Comments on: It’s Time For Patients to Control Their Own Data http://onyeije.net/blog/2009/12/17/its-time-for-patients-to-control-their-own-data/ A new and improved blog brought to you by Chukwuma Onyeije, MD Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:12:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nicholas Fogelson http://onyeije.net/blog/2009/12/17/its-time-for-patients-to-control-their-own-data/comment-page-1/#comment-322 Nicholas Fogelson Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:04:38 +0000 http://onyeije.net/blog/2009/12/17/its-time-for-patients-to-control-their-own-data/#comment-322 Also possible would be the creation of a public API and publishing standard that all EHR systems would have to adhere to, that would allow intercommunication of health records. Likely this would be created by some government appointed entity. Google would be a decent entity to do this, as long as they did it for minimal profit and employed lots of doctors and other health care providers to really understand how to deal with things. They would need several advisors from each specialty to understand what information needs to be stored how it is used. I'd actually be interested in that job myself, if it existed :) Also possible would be the creation of a public API and publishing standard that all EHR systems would have to adhere to, that would allow intercommunication of health records. Likely this would be created by some government appointed entity. Google would be a decent entity to do this, as long as they did it for minimal profit and employed lots of doctors and other health care providers to really understand how to deal with things. They would need several advisors from each specialty to understand what information needs to be stored how it is used. I’d actually be interested in that job myself, if it existed :)

]]> By: Nicholas Fogelson http://onyeije.net/blog/2009/12/17/its-time-for-patients-to-control-their-own-data/comment-page-1/#comment-321 Nicholas Fogelson Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:01:32 +0000 http://onyeije.net/blog/2009/12/17/its-time-for-patients-to-control-their-own-data/#comment-321 Chuk - I would love it if patient's charts traveled with them. Having every doctor have a separate chart is a drag and is inefficient. The single best charting system I have ever seen is CPRS, the system used by the Veteran's Administration. Remarkably, it is free and open source, and was created by the government. I would support a mandatory installation of CPRS across the country in every place where medicine were practiced, including pharmacies. This of course would be a step towards socialized health care, but I would support that too. It would take a lot of work to create a patient friendly portal for CPRS, but I think it would be worth the effort. Of course this would destroy the for-profit EHR industry, but socialism does that sometimes. Chuk –

I would love it if patient’s charts traveled with them. Having every doctor have a separate chart is a drag and is inefficient.

The single best charting system I have ever seen is CPRS, the system used by the Veteran’s Administration. Remarkably, it is free and open source, and was created by the government. I would support a mandatory installation of CPRS across the country in every place where medicine were practiced, including pharmacies. This of course would be a step towards socialized health care, but I would support that too.

It would take a lot of work to create a patient friendly portal for CPRS, but I think it would be worth the effort. Of course this would destroy the for-profit EHR industry, but socialism does that sometimes.

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