This blog is an experiment in tapping the power of online tools to engage and empower normal people in the process of defining the solution to very tough problems.
Health care reform is experiencing renewed interest, and there is an accelerating urgency to do something to slow down that freight train of accelerating spending on health care. The stimulus package (ARRA) directs about $30 billion into health IT to kick-start reform in this area.
This is a site to gather a fresh voice--your collective voice--in the debate over how to most effectively define solutions to the health IT piece of reforming our health care delivery system.
"EHR 3.0" implies a new paradigm for thinking about these kinds of systems, but this is merely a guiding concept. Maybe our focus should be on a different piece of health IT. You decide.
What This Is Not
This is not a policy wonk site, nor is it a surreptitious market research site for legacy health IT vendors or entrenched interests. (Then again, smart vendors will certainly be reading your definition of the ideal system, but they are not sponsoring or otherwise involved in this initiative.)
This is not the place to debate whether health IT is the answer to health care reform; logic dictates that it is just one piece--albeit an important piece. This is also not the place to debate the other aspects of health care reform. There are other places for that very important debate.
About the Author(s) "EHRchitect" represents an assortment of voices intended to guide (but not shape) this process. This anonymity has a primary purpose: Known voices can bias the results of this kind of process. We are an active part of trying to find solutions, but we do not want our position or names to bias the results.
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