Healthcare IT News - January 2009 - (Page 13) www.HealthcareITNews.com PhySIcIaN PRactIcES & amBulatoRy caRE out,” adds Johnston. “Multiple approaches are going to play out and we are in the early stage here so we modeled accordingly.” Johnston says, “We believe there is a large potential for benefit from PHRs from some of the systems we modeled.” Doug Johnston Pan favors the interoperable architecture over the others and says real world happenings have validated his predictions. January 2009 ■ Healthcare IT News 13 going to be the winner,” she says. However, she adds, this is not reflected very well in the report because – mainly in order to meet the model’s 80 percent adoption rate – even very small providers would need to be connected, and that’s just not going to happen. Drazen feels most patients would be comfortable with a providertethered PHR and says a payertethered product could make them feel less comfortable. ■ More e at e-PresCrIBe PHrs Continued from page 12 Continued from page 12 Massachusetts health insurers. Physicians using e-prescribing with formulary decision support increased their use of generic prescriptions by 3.3 percent, the study’s authors found. many doctors “want to do the right thing.” – Joel Weissman Many doctors “want to do the right thing,” said study author Joel Weissman of MGH. “If they are provided information on choices of effective medicines at the point of service, they are more likely to prescribe the one that will help their patients deal with the high cost of drugs.” The study’s lead Carolyn Clancy, author, Michael MD A. Fischer, MD, of BWH, noted even physicians with eprescribing use it only about 20 percent of the time. “Our results likely represent a conservative estimate of the potential savings,” he said. “These findings show that decision support can improve value for patients,” said AHRQ Director Carolyn M. Clancy, MD. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: e-PreSCrIBe 0109 again the report is quick to say that 100 percent has not been reached in the United States and isn’t anticipated to in the timeframe given in the study. “I think people are finding (the study) as controversial because they don’t realize the analytical construct,” says Pan. “This is not a market analysis.” “Ultimately we can’t predict how the market is going to play He says it seems that all products are moving in that direction. “The future is interoperability,” he says. Even though Pan thinks interoperability is the way to go, he doesn’t feel that the market is ready and, absent Erica Drazen of that, the provider-tethered PHR would be next best thing. Drazen agrees. “The provider connector is HealthcareITNews.com e ●Connect: PHrS 0109 The merger of Allscripts and Misys has created the new Allscripts New Years Resolution: ● 2009 Will Be The Year I Automate My Practice Sound Familiar? Then it’s time to check out Allscripts. Find out why 150,000 physicians, 700 hospitals and thousands of other healthcare providers in clinics, post-acute care facilities and homecare agencies trust solutions from Allscripts to automate their clinical and business operations and Connect to Health™. 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RiverStone Health is also hosting the system for three additional FQHCs in Montana: the Butte Community Health Center, Partnership Health Center in Missoula and the Cooperative Health Center in Helena. “We can provide a more robust system as a group, and at a lower cost,” Hillman said. Keel said the technology will help to meet the stringent reporting and billing requirements that apply to FQHCs, as well as ensure there is no interruption in patient care funding. ■ More at HealthcareITNews.com e Connect: MoNtaNa 0109 ● Learn more at : www.allscripts.com/connect2health e ● Connect: aLLSCrIPtS 0109 http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/phrs-could-save-billions http://www.allscripts.com/connect2health http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/e-prescribing-cuts-drug-costs-study-reveals http://www.HealthcareITNews.com http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/emr-links-montana-centers http://www.allscripts.com/connect2health http://www.allscripts.com/connect2health
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