The AMA and MedStar Health’s National Center for Human Factors in Healthcare have developed a comparative EHR User-Centered Design Evaluation Framework that shows a lack of focus among regulators and industry on user-centered design and usability testing.
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By Nina L. Hunter PhD & Robert M. Califf MD – We recently announced the first FDA Patient Engagement Advisory Committee (PEAC), supported by the Center of Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). The Committee will provide advice to the FDA Commissioner on complex issues relating to medical devices, the regulation of devices, and their use by patients.
By Bill Hersh – The week of October 1st was a busy week in the health IT/informatics world, as the US government released a flurry of rules and documents around health IT. As I tell my students, it is great to be living in this ever-changing part of the history of our field.
By Jim Tate – The rear view mirror. Now that’s one handy tool. Helps us keep an eye on things that might be gaining on us. Almost as good as having eyes in the back of our heads. Things can creep up on us and before we know it what we have may have forgotten is demanding our attention.
By Nancy Pratt – We are currently at a crossroads in the healthcare industry. Executives are working overtime to try to figure out how to connect and integrate data to best support clinical practice and patient care management. With health systems concerned about balancing both needs, they now need to figure out how to leverage data to get the best value out of their investment.
By Art Gross – The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has issued a report that is critical of the Office for Civil Rights. OIG concluded that OCR is not fulfilling its responsibility to enforce HIPAA regulations that safeguard protected health information (PHI) and to ensure that organizations protect patient’s privacy.
By Karen B. DeSalvo & Erica Galvez – This is a unique time in health care. Scientific and technological advancements made by you, our partners across the health industry, have been rapidly transforming health and health care in the nation. More than 3 million individuals have accessed their electronic health information using ONC’s Blue Button tool.
By John Halamka MD – I’ve been asked to summarize the 752 page CMS Meaningful Use Final Rule. Although it is a final rule, it has a 60 day comment period, so there is still is an opportunity to modify some of the criteria.
This weeks highlights from our Storify. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, ONC survey on EHRs, our top guest posts, and World Congress 13th Annual Health Information Technology Summit.