We congratulate Bill Childs for his imminent receipt of yet another HIT industry accolade. The 50-in-50 award, rightfully conferred this evening, will appropriately adorn his home’s mantel, sharing space with last fall’s CHIME Lifetime Achievement Award. Of course, he’s far from resting on his laurels as he has been networking throughout the HIMSS ‘11 this week. You might run into him at our Booth (#3070, see photo) where you can discuss in detail any one of the eight topics he’s summarized so far here on the blog.
Today wraps up his series with the 9th and 10th issues he sees as paramount to HIT/HIS market in the upcoming year. So, without further blabbing, here’s Bill -
9. Sharing of patient medical information outside the traditional walls of provider organizations
ARRA requires the sharing of patient information on a patient-directed guideline to other need-to-know (with permission) entities. The rules are complex and even ominous when it comes down to specific permissions. Enter CHIN’s and a whole host of other secured operating systems. At this time, providers, vendors, states, and the federal government either have a hand out or a hand in (or both!) in developing rules and ways. Some participants do not add value to the solution. Security issues can and will bite the hand that feeds them in this process. Buyer Beware!
10. Adoption of social media capabilities
The world is becoming one giant social network. Danger lies in the unknown. Social networks have been developed for all kinds of healthcare maladies, procedures, and other specialties. Several CIO’s have recently reported an increasing demand for application and system help in healthcare social media. This is just another area fraught with security issues when it comes to disclosing patient information.
Thanks, Bill and again, congratulations. We’re VCS grateful to and proud of you.
So, if you sidle up to Bill at HIMSS or catch him after a future keynote speech, you have 10 topics upon which to strike up a conversation, add your opinion, or merely joust ideas with the godfather of HIS/HIT.
However, if reading HIT/HIS insight is more your cup of tea, you can delve into VCS’ resource library, its on-line newsletters (still available in hardcopy at HIMSS ‘11), and archives.
For a creative, literary jaunt read Jeanette Borzo’s “visualization” of an EMR’d physician’s office circa 2015 at The Medical Blog.
