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Hope your right Heimie1 & welcome if you are new... & if not welcome anyway.
Walgreens was sued not long back... maybe 6 months to over a year ago & lost. I do not remember the suit, what it was about or the settlement. But that is nothing Google couldn't solve.
Take care!
IVB, thank you for the education, I am in for the long haul. Hell several more of my family members & friends have recently gotten in. 4 Years or so ago I couldn't give the stock to them dummies.
But that is the problem... The world is made up of alot of dumb, goofy & not so bright people... And me... I have the misfortune to be related to several of them. LMAO!!!
As for our line in the sand, kind alike our President now & Syria. The wind could very well blow & move that line.
You have a good weekend, see ya on the range.
Got your 2 PM's, regarding the 1st 1 I guess in some health situations that is true.
Heimie1 also hit the nail on the head in his reply. Is he NEW money? & new to the board? Damn if he didn't show up @ the right time.
MMRF boardies, I have predicted $0.10 by July 4th twice now... I have a feeling we are going to see that sooner than the 4th. 2 many irons in the fire to brand the cattle with.
Does anyone know anything about the chinesse visit last week? & did I read somewhere the Walgreens decision will be postponed?
Afternoon Xanadu, 1st it is human nature to resist change & doctors are no different. Their superior attitudes (not all of them of course) believe that the medical records of their patients are property of their practices. Nothing could be further from the truth. I tell ya a true story...
I moved back to St. Joe, MO 10 years ago when my dad died to watch over my 92 year old Ma. I had to get a new cancer doctor that works for the hospital here (who hold a monoply on all of N.W. Missouri). I got to questioning his treatment of me & started seeing an independent doctor 1 week after my visits to him. Just a second opinion on my lab work, etc.
Well the 1st doctor found out & got totally upset. Told me he would not have that & I needed to make a choice which doctor I wanted treating me. Very, very much to his surprise I told him their was only 1 A$$ sitting at the helm (or in the head chair) of running my health care & he was fired. Now that doctor still treats my 92 year old Ma & my 95 year old Aunt... but he doesn't treat this A$$ who is typing out this message to you.
Older doctors will have a hard time... but the young up & comers... the PHR will be a way of life.
With Walgreens, CVS, etc. moving into nurse practioners and home nursing practioners on the rise... the ONLY logical answer is to put the control (PHR) in the Patients hands.
You have a good weekend & stay safe!
Only Incentives Will Make EHR Interoperability Happen
Apr 26, 2013 12:08 pm | By: John
Today we had a really interesting #HITsm chat about interoperability, data hoarding, and sharing healthcare data. Tomorrow we’ll have a post on EMR and EHR that summarizes some of the key tweets from the chat. Although, there was one theme that really struck home to me during the chat.
The biggest barrier to EHR interoperability and data sharing is incentives.
During the chat multiple people including myself made the observation that the reason EHR vendors don’t share data is that there’s no incentive to share data. I can’t say I’ve ever seen a hospital choose to not go with an EHR because it couldn’t interoperate with another EHR vendor. The incentive isn’t there for the hospital and therefore the EHR vendor.
Think about the EHR interoeprability announcement of CommonWell. While the CEO’s of the five EHR vendors can sit there and say that they’re doing it because it’s the right thing to do for healthcare, these public company CEOs also have a legal responsibility to do what’s best for the shareholders of their company.
The reality is that CommonWell would have never happened if there wasn’t an incentive for these companies to put CommonWell together. Rather than beat around the bush, these EHR companies came together to stick it to Epic and to give them a strategic advantage over other companies that can’t or won’t share data. You can certainly make an argument for why doing this is good for healthcare as well, but if there was no outside business incentive to CommonWell then the healthcare benefit wouldn’t have been enough.
As one person tweeted during the Twitter chat, If there were money paid for sharing data, all the fear and issues would suddenly disappear and solutions provided.
When thinking about incentivizing EHR interoperability, Farzad Mostashari’s words at The Breakaway Group event at TEDMED come ringing into my ears, “Incentives and money aren’t always the same.” Cash or otherwise, EHR interoperability needs some incentive.
http://www.hospitalemrandehr.com/2013/04/26/only-incentives-will-make-ehr-interoperability-happen/?utm_source=Hospital+EMR+and+EHR&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=c0aac859d7-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail
Related posts:
1. Epic Not Invited To CommonWell Interoperability Alliance
2. What Won’t Happen In #HIT By September 2013
3. Is EMR Interoperability A Pipe Dream?
4. The Same Fate of ERP Software Will Happen with Hospital EHR Software
5. Software to Software Interoperability and Software to Device Interoperability
I thought they were working on a Navy ship yard deal a year or 2 ago???
BSB, congrats on the member 2 the fam. God bless ya'll
Nice, very nice Fj74.
Tiff, sent you what to share? I did not read anything in this post you put out here. Or are you referring to the post you made before this one? Sorry, I am just a little confused here.
This initially does not sound good.
I noticed where Doug Helm bought another 100k @ $0.0389 on 4-10-2013
I own several stocks but I only post on a couple of boards XSNX being 1 of them when there is something to say. You should check out my posts?
I have been in this stock as long as Chasing My Rainbow who has been in since 2006. I do not know why there is all the speculation conversation out here... Until we know some hard cold facts from XSNX (Tom) we're wasting air. No insult intended!
Everyone stay safe!
Gooood Morn-N-Ing MMRF Boardies
I said it before & I am going to reiterate it again. For those of you who have talked about BL selling out... If the patents are valid here in the USA & in all the other countries...
THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN!
You DO NOT sell the Goose that lays the golden eggs. Bill Gates never got out of Microsoft with his patent on Windows. So any more conversation out here on this subject is just oxygen being wasted.
I also predicted a few weeks back that we would see $0.10 by July 4th. That may very well be wrong... It could come sooner!
Come on opening bell, GO MMRF!
Everyone Stay Safe!
Hagel promises plan in 30 days for DOD-VA health records sharing
WASHINGTON — Faced with tough questions from legislators, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday said he would decide on a plan within 30 days to work through the tangled process to seamlessly share medical records between the Department of Defense and the VA.
At a hearing with members of the House Appropriations Committee, Hagel admitted the process has bogged down, and promised quick action.
“I’m going to acknowledge that we’re way behind,” said Hagel, who took over as defense secretary in February, and previously served as an official at the VA in the 1980s. “We will do better.”
In recent weeks, the collaboration between the Pentagon and VA on lifelong electronic medical records has become a sore spot for lawmakers and veterans advocates, who have accused officials of abandoning their goal of seamless records sharing by 2017.
In a letter to Hagel sent Tuesday, members of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs urged him to speed the transfer of servicemembers’ records to VA, and institute electronic transfer capabilities by Dec. 31.
“Veterans’ disability benefits claims must be adjudicated in a timely and accurate manner and veterans must receive the benefits to which they are entitled,” committee members wrote, noting that veterans wait an average of more 250 days for decision on a disability benefits claim.
Veterans frequently complain of repeated blood tests, missing diagnoses from previous visits, paperwork problems that delay appointments and the frustration of starting anew with every doctor’s visit.
In February, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said that the departments would begin some file-sharing processes this year, “rather than building a single integrated system from scratch.”
Officials from both departments said that move would produce immediate dividends for ailing veterans by allowing basic information to be shared across military and VA computer systems.
But critics saw it as an abandonment of the single seamless health record promised for military personnel. Backtracking statements from the departments have done little to convince them that 2017 is still a realistic goal.
At the heart of the argument are the departments’ respective legacy systems. VA is spending billions to upgrade VISTA, its current health records system, and defense officials are looking at pricey replacements for AHLTA, its current system.
Defense officials thus far have been unwilling to commit to switching to the VISTA system, saying it’s just one among many new options being considered.
At the hearing, Rep. Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., said servicemembers must wait months for medical claims processing, while members of her staff attempting to help veterans with health care issues have to dig through boxes of papers to track down information.
“I can’t believe it is still in boxes of records that haven’t been dealt with,” she said. “It’s hard to believe that our military, our distinguished military that serves us all over the world, can’t fix this system so that our veterans can be taken care of.”
Hagel said he couldn’t defend DOD’s past performance on records sharing. In recent days, he said, he has stopped further spending on the process and has restructured program oversight. A plan would be forthcoming soon, he said.
“I want it to work, and until I get my arms around this, I’m not going to spend any more money on this,” Hagel said. “We will have it shortly. Can I tell you in a week or two? We will have something decided within 30 days, I’ll tell you that. I can’t defend it.”
http://www.stripes.com/news/hagel-promises-plan-in-30-days-for-dod-va-health-records-sharing-1.216856
From MMRGlobals FB Page
This is a very important post in the fight against terrorism. Please read it. Dr. Shakil Afridi is sitting in a Pakistani prison after pinpointing the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden for the United States. He has a 10th hearing in as many m...onths on April 25th. Please visit www.FreeAfridi.com. Watch Congressman Dana Rohrabacher grill Secretary of State Kerry on the Afridi matter yesterday. Then please sign the White House “We The People” petition easily linked to the upper left corner of the FreeAfridi site. Kira and I have done hours of media over the past month. You can watch much of it on the FreeAfridi site. To get the White House to act we need 100,000 signatures on the petition. If everyone in my personal contact list gets just 5 people to sign we can get there. Please help so we can send a message to the tribal court in advance of the hearing. I am in MMR Settlement meetings at Liner Law all day on my day (and night) job. To everyone who is touched by my life in any manner what so ever do this one thing for America….sign The Petition please.
https://www.facebook.com/#!/MMRGlobal
Thought you were supposed to be studing for exams? what are you doing with that MMRF Escavator out? lol... Don't get me wrong I nor anyone else on this board minds... but the wifey might mind if you don't pass. but then again, you make enough money here who'll care? I know I'm bad to the BONE... You go John Deer
Building Usable EMRs: What About The Patient?
I think most of us reading HealthcareScene.com blogs like this one would agree that for EMRs to become more usable, the process of developing them will have to change. Specifically, everyone seems to agree that if vendors and physicians don’t work together on usability, we’ll end up with with system after system that nobody wants.
But what about patients? Do they have a role in making sure EMRs are usable? According to Jon Mertz, the answer is a definite yes. As Mertz sees it, it’s not good enough for vendors and physicians to talk shop to one another — patients will have to be part of the conversation. I think he makes a lot of sense.
Talking with EMR vendors is a good way for physicians to get more of what they want, but it’s not enough, Mertz argues, I think quite persuasively. It’s also important for physicians to ask patients want to see in an EMR, especially so given that patients will eventually have access to all of that information. “Patients add an essential perspective to how an [EMR] should be used,” Mertz writes. “It is a system to serve them and their care.”
Vendors should also be talking to patients as well as physicians, Mertz suggests. “Even though physicians, clinicians, and administrative personnel are the primary users of an EHR, their solutions benefit patients, too. Information in an EHR will be viewed and carried forward by patients, so they can provide a valuable perspective on usability.”
The final step in this cycle is to develop a patient base which actively uses EMR data and is quite willing to offer feedback on how the process is working. Specifically, they need to be capable of letting hospitals, physicians and other providers know how their access to data is working, especially if the form they’re getting in doesn’t serve their needs.
I really appreciated Mertz’s take on getting patients involved in the EMR usability process. It’s a point that doesn’t get made often enough — and will definitely need to be talked up more in the future. After all, without patients feeling comfortable with their data, the ultimate goals of Meaningful Use aren’t attainable
http://www.hospitalemrandehr.com/2012/11/12/building-usable-emrs-what-about-the-patient/?utm_source=Hospital+EMR+and+EHR&utm_campaign=d286dea4ae-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email
No Damn $hit, lets keep our I on the ball & thats MMRF
Patient EMR Access May Be The Biggest Cultural Shift
Apr 15, 2013 07:05 am | By: Anne Zieger
As most readers probably know, U.S. doctors are skittish about giving patients full access to their medical records. That fact was underscored by a recent Accenture study, which concluded that 65 percent of doctors think patients should only have limited access, and 4 percent feel patients should have no access.
While I have no proof of this, my gut feeling is that these results aren’t just a snapshot in time, but rather a sign of a stubborn problem that’s not likely to melt away quickly. Though much of the high-level thinking about EMRs counts on building collaborative patient relationships over shared records, that thinking may be flawed.
Why are doctors hanging back from full and free disclosure of electronic health data?
* Self-consciousness: Doctors may say things in records that they’d be a bit embarrassed to reveal. To some extent, this is a problem whether the doc is using paper or an EMR, but EMRs are trickier for doctors to use, adding to the awkwardness factor if a patient questions their work or feels offended by the commentary.
* Poor collaboration skills: If patients get to see their records, they’re likely to become all e-patient-ish and want to have more control of their care. Old-school doctors aren’t trained to think this way, nor are they likely to want such a relationship temperamentally.
* Low digital comfort generally: Even among younger physicians, there are those that are naturally wired and those that only use computing devices when they must. I’d argue that when you toss in the generation of doctors who trained 100 percent on paper, you’re looking at a large population of physicians who may never quite be on board with touchy-feely data sharing.
Bottom line, data sharing with patients requires a cultural shift which a surprising number of healthcare pros seem ill-equipped to embrace. I believe it is this cultural shift — from patient as object of notes to patient as co-creator — which will ultimately pose the biggest obstacles to getting value from EMR investments.
Yes, it’d be nice to think that as doctors get more used to living with EMRs, a large number will loosen up, but I doubt that’s the case. Let’s hope the cynic in me is wrong this time.
http://www.hospitalemrandehr.com/2013/04/15/patient-emr-access-may-be-the-biggest-cultural-shift/?utm_source=Hospital+EMR+and+EHR&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=d286dea4ae-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail
Related posts:
1.Building Usable EMRs: What About The Patient?
2.Is There Such A Thing As Too Much Patient Info Sharing?
3.Remote Patient Monitoring Going Mainstream
LS, the begining of this post just made me lol... I enjoyed it!
NoMT, please keep in mind that the BoneMister is only hoping. I have no scientific data to back it. I sure do not want to be misleading.
Hello PP, I'm okay with this trend as well. Though I did tell EZ yesterday I believe I want to see a dime by July 4th. Go MMRF, I Like It! I Like It!
$0.0339 whoooo, hooooo! I don't think you are going to see this below $0.03 ever again. I like it! I like it! I like it!
God Bless MMRF, BL & all the members of this board. I like it!
Hey EZ, yesterday out at the farm.. I predicted a dime by July 4th. We'll see if I am right or not.
Please post a link to where you get your information to back your comments. Thank you!
On Fox yesterday the show “Cash’ ‘In” at the end Tracy Byrnes a contributor to the show (primarily on FBN) said that starting next week Walgreens will be putting Nurse practitioners & physician assistance in their clinics that will be able to diagnose diseases & things.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&gs_rn=8&gs_ri=psy-ab&cp=10&gs_id=t&xhr=t&q=tracy+byrnes&es_nrs=true&pf=p&biw=1280&bih=525&sclient=psy-ab&oq=tracy+byrn&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44770516,d.b2I&fp=d3341e0de40fcd15
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_Byrnes
PS. Mr. Sano to an earlier post you made. I have been in this stock for 4 years & I am long on it. I am now in the black. Not by much but I have all me investment back with a small profit at the close of Friday.
Rekcusdoo, GLTY!
Dear Vinovista, I can't answer you on anything regarding the buy back. I do believe that the economy will get worst a we approach the end of the year & that cannot be good for Siri or Liberty.
4 years or 5 I stated 2008. You tell me what happened after 09? I also think between now & the end of the year you will see things get worst. Hope not, good luck yo you!
Ok, I wish you the best of luck. Homes are being bought by the banks as investments new cars they offer 1st 3 months free but what is the subsriber #'s that continue on. The still off members in my familer every 6 to 8 months 3 months free on out vechiles. But my family members never take a subscription. Can't afford it. I was just sharing some of how I see this stock & why it really is not now moving. Take care.
I'm not totally disagreeing with you, bu we have 90 million people out of the work place. We raised 88 K new jobs last month. But the # they haven't told you is that 668,000 K fell out of the job market last month. Now if you have to feed little Johnny & Janie or get your satilite radio. Well you can see where I am going. The market going to get worst before it gets long term better. Sure it will have it rises to the traders who pump it up for awhile. I bought in at $0.625 over 4 years or so ago & was thinking this would go well over $20.00. But 2008 changed all that.
I learned a long time ago about what is called "Wishful Thinking". With that being said I would have to say there is something there in the patents or the other side (who ever they are) wouldn't be sitting down at the table.
But as someone said the other day out here (or something similar)... you don't have an order till you got the PO#.
EZ I didn't know you were a Missouri University "Tigers" fan? In my family were split between the Tigers & Jayhawks.
I will tell you all I bought more shares a week ago & I have my gun cocked & loaded again should she fall far enough.
We are just a short spit of skoal before this baby hummmmsss.
You got that right EZ, BTW good morning to you & everyone. Nice post T1, thanks!
Hello kelel, the economy is not growing. jobs report out today & that was not good. this is a subscription based company & if you do not have a job you can't afford a subscription. I do not care what they say things are not getting better. they may be only side stepping or going backwards.
Hello T1, I don't know anything about the bio side of this company, but I'm grateful many of you out here do. I listen, but it is the patents of MMRF PHR that I have bet on or were just another phr business. I'm ready for those patents to be tested.
If the patents are valid, Bob Lorsch will not ever sell this company. Like Bill Gates, he may step aside from day to day operations but he will continue to hold the reins. Good night T1, see ya tomorrow.
Stay safe!
Dog gone EZ you are not only sharp, your good. I forgot all about that. The drug chains seeing patients.
Hey I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed so you just go right ahead & implant your foot up my back side when need.
I hear ya FL74, but the way I still invision all of this & the future ( & I'm telling out here instead of an email so all can read) As I said over a year ago I invision a world like the cartoon the Jetson's (remember them from the 60"s) eventually we will sit here at our puters or phones & have our doctors visit for the non emergency stuff. I have read articles where a couple of doctors have already moved there practices into what I am exactly speaking of. But also nurse practioners is a booming field & I see eventually they 2 will handle this type of patient in the manner I am speaking of. I know to all the rest of you I sound like a crazy a$$ fool (FJ74 already knows this) but you what & see. the industry is going to change a hell of a lot more in the future.
I remember in the very early 90's online banking was introduced & I remember how I felt. Told family & friends I would never intrust my money online. By 1997 I was using online banking. Now the 2 industries are not the same, but the concept can be applied to both. To cut cost/exspenses, convience & time management both for you & the doctor/nurse practioner.
Take the blinders off that damn horse, loosen the reins & let her run. No offense here 3F... by the way tell the honey babe Bone says howdy. lol...
I typed this fast, did not reread or check my spelling but I hope some of you can invision what my eyes see & what I am sure is coming.
I here in St. Joseph, MO but the 1 I get consultation/treatment from may be located in Alaska.
Gotta go, stay safe. FJ74, see you out on the range, hope the wife & kids are enjoying the grandparents.
U.S. House Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.) has introduced legislation that would exempt pathologists and their laboratories from electronic health records meaningful use requirements.
Pathologists do not interact with patients to a degree to meet meaningful use measures, nor do they use a core EHR, and should not be penalized for noncompliance through reduced Medicare payments, according to the legislation, H.R. 1309. The bill was referred to the Commerce & Energy and Ways & Means Committees. Text of the bill is available at http://thomas.loc.gov.
Price was an orthopedic surgeon in private practice for nearly 20 years before becoming an assistant professor at Emory University School of Medicine and medical director at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. He served in the Georgia Senate before election to Congress in November 2004.
http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/ehr-electronic-health-records-meaningful-use-congress-45928-1.html