Analyzing the TweetStream: 7/22 – 7/26

Happy Monday all! Hope everyone had a wondrous weekend. In case you missed ’em, here are @HealthStandards’ top 5 tweets from last week:

#1

“Which replacement #EHR systems are physicians switching to?” | http://t.co/yCcKj9BoN5 via @medeconomics #HITsm— HL7 Standards (@HealthStandards) July 24, 2013

2013 has been plagued with news such as this. Every day it’s another form of “physicians aren’t satisfied with ‘EHR system a’ and are now switching to ‘EHR system b.’” This is yet another such article, except this one – in a way – aggregated all of those switches and tells us the top eight EHRs that physicians are crowding towards. Follow the link for the full list and a few interesting stats.

#2

Good Question: “#EHR replacement gone wrong: Who owns patient data?” | http://t.co/nfQVRVN2UE via @EHRIntel #HITsm — HL7 Standards (@HealthStandards) July 23, 2013

When an EHR vendor/provider relationship ends badly, who does the data belong to? It’s a fun discussion question, to be sure, but what I find most interesting about this question is that it suggests the correct answer is either the vendor or the provider. Personally, I feel the data belongs to the patients.

#3

72% patients use Internet for health-related queries, physicians beginning to warm up to concept | http://t.co/L9Ont3EHsX via @medcitynews — HL7 Standards (@HealthStandards) July 24, 2013

Docs are beginning to see the light: They can’t stop us from using the Internet. Physicians tired of patients coming in with “Lupus” or “the flu,” because “House M.D.” or WebMD told them so, decided to play a bigger role in creating more accurate symptom checkers.

#4

MGMA Prez “extremely concerned” that @CMSGov won’t conduct #ICD10 testing w/ external trading partners | http://t.co/iTxB9p3Kvq #HITsm

— HL7 Standards (@HealthStandards) July 23, 2013

Medical Group Management Association President and CEO Susan Turney is understandably concerned: research performed by her own firm found that only 4.8% of the providers surveyed were feeling prepared for ICD-10. Testing with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services would add some much needed clarity to the whole situation.

#5

#ICD10 Transition Should be Major Focus Now —> http://t.co/JK6T0iKM3L— HL7 Standards (@HealthStandards) July 23, 2013

Continuing the ICD-10 transition trend, it seems that many physicians are crossing their fingers for a deadline extension, instead of vigorously preparing – this healthleadersmedia.com article suggests that these physicians are making a mistake…