ONC Launches “Health IT: Stories from the road”

Health IT: Stories from the road

Looking to share success stories on Health IT implementation, the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT launched a new section on its Web site called “Health IT Journey: Stories from the road” on April 13, 2010. The following excerpt was selected on April 14, 2010. Please see the ONC site to keep up-to-date with the latest stories. Two of the three stories posted already require a paid subscription, so only the abstracts may be available. And ONC has posted a disclaimer about posted stories on the page.

Share. Inspire. Learn.
“Have you, your practice, or your organization been through a health IT implementation? We’d like you to share your story with us. After internal review, your story may be published to inspire other providers and organizations to become meaningful users of Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Let’s learn together.Email us your story at onc.request@hhs.gov. If the story has been published, be sure to include the name of the publication, the date of publication and a link to the article. Read our disclaimer (below).”

Journey Stories
What’s Keeping Us So Busy in Primary Care?  A Snapshot from One Practice
A small practice uses health IT to streamline delivery of care.
Richard J. Baron, M.D., F.A.C.P.
New England Journal of Medicine, 362: 1632-1636
April 29, 2010

Lessons Premier Hospitals Learned About Implementing Electronic Health Records  [Paid subscription required]
Hospitals implement health IT and develop an electronic health-record best-practices library to support “meaningingful use.”
Susan D. DeVore and Keith Figlioli
Health Affairs, 29: 664-667
April 2010

Health IT and Solo Practice: A Love-Hate Relationship  [Paid subscription required]
A solo practitioner finds efficiencies and challenges in adoption of health IT.
Joseph Heyman
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, 38: 14-16
March 2010