The New York Times Op-Ed
Today (Wednesday) the New York Times published my op-ed on electronic health records, specifically on the open-source records system called WorldVista. My take: it could be the breakthrough backend platform that the US health care system needs to FINALLY go digital. Here’s the link, and here’s the gist of the story:
Health care providers have been dreaming about electronic records for so long that the idea has begun to seem like vaporware, a never-to-be-realized fantasy similar to flying cars and jetpacks. But there is already a clear software standard, an open-source system that’s low-cost, easy to use and readily available. It could be the key to the health care system we ought to have already….For the vast majority of health care providers, WorldVistA is what they’ve been waiting for: a low-cost, simple-to-use system that makes it easier to provide quality health care.
Want more details? Please see the subesquent post for more.
May 30th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Cross posted from THCB
Tom–YeahBut. WorldVista isn’t ready for prime-time for a physician’s office. There isn’t really a support network to put it in place, and as I mentioned the office-ready version isn’t — unless it snuck by me somehow.
AND the biggest cost of the ambulatory EMR is not the software, it’s getting it up and running. Which is harder with these open source models.
I am with you in spirit (honestly! whatever my other commenters think). I just think we need to pay and force doctors to use the EMR. Telling them to get on VistA isn’t going to do it.
June 10th, 2007 at 7:58 am
[…] Оригинал сообщения от tgoetz тут… […]
June 12th, 2007 at 3:28 am
The introduction of WorldVistA was a terrible decision that is only confusing the market. A lot of people are wasting their time and efforts on a system that is as antiquated as the first PC. See my article about this at http://blogs.firstaidsoftware.com/healthcare_blogmatica/2007/06/worldvista_you_.html