Deloitte: Patients Want Electronic Health Records

Choosing the right PHR

People need to know what they what their PHR to do for them. Having your entire file of medical records electronically is good. More important is having critical need to know information accessable in an easy to read format so if you when to a hospital in an emergency, doctors can pull up this report which could prevent and possible medical error and give the doctor direction on what prior ailments you may have. You should check out www.accessmyrecords.com and see how it works.

PHRs and dentists

Did you know that the American Dental Association no longer advocates that member dentists adopt electronic health records? These days they are silent on the subject. I know. I am a member.

Long ago, the mandate called for the adoption of interoperable electronic records for all providers. Much attention has been focused on hospitals and physicians, yet one hears nothing at all about electronic health records for dentists. Is that not odd? One would think that dental patients’ interests would be better represented in Washington.

It appears to me that next year, a new president is going to wake up one morning thinking American healthcare has finally reached the tipping point in adoption of EHRs, only to discover that dentists’ practices have been left way, way behind.

For the time being, I think it is a blessing for Americans that dentists are not to be included in the nation’s EHR system. HIPAA is so absurd in dentistry. Not only is there nothing holding down the cost of being a covered entity, but the rule endangers Americans by taking control from patients and giving it to insurance executives - who are the only people pushing for EHR adoption in dentistry.

EHRs offer no benefit at all to dentists or dental patients. Only expensive danger. Darrell Pruitt DDS

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March 5, 2008

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Enough with the product spamming!

Post an article like this and eve3ry PHR wanna be shows up like pigs at the through!

I disagree strongly with the articles assertion that the doctor needs to be the center of the universe.

Wrong! The reason so many of us want access to our records is because WE want to be the center of our healthcare universe. WE want to make better choices about our healthcare. The physician is becoming less and less of a trusted partner in this. If i'm paying more of the bill, I want my information..and I want YOUR information TOO@

I want to see exactly what you charge. I want to see exactly what your competitors charge. I want to see what your quality prfoile is.

and then

I'm tired of being victimized by a health plan, a provider or some drug company. Enough! This consumer has had it with the healthcare system! The only way I can have my voice is to have my records and to keep my records with me as the center of the universe. Wake up doctors and hospitals! Wake up doctors, hospitals and health plans! There are more and more people like me EVERY day! you're going to love to hate us because we're sick and tired of being sick and tired!

Just WHO pushes for Electronic Medical Records

The BIG three supporters of the "new technology electronic medical records are:

>Insurance Companies

>Government

>Sellers of the technology

Sounds great, many "good" selling points

BUT

WHO controls your information and

WHAT USE will the medical information be put to.

RECALL:

INFORMATION IS POWER,

POWER EQUATES TO CONTROL,

BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR...............................

I would expect that from a physician

Dr. Weiss...ipso facto....the physicians are in control? The same physicians selling my information to the drug companies?

here's exactly the problem, dear Doctor. it's NOT your information...it's MINE! At this point you control my information and I have to beg on one knee and sign every consent known to the legal profession in triplicate to get my information. How do I know how YOU'RE using my information? Why should I trust YOU? Or your staff?

So...I'm very careful what I wish for. As a medical consumer...I want exactly what you're warning me about. I want the power, I want the control, I want the information. Not you, not the health plan, not the drug companies. I want FULL transparency as to who sees my record in your office. I want a full accounting of everyone you send my information to. Think I can get that from your paper record system? Ha...don't think I tried.

It's time for the consumers to take control and to be in the center of the conversation. Not the providers who have little more than a profit motive. I have the strongest motivation of all...my health and well-being. No one is my proxy for that. I never gave up my right to have that just because I gave you the privilege of providing my health care. And don't think we know how you and your office staff talk about us when we're not around.

Yes, I have a problem with the arrogance of the health system. We're held hostage by the fact we can't get to our information. Time to give it up, doc. Be different... give your patient FULL transparency into their records. And don't even think of insulting us that we can't be trusted with it. That's not for you to decide! Get over it.

You are Correct but somewhat confused....very understandable.

Yes! Physician's Medical Record about you [created by the physician!] is "yours" AND the doctors.

However, are you still naive enough to believe that the Physician "works for you"? [assume you are having your "care" paid for by an Insurance "Health" business]

Prior to the businessification and co-opting of medical practices by Insurers, not to mention the "lotto" mentality of lawyers and their corrupted application of "Mal"practice claims, physicians actually were YOUR DOCTOR! Yours and the physician's records were readily available and given to patients upon request or the retirement of the Physician. This all began to change to what we have now about 15 - 20 years ago when the process of who controls medical practice began to occur. YES! Mr Bronson it does get complicated...how do you think these hijackers got where they are and "thinkers" like you [yeah, you have a right to be pissed!] continue to give them cover by the confused attacks produced by those so angered. But guess what, I AM PISSED TOO.

The LAWYERS[law givers] AND THE INSURERS are in control now. Also, YES some lame and ne'er-do-well doctors have cast their lots with the present day CONTROLLERS and they are in part to blame.

You and the American People have been SOLD A BILL OF GOODS and now you suffer.

Physicians don't and did not write the laws...many were diligently caring for you and your loved ones.

THE MEDICAL SYSTEM IS TRULY BROKEN!

CAN WE PUT "HUMPTY DUMPTY BACK TOGETHER AGAIN"?????

PS: Careful of who you listen to..........................

Not confused

Dear doctor,

I'm not confused what so ever. I hold each entity accountable. And since I'm paying for more of my health care every day...doc...you work FOR ME! Unless you enjoy not getting paid. I pay more out of pocket than the insurance pays. But yet, you treat me the same. You make me pay the same rates - and DON'T even think about telling me you have to - I ran physician practices...you DON'T have to with private insurance.

Each of you have a part in the failure of the health care system. And I'll NEVER be that guy to say that "if doctors only had tort reform, things would be soo much better!". Nope, I believe tort is a necessary remedy to correct errors made by medical personnel when they are negligent and cause irreparable harm and even death to a patient. I'm not a fan of tort abuse of this either. That's where you're victimized.

I've been in health care my entire adult life...as a provider, administrator and executive. I'm not buying the "woe is me" response and "you're pointing the finger at the wrong profession." I've seen doctor's taking month long junkets as payola from drug companies. My wife's office has lunch provided EVERY day by some drug rep. The swag she brings home is staggering! BTW, she LOVES her new Pfizer logo'ed iPhone. I'm pointing the finger at all of you and you should be ashamed about how you treat us! Break the ties from the drug companies!

So doctor, this is the part where you fall on your sword and so something in your own practice to fix it. Here, let me help you. Start by posting every charge plainly visible for each patient. Put it on your website. Then lower your prices so people could pay for your services using cash. How about just taking the allowable and not balance billing your patients even if can.

Post EVERY one of your quality profiles the payers and others keep for your patients to see. Stop taking graft and payola from the drug companies, the lab companies, the hospitals, the payers...all of it. Like I don't know it happens...I see it every day.

As for me, I won't see a doc that has not made the investment of a EMR. Won't do it. Paper records are dangerous. I've seen PLENTY of cases where physicians have altered their records. Yes, i know it's illegal...it happens all the time. The EMR allows me to request a full audit of who's looking at my information in your office and it allows me to see what's been altered. Most of you don't follow clinical guidelines. Most of you practice medicine the same way when you retire as you did when you started in practice.

I'll gladly start my tirade on the payers and the government next if you wish. I have plenty of blame to go around.

We've been sold a bill of good alright. To that, we agree.

WHO CAN YOU TRUST WITH YOUR MEDICAL RECORDS?

tHROUGH EXPERIENCE I HAVE ALREADY LIVED THROUGH I CAN HONESTLY STATE WHO SHOULD NOT BE IN CHARGE OF OUR ON LINE SERVICE. UNFORTUNATELY DELOITTE AND TOUCHE, OSU & CLEVELAND CLINIC ARE THE FIRST TO GO. HERE'S WHY:

"DO NOT DESTROY WITHOUT PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FROM ERIC WITIW, OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL, WASHINGTON D.C.' "M/I SCHOTTENSTEIN HO STEVEN SCHOTTENSTEIN 1994 DESCENDANTS TRUST TAX WORKPAPERS CLM1248061"

THIS STATEMENT CAME FROM DELOITTE AFTER MY DAUGHTER LOST OVER $400,000 DOLLARS IN A FRAUDULENT ACCOUNTING PROCEDURE AT A SURROGATE'S COURT.

COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Opal Private Equity

Fund LP

CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001313498

IRS NUMBER: 000000000

NO OFFENCE BUT THIS SHOULD NOT BE GOV. REGULATED UNLESS YOU WANT MAJOR MISTAKES.

"Washington, D.C., March 5, 2008 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged fund manager Fidelity Investments and 13 current or former employees including high-ranking executives for improperly accepting more than $1.6 million in travel, entertainment, and other gifts paid for by outside brokers courting the massive trading business Fidelity generates on behalf of the mutual funds it manages."

KEEP INSTITUTIONAL HOLDERS AND MONEY MANAGERS AWAY FROM YOUR RECORDS OR YOU MIGHT FIND THE ABOVE HAPPENING...

"" G. B. Smith, J. "A MAN OR WOMAN IS AND SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF HIS OR HER OWN OFFSPRING. IN SOME INSTANCES, THIS REPONSIBILITY MAY BE PLACED UPON A NON-BIOLOGICAL PARENT." As a Judge he made case law as a lawyer he lied to cover it up!

KEEP LAWFIRMS AWAY FROM YOUR RECORDS, THEY ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN MAKING A PROFIT..$$$

Click here: http://www.osu.edu/osu/newsrel/Archive/98-10-02_Trustees:_Reports_on_Cleveland_Clinic,_Articulation.html

"Ohio State has had a partnership with the Cleveland Clinic

Foundation (CCF) for eight years. The partnership, which was

reaffirmed in 1996, extends both institutions’ missions in teaching

and research."

"4-17-2007

Contact: Jim Lynch, (614) 247-4110

Statement by Ohio State University on recent data breaches

The Ohio State University has notified more than 14,000 current and former faculty and staff members that personal data (name, Social Security number, employee ID number, and date of birth) have been exposed as a result of a criminal intrusion into a database within the university's Office of Research. The incident occurred during the weekend of March 31-April 1.'

"Sunday, June 17, 2007 3:43 AM

By Mark Niquette

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH

David Foster Dispatch

Gov. Ted Strickland has issued an executive order to develop a program to encrypt sensitive data. The information on the stolen tape was not encrypted.

Data in jeopardy

Types of data confirmed to be on a stolen state backup computer tape so far:

The names and Social Security numbers of all 64,467 non-university state employees.

Names, Social Security numbers, addresses and phone numbers of 53,797 state employees enrolled in the state's pharmacy-benefits management program, plus the names and Social Security numbers of 75,532 dependents. Officials don't think medical information is included.

Bank-account information for school districts and local governments to receive payments from the state. Officials are assuming that all local governments and school districts are included.

Medicaid provider names, tax identification numbers, addresses and bank-account information to receive payments from the state. There are 159,708 records, but officials think many are duplicates because there only are about 77,000 state Medicaid providers.

The names, Social Security numbers and retirement-account numbers for the 1,031 state employees who are part of the State Teachers' Retirement System. This includes current employees and those who have retired since Dec. 21, 2005, who paid into the system.

The banking information, addresses and phone numbers of the 28,362 state employees and vendors who receive electronic payment of expense reimbursements from the state.

Source: Gov. Ted Strickland

Whom to contact

Employees whose names and Social Security numbers were on a stolen computer storage tape are encouraged to go to www.ohio.gov/idprotect or call for recorded information at 1-888-644-6648. The Web site will have any updates regarding enrollment in the free identity-theft protection program the state is providing for one year.

If employees have additional questions, they may also contact their human-resources office or 1-800-267-4474 and 1-877-742-5622 to speak with a customer service representative. The call center will be open as follows:

Today -- 10 a.m to 4 p.m.

Starting Monday -- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Bank-account information for local governments, school districts and certain state employees and vendors was among the data on a computer backup tape stolen from an intern's car last week, Gov. Ted Strickland announced yesterday."

"The stolen tape also contains bank-account numbers for Medicaid providers, retirement account numbers for teachers, plus Social Security numbers for more than 75,000 dependents of state employees, the governor said."

REFRAIN FROM PICKING ANY BANKING INSTITUTION THAT HAS TOO MUCH TO GAIN FROM YOUR INFORMATION...

MY OPINION THE CONCEPT IS GREAT BUT A TASK FORCE MUST BE ESTABLISHED TO WATCH CLOSELY OVER AND WORK WITH THE CHOSEN ONE..

BE CAREFUL TO CHECK EACH UNIVERSITY OUT FIRST TO SEE IF IF THEFT OR MAJOR FRAUD HAS OCCURED.

"“The M/I Homes Foundation is a philanthropic leader in its community, in keeping with the Schottenstein family’s tradition of giving,” said Garczynski. “We are truly thankful for this gift from a long-time friend of the housing industry and a proud member of the NAHB federation.”

"Steven Schottenstein will join the National Housing Endowment’s Life Trustees, whose seven-figure donations have surpassed a fundraising goal of $10 million set in 2002 and are now headed to a goal of $25 million over the next three years"

DON'T BE FOOLED BY MAJOR FOUNDATIONS, IT MIGHT BE A COMPAIGN FOR THIER OWN BENEFIT. THIS FATHER DOESN'T PAY CHILD SUPPORT FOR HIS OWN CHILD. DO YOU RESEARCH FIRST!

MEDICAL RECORD KEEPING

It has come to my attention via a very smart Goldman friend of mine that a compnay named Medlink(mlkna) may end up being at the nexus of all this. They have the Medical Societies, following the New York Medical Societies lead in contracting with Medlink for TV, EHR etc. The company that has the most doctors under contract will be the one attracting Google and Microsoft and Revolution in their desire to work their way into the medical record keeping arena. As you said in the article the "docotors" are the key. I think this is all fascinating and with the obvious move by GOOG and MSFT into the arena it should be intersting to watch it unfold.