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DHagar
7/18/2016 7:47:28 PM
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@mpouraryan, to a degree that is correct, what is in place is not working well enough to solving the problems for doctors in deliveriing care to their patients. It truly does digitize and submit the claims process, not the care process.
I believe there are positive developments, as this article points out, with a platform for healthcare apps, targeted to the patient. We need patient-centric systems. Then the healthcare industry's leadership (ie HIMSS) in extended standards for data (like exists with HL7) would go a long way to gaining industry support. Then the government identifying standardized claims data (since they represent 50% of the market), would provide data foundations where the disparate systems could connect.
There is hope. Like anything else, it will require leadership.
mpouraryan
7/19/2016 2:21:34 PM
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What is then clear is that this who figure out how to 'bridge the gap", harness the data will be able to overcome and truly be the "transformational agents"--the question is who?
DHagar
7/19/2016 2:45:17 PM
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@mpouraryan, I don't think the answer will be a single who, or you will end up with one version versus another again. The industry needs a standard, from the industry associations, the government, and/or the market power of the customers wanting transferable information with their healthcare apps - or "all of the above"!
mpouraryan
7/19/2016 2:49:25 PM
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The question, then, is this: who is out there in your view that helps drives say the "linux" or "Java" that has helped to standardize and transform our tech world as we know it?
DHagar
7/19/2016 3:34:09 PM
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@mpouraryan, only my opinion mind you - that is where multiple vendors created a platform for open standards and interoperability that served industry and was adopted by industry itself.
That is also the case where vendors were responding to a somewhat developed IT market. Healthcare is not just playing to a connecting point for developed technologies, many providers are still adopting to the entire concept of digitilization.
mpouraryan
7/19/2016 4:57:37 PM
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Understood--the question is then who will be left standing once this shakedown in effect occurs? It is clear that the ordinary user (us) seems to be left out in the process and the human element continues to be discounted consistently.
DHagar
7/19/2016 5:41:50 PM
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@mpouraryan, no, actually I respectfully disagree. If we are dealing with healthcare, that is where there is great opportunity for the consumer (through healthcare apps - as this blog reveals) to be the true customer and the markets to form around the new connections with the consumer. That may actually drive a positive standard to connect with the customer.
There is hope yet.
mpouraryan
7/19/2016 6:22:07 PM
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On this, we will agree to disagree because when we're faced with increased premium costs, increased overall healthcare costs, things have to change and so far I see none....
DHagar
7/19/2016 6:37:44 PM
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@mpouraryan, points noted, and we will see if change is possible and comes about. In the mean time, the demand for connected healthcare apps is a positive sign.
mpouraryan
7/19/2016 6:39:22 PM
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We have to pursue change--that's our challenge. We can and need to overcome.
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