John did a full writeup on these topics before the #HITsm chat. Be sure to read his thoughts on Healthcare Unbound.
Topic One: So how long will it be before office visits are no longer the norm? (via Mark Blatt, MD, CMIO Intel)
T1: 3 years, 4 months, 11 hours, 27 minutes #HITsm
— Vince Kuraitis (@VinceKuraitis) June 21, 2013
T1: When people in their 20s/30s are the “older” generation. #HITsm
— Elizabeth Xu (@ElizabethMXu) June 21, 2013
T1: I say probably never. People still want and need face to face interaction. …at least for the next 3.3 years. #HITsm
— Chad Johnson (@OchoTex) June 21, 2013
T1: Physician communication w/ patients during an office visit is decreasing to an average visit of 7 minutes #HITSMhttp://t.co/BvktPJCmnO
— Perficient Health IT (@Perficient_HC) June 21, 2013
Topic Two: What technologies will lead the way?
T2 This may shock some, but I had a meeting yesterday showing advantage of kiosks. Would you go to store that had private virt. cntr? #hitsm
— Leonard Kish (@leonardkish) June 21, 2013
T2 Standards you say? If only we had a central authority… // RT @mlhim2: increased mobile apps = increased interoperability issues #hitsm
— bradatpharma (@bradatpharma) June 21, 2013
T2: I like the healthcare-mechanic metaphor. office visits:full-service garages::kiosks:quick lubes #HITsm
— Chad Johnson (@OchoTex) June 21, 2013
T3: Device interoperability standards are becoming prevalent. #HITsm
— Anshu Jindal (@AnshuBJindal) June 21, 2013
Topic Three: How will these at-home and mobile technologies integrate with existing systems?
T3: Integration is always going to be an issue, regardless of system or standard. Must be considered in development #HITsm
— Chad Johnson (@OchoTex) June 21, 2013
#HITsm T3: always have to distinguish PHR from provider portal. PHR (HealthVault type multi-doc aggregation) still 5 years ahead of time
— Don Fluckinger (@DonFluckinger) June 21, 2013
I wonder how much of medicine could be overtaken by effective weight loss. #trillion$question #hitsm
— Leonard Kish (@leonardkish) June 21, 2013
T3: Integration w/ existing systems: Anyone heard of the Internet? #HITsm
— Vince Kuraitis (@VinceKuraitis) June 21, 2013
Topic Four: Aetna’s CarePass will track customer behavior. Will this become the norm, is it a good thing?
T4 Websites track, grocery stores track, I would imagine payers will track to (are alreday) Q is what will they do with the data? #hitsm
— Ileana Balcu (@yogileana) June 21, 2013
T4: Creeped out, frankly. As a patient I want some control over who sees/accesses my data. #hitsm
— Casey Quinlan (@MightyCasey) June 21, 2013
T4: Will be only as good as the person who is reading the messages and alerts. #HITsm
— Jon Mertz (@jonmertz) June 21, 2013
T4: #HITsm Trust is a BIG issue. I DO NOT trust my payer with my data.
— Keith W. Boone (@motorcycle_guy) June 21, 2013
NOW- our mental health clinic gets reimbursed for home visits from a managed Medicaid health plan. Patients use a mobile PHR web app to be empowered during a crisis and track symptom severity.