Next week, it’s going to be a little different around here. Next week, I’m going to be spending the week at Zions National Park as part of a family reunion. We did this a couple years back and unless things have changed, I’ll be stuck completely off the grid with no wifi or even cell coverage (Although, I may slip into town one day to check my email). Should be quite the experience.
I’ve actually done this a few times before and you probably didn’t know it. I just schedule the posts to appear and no one even realized I was gone. In fact, when I’ve done it in the past, I’ve had some of my highest traffic days on the blog. Don’t ask me how that works.
Next week, I decided to do something a little bit different. When I first started blogging, I remember a blogger “turning over the keys” to his blog to another blogger for the week. I always thought that was a kind of cool idea. Usually the person who “drives” the blog for the week enjoys it, the readers get another perspective, and the blog keeps humming while I’m wrestling 4 children and 12 cousins in the wilderness.
That’s indeed what I’ve done. Next week, I’m passing the keys to the EMR and HIPAA blog over to Chuck Webster, MD. Most people know him better as @wareFLO. He’s also well known for his famous HIMSS hat cam which has now been transitioned to Google Glass. However, Chuck is most well known for his interest in love passion adoration addiction to EHR and Health IT workflow. See his blog for example.
If you say EHR, he thinks workflow. If you say HIE, he thinks workflow. If you say population health, he thinks workflow. If you say meaningful use, he thinks workflow. If you say revenue cycle management, he thinks workflow. If you say donuts, he thinks workflow (This seems appropriate on National Donut day).
Needless to say, next week Chuck is going to be taking you through a series of blog posts covering EHR and Healthcare IT workflow. I’ve seen the preview and there are some real valuable nuggets that he’ll share. I particularly like the posts he’s planning for later in the week.
How’s that for a preview? Of course, if you hate EHR workflow, then I’ll be back with my regularly scheduled programming the week after. I look forward to hearing what you all think about Chuck’s posts. If you like the idea, maybe we’ll do it again in the future. Either way, I hope you’ll welcome Chuck next week and give him the same honest feedback, support, critiques, and suggestions in the comments that you give me.
‘If you hate EHR workflow’
It’s easy to understand why healthcare professionals could hate workflows, that is those designed by others who labor under the misguided notion that workflow should flow the way the software designer decided it should flow (“the software needs you to do it this way”.
You get zero complaints from hospitals/clinics where the workflows they use are designed, managed and owned by unit staff.
There’s not much to complain about when workflow logic mirrors the way a hospital/clinic likes to work and posts their data collection forms.
“Your workflows, your forms, your competitive advantage”
The option is join the herd and ride over the cliff.
Hi Karl,
Chuck actually addresses a lot of what you say in his posts and takes them to the next level. Although, there’s still plenty of complaining when an organization designs their own workflow. They just find something different to complain about;-)
“If you say EHR, he thinks workflow. If you say HIE, he thinks workflow. If you say population health, he thinks workflow. If you say meaningful use, he thinks workflow. If you say revenue cycle management, he thinks workflow. If you say donuts, he thinks workflow”!
Love it!
Have a great John!
Chuck