Comments on: Interesting NYTimes Article on EMRs http://sci.chrismcculloh.com/2009/04/08/interesting-nytimes-article-on-emrs/ My story and random thoughts while dealing with a C6-C7 subluxation... Wed, 19 May 2010 03:35:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: chris http://sci.chrismcculloh.com/2009/04/08/interesting-nytimes-article-on-emrs/comment-page-1/#comment-195 chris Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:46:07 +0000 http://sci.chrismcculloh.com/?p=136#comment-195 I did catch it, and I thought it was very well put together. Last year ABC aired a mini-series called Hopkins, which followed several docs at Johns Hopkins. I thought the Nova airing was much more entertaining and also much more human in their portrayal of the people in question. Although I haven't yet been through the process myself, it seemed a lot more in line with what I've learned from those who've gone before me. I did catch it, and I thought it was very well put together. Last year ABC aired a mini-series called Hopkins, which followed several docs at Johns Hopkins. I thought the Nova airing was much more entertaining and also much more human in their portrayal of the people in question. Although I haven’t yet been through the process myself, it seemed a lot more in line with what I’ve learned from those who’ve gone before me.

]]> By: e-Patient Dave (deBronkart) http://sci.chrismcculloh.com/2009/04/08/interesting-nytimes-article-on-emrs/comment-page-1/#comment-192 e-Patient Dave (deBronkart) Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:25:41 +0000 http://sci.chrismcculloh.com/?p=136#comment-192 btw, don't know if you caught it, but Nova just started a two-part series called Doctor's Diaries. They followed 7 students through medical school in 1987; that was recapped in part 1, which is at http://twurl.nl/twnci4. Next Tuesday is part 2, where they see what's happened in the 21 years since then. Part 1 was very good for me - helped me fortify my already-pretty-good empathy for docs. btw, don’t know if you caught it, but Nova just started a two-part series called Doctor’s Diaries. They followed 7 students through medical school in 1987; that was recapped in part 1, which is at http://twurl.nl/twnci4.

Next Tuesday is part 2, where they see what’s happened in the 21 years since then.

Part 1 was very good for me – helped me fortify my already-pretty-good empathy for docs.

]]> By: e-Patient Dave (deBronkart) http://sci.chrismcculloh.com/2009/04/08/interesting-nytimes-article-on-emrs/comment-page-1/#comment-191 e-Patient Dave (deBronkart) Thu, 09 Apr 2009 03:23:07 +0000 http://sci.chrismcculloh.com/?p=136#comment-191 That's a superb essay, Chris. You hit a bunch of nails on the head that are quite current today. A week ago on the e-patient blog <a href="http://e-patients.net/archives/2009/04/imagine-if-someone-had-been-managing-your-data-and-then-you-looked.html" rel="nofollow">I wrote</a> about what happened when I tried to move my data from my hospital's "PatientSite" system into Google Health, using the interface that had been much publicized a year earlier. The results were a farce, almost a scandal honestly, and have produced 70 comments and many linkbacks from other blogs, including most notably tonight from <a href="http://adambosworth.net/2009/04/08/a-wonderful-post/" rel="nofollow">Adam Bosworth</a>, who was a father of Google Health and this other thing called XML. One of the things revealed in this discussion is the severe consequences when the data model on one side of a transfer doesn't match up with the data model on the other side. I'm sure you know all about that. The other dirty secret that's coming to light is that a lot of EMRs are not actually medical records, they're just billing systems, and the data in them is often entered by billing clerks who know nothing about you medically. That's what happened in my case and the results were pretty astonishing. So yeah, what you said. Right. Keep in touch in the next few years. :) That’s a superb essay, Chris. You hit a bunch of nails on the head that are quite current today.

A week ago on the e-patient blog I wrote about what happened when I tried to move my data from my hospital’s “PatientSite” system into Google Health, using the interface that had been much publicized a year earlier. The results were a farce, almost a scandal honestly, and have produced 70 comments and many linkbacks from other blogs, including most notably tonight from Adam Bosworth, who was a father of Google Health and this other thing called XML.

One of the things revealed in this discussion is the severe consequences when the data model on one side of a transfer doesn’t match up with the data model on the other side. I’m sure you know all about that. The other dirty secret that’s coming to light is that a lot of EMRs are not actually medical records, they’re just billing systems, and the data in them is often entered by billing clerks who know nothing about you medically.

That’s what happened in my case and the results were pretty astonishing.

So yeah, what you said. Right.

Keep in touch in the next few years. :)

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