Comments on: Request for Introduction to Healthcare Technology/IT Resources

By: JA Ploetz

JA Ploetz — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 00:20:48 +0000

Healthcare Technology / Reform is a vast spectrum. One could offer that IT technologist segregate and specilize on these three viens:

1. Legacy institutional EMR / DICOM / Surgical suite

2. Consumer based tools http://www.myphr.com/resources/phr_search.asp
also American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA)has http://www.ahima.org/infocenter/

3. Narrowing the bridge from (1) to (2) via streamlined HL7 based products

During this genesis of technology for Healthcare Standards, it is much like Banking was in late 70′s & early 80′s. Soon IT for Healthcare will flourish and become less vague. If you look to Amsterdam / Netherland region, they are 10-15 years ahead of where many of us would like North America to be now.

Regards,
Jeff

By: Jonathan Katz

Jonathan Katz — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:39:41 +0000

If you want to understand the issues facing IT especially the lack of technology I suggest the following 2 books. They are at a high level but talk about the lack of IT as an important missing piece.

Redefining Health Care:
by Michael E. Porter (Author)

The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor (Hardcover)
by Andy Kessler (Author)

By: Jennifer Sotomayor

Jennifer Sotomayor — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:18:56 +0000

I was wondering if anyone knew of a job board that healthcare IT people post their resumes.

By: Healthcare Intelligence Network

Healthcare Intelligence Network — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 19:47:47 +0000

The Healthcare Intelligence Network’s free white papers on healthcare IT can be useful.

http://www.hin.com/library/white_papers.html

By: Jon Mertz

Jon Mertz — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:41:37 +0000

An overview of the HL7 standard that was published in For the Record magazine.

By: Tim Cook

Tim Cook — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:04:45 +0000

This link on the openEHR website has a good introduction to some of the core technical issues and some possible solutions based on research over the past 15 or so years.

http://www.openehr.org/getting_started/t_openehr_primer.htm

By: The PACS Designer

The PACS Designer — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 15:06:05 +0000

Health care IT understanding requires a knowledge of the Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) Standard. The link below will get you the basic information:

http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/pacswebortho/newsupdate/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=174401209