Wall Street Journal Article: May Take: Chasing the Vision of Safe, High -Quality, Effective and Efficient Care - 3 views

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  #1 Eve Byrd on 27 Oct 14

   

  Mitch Morris, MD, Vice Chairman and National Healthcare Provider Lead, Deloitte LLP and author of this article points out that MDs have been working with EHRs for 25+ years and if asked today would say that they might help with analytics and that they support value-based care but that they "waste" time and that their potential has not been realized. This is of concern bc without full implementation of "Meaningfull Use" - or buy in from users/ MDs healthsystems have a lot to loose. Morris suggests that organizations not do a quick, cheap implementation which some are doing to be in compliance but rather when implementing an EHR do so to "enhance clinical systems already in place; this could help organizations meet challenges faced with shrinking reimbursement, rising consumerism, the move from volume to value and enabling population health management." He summarizes by saying that organizations should not implement MU just because it is required by in a way in which it helps the organization achieve its vision.
  
  Morris is with Deloitte LLP, consulting firm. His perspective is very helpful given prior from JONA article regarding the usefulness of IT/ EHR systems. He points out the pitfalls of needing buyin and reinforces what is needed in an EHR.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Mitch Morris, MD, Vice Chairman and National Healthcare Provider Lead, Deloitte LLP and author of this article points out that MDs have been working with EHRs for 25+ years and if asked today would say that they might help with analytics and that they support value-based care but that they "waste" time and that their potential has not been realized. This is of concern bc without full implementation of "Meaningfull Use" - or buy in from users/ MDs healthsystems have a lot to loose. Morris suggests that organizations not do a quick, cheap implementation which some are doing to be in compliance but rather when implementing an EHR do so to "enhance clinical systems already in place; this could help organizations meet challenges faced with shrinking reimbursement, rising consumerism, the move from volume to value and enabling population health management." He summarizes by saying that organizations should not implement MU just because it is required by in a way in which it helps the organization achieve its vision. <br /> <br /> Morris is with Deloitte LLP, consulting firm. His perspective is very helpful given prior from JONA article regarding the usefulness of IT/ EHR systems. He points out the pitfalls of needing buyin and reinforces what is needed in an EHR.</div>

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  #2 Eve Byrd on 27 Oct 14

   

  Morris, M., (2014, September 16) My take: chasing the vision of safe, high-quality, effective and efficient care. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from http://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/2014/09/16/health-care-current-september-16-2014/tab/print/

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Morris, M., (2014, September 16) My take: chasing the vision of safe, high-quality, effective and efficient care. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved from <a href="http://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/2014/09/16/health-care-current-september-16-2014/tab/print/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://deloitte.wsj.com/cfo/2014/09/16/health-care-current-september-16-2014/tab/print/</a></div>

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  #3 Phyllis Wright on 29 Oct 14

   

  For our informatics folks, this is a great "so what" article. Improving analytics and giving one a synopsis of care is truly meaningful, however from the clinical improvement perspective, perhaps what we are doing is forgetting the actual implementation for clinicians by clinicians integrating the multiprofessional viewpoints. Not being able to interface nursing and physician templates is by far the most frustrating. We are quickly becoming "task" oriented in the acute delivery setting.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">For our informatics folks, this is a great "so what" article. Improving analytics and giving one a synopsis of care is truly meaningful, however from the clinical improvement perspective, perhaps what we are doing is forgetting the actual implementation for clinicians by clinicians integrating the multiprofessional viewpoints. Not being able to interface nursing and physician templates is by far the most frustrating. We are quickly becoming "task" oriented in the acute delivery setting.</div>

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