Comments on: ARRA: A New Era for Health IT, and for CCHIT – Part 1 http://ehrdecisions.com/2009/03/10/arra-a-new-era-for-health-it-and-for-cchit-part-1/ Electronic Health Record (EHR) information and news Wed, 23 Jun 2010 06:22:33 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: What do they mean by EHR, EMR, PHR, and “meaningful use”? — EHR Decisions http://ehrdecisions.com/2009/03/10/arra-a-new-era-for-health-it-and-for-cchit-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-632 What do they mean by EHR, EMR, PHR, and “meaningful use”? — EHR Decisions Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:22:43 +0000 http://ehrdecisions.com/?p=486#comment-632 [...] the discussions surrounding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the health IT space race it has launched, there are any number of new terms and concepts with which the broader health [...] [...] the discussions surrounding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the health IT space race it has launched, there are any number of new terms and concepts with which the broader health [...]

]]> By: Jeffrey Halbstein Harris http://ehrdecisions.com/2009/03/10/arra-a-new-era-for-health-it-and-for-cchit-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Jeffrey Halbstein Harris Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:50:44 +0000 http://ehrdecisions.com/?p=486#comment-538 Great analogy! My father was one of the lead engineers on the Lunar Excursion Module’s descent engine (the propulsion that remarkably provided sufficient burn to return Apollo 13 home). I was amazed as the windows in our home in Huntsville Al. quaked as the Saturn V rocket motors were tested and always excited when Pop returned from work to discuss his latest adventure on the Redstone Arsenal. So here we are! As a 52 year old man who has spent 42 years of his life as a diabetic and the last ten years passionately driving early adoption of best practice tools I am humbled by the task; but confident in our leadership. I have three health records; one from my PBM, one from my insurance plan and one from Medtronic where I download my pump and glucose data. Last year, I joined MS Health-Vault hopping for connectivity but still wait for my vendors to sign agreements to transmit data which might save my life in the event of a “therapeutic misadventure”. Having a cervical fusion times 3 six weeks ago was hysterical and terrifying as I shuttled data between the stakeholders of my health and well being. Having read the Shared Roadmap, I am excited that we have agreement and hope we all have the energy to cope with the political, business and cost barriers. Shalom, Jeffrey Halbstein-Harris Great analogy! My father was one of the lead engineers on the Lunar Excursion Module’s descent engine (the propulsion that remarkably provided sufficient burn to return Apollo 13 home). I was amazed as the windows in our home in Huntsville Al. quaked as the Saturn V rocket motors were tested and always excited when Pop returned from work to discuss his latest adventure on the Redstone Arsenal.

So here we are!

As a 52 year old man who has spent 42 years of his life as a diabetic and the last ten years passionately driving early adoption of best practice tools I am humbled by the task; but confident in our leadership.

I have three health records; one from my PBM, one from my insurance plan and one from Medtronic where I download my pump and glucose data. Last year, I joined MS Health-Vault hopping for connectivity but still wait for my vendors to sign agreements to transmit data which might save my life in the event of a “therapeutic misadventure”. Having a cervical fusion times 3 six weeks ago was hysterical and terrifying as I shuttled data between the stakeholders of my health and well being.

Having read the Shared Roadmap, I am excited that we have agreement and hope we all have the energy to cope with the political, business and cost barriers.
Shalom,
Jeffrey Halbstein-Harris

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