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by Debi Warner, MLIS, AHIP, Clinical Librarian, Anthelio Healthcare Solutions

A project in Rome, Georgia plans to approach their HIE differently — through patient health records.  Other states have developed projects based on hospital, doctors, or other provider exchanges, but this one will be more customer-focused.  The original grant was made to the Georgia Cancer Coalition and the Georgia Department of Community Health. [1]

“The grant will be used to develop information technology that focuses on improving patient-provider communications and care coordination through the secure use of personal health records. The goal is to develop patient-centered technology and processes that will give patients access to, and a degree of control over, their health information as an essential, central partner on their healthcare team. This health information exchange will be developed by the healthcare providers in Rome (Floyd County), initially focusing on serving their cancer patients.”  [2] READ MORE

by Debi Warner, MLIS, AHIP, Clinical Librarian, Anthelio Healthcare Solutions

A few posts ago, we posed this question:

She said that if she couldn’t log on to the Internet anywhere she is and find out the current situation with her bank account, she would be frustrated and even angry.  She asked why she couldn’t do the same for her health information.

Yesterday, a very intelligent man from Washington, D.C. told me the answer!  Michael Glickman, our keynote speaker from the HIE symposium, visited us again yesterday to talk about standards.  Michael has a delightful sense of humor, “The one thing I like about standards,” he said, “is that there are so many to choose from.” READ MORE

by Debi Warner, MLIS, AHIP, Clinical Librarian, Anthelio Healthcare Solutions

In episode # 2907 of the Woodwright’s Shop, Roy Underhill takes viewers on a tour of a Steam-powered Sawmill.  You can watch it here: http://www.pbs.org/woodwrightsshop/video/2900/2907.html.  Go ahead, I’ll wait…..

What was fascinating about this was the interoperability.  The mill took the steam power from a piston and converted it many ways.  A belt mounted in a figure 8 could convert a wheel turning clockwise into one turning counter-clockwise.  A twist in another belt turned horizontal motion into vertical motion.  The different size and formation of gears could make wheels move slower or faster as needed.  READ MORE