AHRQ’s new teleconference on Clinical Decision Support

• October 27, 2008, from 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm Eastern Time
• Moderator: Jon White, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• Presenters:

· Ben-Tzion Karsh, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering

· Ross Koppel, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology, and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine

· David F. Lobach, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Clinical Informatics, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University

• Sponsored by the AHRQ National Resource Center for Health IT
  

This is the second in a series of four free 90-minute Web conferences over the next few months that will focus on how clinical decision support—a clinical system, application, or process that helps health professionals make good patient care decisions—can be used to inform and improve health care delivery. Featured presenters are Ben-Tzion Karsh, Ph.D., M. S. I. E., University of Wisconsin Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems; Ross Koppel, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology, and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine; and David F. Lobach, M.D., Ph.D., Division of Clinical Informatics, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University. They will discuss existing evidence about the relationship between CDS and workflow, levels and stages, including findings regarding order sets and alerts, specific CDS implementations, their impact on workflow and share lessons learned from those implementations.

Select to register for the Web conference.

CPOE v BCMA

There was a thread on this in the AMIA Pharmacoinformatics list serv.

Today, there was a very good teleconference with David Bates and Robert Wachter where the moderator addressed the topic of CPOE versus BCMA was met head on.  Dr Wachter restated his politically based, non-evidenced view from his blog.  Dr. Bates disagreed on two fronts.  First the epidemiological studies are clear – more harm is done from mistakes in prescribing.  Second, the best evidence for safety is with CPOE.  There was agreement that optimally both should be done.  For me the answer seems crystal clear.

Top Blogs

 Clipped from: http://www.rncentral.com/nursing-library/careplans/top_50_health_2.0_blogs

Health and Technology

Health 2.0 is inextricably linked to technology, so read about how technology and health care affect each other in these blogs.

  32. Health Populi. Written by a health economist, this blog looks at how health care and technology intersect. Recent posts include health care debt trends and the economic impact on health insurance, medical treatment, and prescription drug use.

  33. iHealthBeat. Actually more of a journal than a blog, this site offers updates on Monday through Friday on how technology affects the health care industry. A part of the California HealthCare Foundation, some of the news is a bit more geared to California and the west coast.

  34. HIStalk. This Health IT blog serves primarily as a news aggregator for all the HIS inside industry scoops, but it also provides reader-written posts about the industry.

  35. The Healthcare IT Guy. Written by a CEO of a health care IT company, this blog offers plenty of reviews for great health 2.0 sites as well as updates about health care as it pertains to technology.

  36. eHealth. Blogging on the nuances of eHealth, health 2.0, and medicine 2.0, this writer discusses the various aspects of technology and health care systems.

  37. Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog. Read about podcasting, blogging, open source, privacy and more as these aspects of technology pertain to the health care industry.

  38. Future of Health IT. This news aggregator blog lets you know the latest news on IT trends and happenings as they relate to the health care industry.

  39. The Healthcare Information Systems Blog. While currently undergoing a re-focusing of direction, this blog generally examines health care and its association with technology innovation.

  40. Efficient MD.com. This site offers the latest on technology, best practices, and lifehacks. Stay on top of what technology your physician has available in her field.

  41. Kidney Notes. Not necessarily just focusing on kidneys, this blog offers a good mix of medical technology news, funny journal articles, and other random fun-ness. Medical professionals and laypeople alike will enjoy reading this blog.

  42. davidrothman.net. Combining medical librarianship and Internet technology, this blog offers great 2.0 tools and tips for those in the health care industry.

  43. Laika's MedLibLog. Another blog heavy on the medical library end of health 2.0 and written by a Dutch medical information specialist, this blog offers topics such as WikiMindMap, Dutch medical blogs, and more. 

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Pharmacy Informatics Information Collaborative Exchange

Various professional medical and pharmacy organizations have informatic ideas, programs, initiatives going on. The idea that came out of the AMIA Pharmacoinformatics working group is to coordinate the various activities.

The idea would be a representative from AMIA, HIMSS, ASHP and other organizations will use this communication tool for the fostering of input, ideas and collaboration on the advancement of pharmacy informatics.