Here are my posts on Informatics and EHR (electronic health records).
INFORMATICS: Put the road signs on the road, not in the garage
Why make folks go to training or read a tip sheet if you could guide them just-in-time as they do their work?
Info Blocking Rule is coming 4/5/2021. Here is some last-minute help for health systems
Break down those barriers!
COVID Vaccines at Colorado’s Epicenter from March 2020: JBS Greeley Beef meat packing plant.
Changing minds with Stories, not Data.
SNAFU tent: Optimizing a Covid-19 Mass Vaccine effort at Many Levels
Dancin’ away troubles at UCHealth’s SNAFU tent for Covid Mass Vaccination
Misleading Patient Portal Data Due To Covid-19?!
What is the Covid Bump in our Patient Portal data, and what does it mean?
Covid Be-Gone. 10,000 Vaccines, One Weekend: UCHealth @ Coors Field.
Billie, Alex, and some crazy doctor, newly recruited Pit Crew. Biggest innovation? Billie’s smiling face on her button! Why haven’t we all done this!?
The Invite-Only Mass Vaccination Trial Run by UCHealth at Coors Field: an Insider’s Peek
Outdoor vaccine guy says: come along, I’ll show you what I learned.
A Good Covid Vaccination Is Like Calligraphy
Join CT on the front line of vaccine clinic at UCHealth!
Sign up for COVID Vaccine at UCHealth. (The EHR is our superpower).
UCHealth, like all health systems across the state of Colorado, are following the guidance of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). As the guidelines change (sometimes daily!) we follow the guidelines. Our supply of COVID-19 Vaccine is closely tracked, and each next shipment depends on our adherence to guidelines. The change We … Continue reading “Sign up for COVID Vaccine at UCHealth. (The EHR is our superpower).”
What clinical informatics is NOT. Also Nerd Glasses and Propeller Hats.
I’m reading a book called Mindfulness in Plain English: another book my daughter left laying around the house with her annotations in it. I love the underlining and ‘YES!’ marks and also the ‘is it though? You shouldn’t wait to be perfect…’ comments. Just a few short years ago, she was in the playpen, and … Continue reading “What clinical informatics is NOT. Also Nerd Glasses and Propeller Hats.”
UCHealth launches OurNotes: how patients co-author clinic progress notes
As of November 2, 70 primary care practices went live with Our Notes. Read more about OurNotes here. Dr. Tom Delbanco and Jan Walker, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess initiated and ran the study. In brief, it is a way for patients, just ahead of an upcoming appointment to tell their provider what has happened … Continue reading “UCHealth launches OurNotes: how patients co-author clinic progress notes”
EHR v Covid-19. Trends in testing, telehealth, hospitalizations
Welcome back to Where does the data lead?! Here we are eight plus months into the pandemic and our testing volume and our positivity rates have been up and down. Testing volumes have varied because of limitations on receiving re-agents for our labs to process the specimens. It does appear that our test positivity rate, … Continue reading “EHR v Covid-19. Trends in testing, telehealth, hospitalizations”
My Interview on INFO BLOCKING With 33 Charts
Thanks to Dr. Bryan Vartabedian for a fun wide-ranging conversation about INFO BLOCKING and our information transparency efforts at UCHealth over the past 2 decades. A trip down memory lane, and the potholes I’ve stepped in, and the battle scars from pushing the edge of what providers are ready for… In case you are willing … Continue reading “My Interview on INFO BLOCKING With 33 Charts”
When Can I See Results in My Patient Portal?
We are all scrambling to put together simple documents to explain to patients and providers about INFO BLOCKING / SHARING coming in a week. Here’s our latest document. Link to full PDF here. Feel free to adapt this for your organization. We are also hoping our very smart Epic colleagues in Wisconsin can add a … Continue reading “When Can I See Results in My Patient Portal?”
What is a MMOLC, and how is it solving Info Blocking?
The national discussion on Info Blocking / Sharing is resulting in rapid improvement. MMOLC helps a great deal!
UPDATED FOR INFO BLOCKING rule: UCHealth’s 16 year OpenNotes Journey (and a ukulele song)
Since the passage of the 21st Century Cures act and the INFORMATION BLOCKING rule, I’ve gotten a ton of questions about our experience with Open Notes and Open Results. AND A UKULELE SONG
You’re gonna release WHAT? WHEN? Info Blocking vs Info Sharing
Info Blocking means inpatient and outpatient progress notes released immediately to patients, along with lab results, CT/ MRI/ PET scan results, pathology results. Immediately. Ready?
Telehealth World: CT finds ukulele song partners!
Telehealth Ukulele Song!
Czernik: Counter-intuitive way to connect with the patient (Annals Internal Med)
My awesome colleague Zuzanna Czernick and collaborators have written a brilliant piece about the EHR. She used a CT scan image with a large pulmonary abscess to get the attention of an otherwise hostile, disengaged hospital patient.
Information Blocking and the End of Secrecy in Healthcare? (a rant, a talk and a uke song)
What is CT looking at? Could it be … his own radiology image in his patient portal? What does this mean about secrecy in healthcare?