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Healthcare IT News ■ June 2008 industry news www.HealthcareITNews.com response to what healthcare IT of terms are essential for facilitat– The National Alliance leaders view as a growing need to ing IT adoption.” The Alliance’s review of the literafor Health Information Technology address ambiguous definitions. “A plethora of competing and ture identified between 18 and 63 has released its definitions for key confusing definitions, with terms possible definitions for each of five healthcare technology terms. The report “Defining Key Health often used interchangeably, is key health IT terms: electronic mediInformation Technology Terms,” impeding progress in health infor- cal record, electronic health record, reflects consensus work completed mation technology,” Karen M. Bell, personal health record, health inforMD, director of ONC’s Office of mation exchange and regional health over the last several months. The definitions project, fund- Health IT Adoption, said when the information organization. “We have proposed language that ed by the Office of the National project was launched last October. ITN_Jun08 WertheimerDance.qxp:Layout 1 4/29/08 12:26 PM Page 1 Coordinator (ONC), came as a “A common understanding and use is easily understood by non-techniBy BernIe MonegaIn, Editor CHICAGO New definitions for healthcare It terms now available cal leaders in healthcare delivery, policymakers with responsibility and accountability for decisions in the area of health IT, consumers who are being asked to participate more fully in their care and wellness and need education tools to do so,” said Jane Horowitz, the Alliance’s chief marketing officer and leader of the ONC project. ■ More at HealthcareITnews.com e Connect: DeFINe 0608 Definitions for healthcare It terms ■ Electronic Medical Record: An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that can be created, gathered, managed and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff within one health care organization. ■ Electronic health Record: An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be created, managed and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more than one health care organization. ■ Personal health Record: An electronic record of health-related information on an individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and that can be drawn from multiple sources while being managed, shared and controlled by the individual. ■ health Information Exchange: The electronic movement of healthrelated information among organizations according to nationally recognized standards. ■ health Information Organization: An organization that oversees and governs the exchange of health-related information among organizations according to nationally recognized standards. ■ Regional health Information Organization: A health information organization that brings together health care stakeholders within a defined geographic area and governs health information exchange among them for the purpose of improving health and care in that community. ● FTEs Reduced medical records staff by 22 FTEs. 22 $ 181 K Saved $181K in annual salaries through business office staff reduction. 61% Reduced operating/office supplies costs by 61%. searCH Continued from page 3 Heart & Family wanted a 100% paperless practice. They needed a flexible solution to redesign clinical workflow and financial management. They turned to NextGen® and quickly documented 64 separate process improvements. Now, Dr. Wertheimer has time to step away from his practice. Electronic Medical Records & Enterprise Practice Management medical records for a few thousand patient volunteers at the not-forprofit Cleveland Clinic. “We chose Cleveland Clinic as one of the first partners to pilot our new health offering because as a provider, they already empower their patients by giving them online tools that help them manage their medical records online and coordinate care with their doctors,” Eric Schmidt Mayer said. Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston also joined the rank of Google partners. John Halamka, MD, CIO at Beth Israel, is a member of the Google Health Advisory Council. The Cleveland Clinic and Beth Israel Medical Center are among several Google partners. Others include Allscripts, Walgreen’s, Longs Drugs Stores, CVS Caremark Group and Quest Diagnostics. ■ More at HealthcareITnews.com e Connect: SearcH 0608 Dr. David Wertheimer and his wife Heart & Family Health Institute, Port St. Lucie, FL For more information call 215-657-7010 or visit www.nextgen.com/HITN e ● Connect: NextGeN 0608 ● www.HealthcareITNews.com HealthcareITnews.com HealthcareITnews.com www.nextgen.com/HITN

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