Healthcare Technologist's Happy New Year Poem

Twas the night before New Years
And all through the house
Each PC was sleeping including the mouse

And all of the Acronyms,
Lined up through the hall
PHR, EHR, and HIPAA,
Adoption so small.

Healthcare Companies clamoring,
Come one, and come all
Microsoft battles Google,
Steve's Revolution yet crawls.

WEBMD is King
With the most monthly visits,
As competition heats up
Draws away all the people
Including the cynics.

DOSSIA was floundering,
Nearing it’s death
Reinvestment, a lawsuit,
Phrs as an HR benefit
is given new breath.

Consumer Directed,
consumer this and that,
Consumers need money,
Emrs and phrs
Second at bat.

MDVIP and concierge medicine is sprouting,
Discharged uninsured families and children,
without their doctors are left pouting.

Minute Clinics vs. AMA
in a battle of turfs,
Reminds me of court
held by the smurfs.

In the end ,
the new year will inevitably bring,
the promise of better healthcare,
But realistically,
wont change a thing.

E health project that is failing, clearly a bigger Personal Health Record (PHR) is not better

When we first read about Dossia's intentions we applauded it. Now, we see the realities of multi-corporate "cooperation".

It is easy to see why large initiatives fail...widespread usage of a commodotized PHR will be inevitable , but , will probably be through slow adoption, acquisition and mergers rather than super large initiatives. Large government initiatives or large multi corporate partnerships are good in theory, but , practically speaking, precedents suggest otherwise..

Read the recent article entitled: Another E-Health Project In Disarray
Partners in initiative known as Dossia squabble over money, deliverables. Will the health industry ever get this right?
in http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=201001393
and I quote "An ambitious program to provide electronic health records to more than 2.5 million people is starting to unravel, as the partners in the multimillion-dollar initiative turn to legal action against each other."