Victor Frankenstein created his monster with a mix of parts, some chemistry and a touch of alchemy. Depending on how one looks at the fictional creation, although hideous, it was a successful experiment to create an emotional and sensitive creature. As we approach another Halloween night, health IT has its share of cobbled together solutions that for the most part are working, albeit with a great deal of frustration from both patients and physicians and for the most part on a local level. We have yet to scale the complex castle walls of data access and cross the moat of interoperability.
Much like Frankenstein’s monster, we have learned a great deal about health IT with the nationwide implementation of EHR’s that most physicians have at least some experience with. This was not without a great deal of frustration, expense and increased complexity from a patients’ perspective. Despite what appeared to be a large step forward, EHR’s have actually done little to impact care across the care continuum and between different care locations.
Recently, both congress and patients have raised concerns about this lack of health information sharing. William Herd, chairman of the subcommittee on information technology shared his concerns that service members are being asked to collect paper copies of their medical records as they transition their medical care from the Department of Defense to the VA system. Herd places blame on leadership failures rather than those arising from technical limitations and lack of standardization. For the full article click here
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