve learned in the short time I’ve been doing this is that information is hard to come by. I believe in sharing ever piece of information I have. Only then can I expect others to do the same. And let’s face it, there’s always someone out there smarter and those are the people I want to hear from. Take care.

Comment on BCMA Implementation checklist and lessons learned by MARK NEUENSCHWNADER

MARK NEUENSCHWNADER — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:09:52 +0000

Thanks for taking the time to share your insights. Not only do many of use believe that BCMA is the right thing to do, we believe it is equally important that it be done right. Your lessons learned and insights shared will contribute to this end.
Again, thanks for taking the trouble to share so that others can learn.

Comment on BCMA Implementation checklist and lessons learned by Jerry Fahrni

Jerry Fahrni — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:22:33 +0000

Hey pillguy, I wondered if you were still breathing! Sure, feel free to put them/move them where ever you like.

Comment on BCMA Implementation checklist and lessons learned by Jerry Fahrni

Jerry Fahrni — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:17:33 +0000

Thanks, Carla. Appreciate the feedback.

Whitepaper? Sure, sounds like a good idea.

Comment on BCMA Implementation checklist and lessons learned by pillguy

pillguy — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:46:58 +0000

Jerry would you mind if I post these in the Informatics Handbook at rxinformatics.com? It is supposed to be more of a reference. Very nice list. We scanned everything 3 times LOL.

Comment on BCMA Implementation checklist and lessons learned by carlac

carlac — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:40:29 +0000

So many good ideas, Jerry! Here’s one of my favorites (besides the one to barcode everything in the pharmacy using Talyst!)

Have a good downtime plan including a way to generate a paper MAR that isn’t too far out of date. We print a MAR to a holding queue every 60 minutes. Each time the MAR is generated it overrights the previously stored version. If the system goes down we can print the MARs from the holding queue and the oldest they can be is 60 minutes.

This is a really good idea! Thanks for sharing – whitepaper?

Comment on What we need is a system-neutral data structure for healthcare by Jerry Fahrni

Jerry Fahrni — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:49:14 +0000

Hi Col,

You bring up some interesting points. I am not well versed in the idea of “open source”, but do agree that standards are influenced by vendor and personal bias. As I mentioned in my reply to Heather, the large technology based consumer software companies like Microsoft and Google will eventually play a role in formats used to control the flow of data. For all intents and purposes Google is currently the biggest influence on the world in which I would like to see healthcare move; the internet.

I find the state of healthcare data, in the US anyway, in a ridiculous state of disarray. Maybe you and Heather are correct in your opinions that a grassroots approach is the way to go. Traditionally industry opinion is swayed by users of the product. I certainly don’t want to be talking about the same thing in 10 years.

Thanks for stopping by,
Jerry

Comment on What we need is a system-neutral data structure for healthcare by Jerry Fahrni

Jerry Fahrni — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:37:29 +0000

Hey Heather,

Sometimes, in typical American fashion, I forget to look outside the US for cutting edge thinking; something of which you certainly have plenty of. I’ve been a pharmacist for more than a decade now, but am relatively new to the HIT game. The lack of standardization of healthcare data in the United States never ceases to amaze me. Banks, grocery stores and even libraries do a better job of standardizing and tracking information than we do.

I always assumed that the driving force in the US would be a commercial entity like Microsoft or Google forcing the rest of the children to conform or die. I like the idea of consumers and clinicians pushing for change, but I definitely think we can lean of the commercial groups as a source of technology development; they tend to have more money and resources.

As always, you’ve provided some welcome enlightenment. Take care.