I think the examples you cite are typical. It would be great to have such an FAQ.......perhaps in wiki style/functionality that we could all contribute to.
Anyone care to set that up? Cheers Jel Coward Sent from a super-snazzy open-source Android phone. Making the iPhone look so '20th century' :-) On Aug 30, 2010 9:31 AM, "fred trotter" <fred.trot...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > One of the experiences that I have had, time and time again is that when I > talk to doctors about Health IT, they have some basic Information Technology > gaps in their education. They simply do not understand some of the > fundamentals of Information Technology and have trouble even understanding > what I am talking about when I talk about things like "structured data". > > Alternatively, "normal" IT people do not get some of the fundamental > complexities of the healthcare delivery process that prevents them from > understanding certain Health IT concepts. > > The kind of thing I find myself repeatedly explaining to doctors include > "Why you need to include prescription data in a normalized way in the > patient chart, rather than just writing in plaintext in a note" > > The kind of thing I find myself repeatedly explaining to IT people include > "Why billing data cannot be relied upon for clinically accurate data mining" > > In your experience, what other things do you as Health IT people have to > consistently explain to doctors and/or IT people about Health IT. I am > looking for the kinds of things that you have explained at least three or > four times. Perhaps you have explained them enough times that you have an > impatient lecture that you have to give on the topic? > > Another way to ask the question is "If there were a FAQ for Health IT, what > should go on it?" > > Thanks, > -FT > > -- > Fred Trotter > http://www.fredtrotter.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
