Comments on: The Coming HIPAAcalypse? http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-hipaapocalypse/ Healing Environments, Innovation and Health Leadership Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:37:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: World Hospital Directory - 16,000 Hospitals WorldWide http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-hipaapocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-956 World Hospital Directory - 16,000 Hospitals WorldWide Sat, 03 Jul 2010 23:16:46 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=503#comment-956 [...] The Coming HIPAAcalypse? [...] [...] The Coming HIPAAcalypse? [...]

]]> By: Linconshire nursing homes http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-hipaapocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-912 Linconshire nursing homes Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:06:02 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=503#comment-912 As you said in the original post, nothing really matters now as in 2012 the Earth will be history anyways. The more I read about 2012 the more I believe it. But no, it won't happen. Predictions about world failures never really come true, such as the Y2K bug. But still. I'll be interested to see what outcomes Obama has for this health care system he wants to put in place. As you said in the original post, nothing really matters now as in 2012 the Earth will be history anyways. The more I read about 2012 the more I believe it. But no, it won’t happen. Predictions about world failures never really come true, such as the Y2K bug. But still. I’ll be interested to see what outcomes Obama has for this health care system he wants to put in place.

]]> By: A Different Kind of Saturday Night Fever for Some | Ask a Hospital President http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-hipaapocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-365 A Different Kind of Saturday Night Fever for Some | Ask a Hospital President Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:35:40 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=503#comment-365 [...] months ago I was inspired to write a very disconcerting blog post regarding the potential outbreak of the avian flu.  It was a disturbing post not only because it contained potentially negative statistical [...] [...] months ago I was inspired to write a very disconcerting blog post regarding the potential outbreak of the avian flu.  It was a disturbing post not only because it contained potentially negative statistical [...]

]]> By: Mike http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-hipaapocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-207 Mike Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:18:29 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=503#comment-207 If you get the call from Barack ask him if he has room for one more. I'd love to get in on the ground level and rebuild this thing we call healthcare. If you get the call from Barack ask him if he has room for one more. I’d love to get in on the ground level and rebuild this thing we call healthcare.

]]> By: Nick Jacobs http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-hipaapocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Nick Jacobs Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:08:40 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=503#comment-206 Dear Matt, Bob was not only a mentor he was also a friend in the last decade of his life. We were both builders, optimists, and, I believe, men with a vision of what could be . . . not what was. He was much more intelligent and complex than mine, but his nature and soul were always good and he was an amazing teacher and profound thinker. Having said that, don't get discouraged. I'm retiring in about six weeks from the day to day operations of the hospital and research institute, and my total and complete dedication in my own personal new world order (beside getting back to music) is to change the system from the ground up. I'm just waiting for a call from Barack . . . (-: Dear Matt,

Bob was not only a mentor he was also a friend in the last decade of his life. We were both builders, optimists, and, I believe, men with a vision of what could be . . . not what was. He was much more intelligent and complex than mine, but his nature and soul were always good and he was an amazing teacher and profound thinker.

Having said that, don’t get discouraged. I’m retiring in about six weeks from the day to day operations of the hospital and research institute, and my total and complete dedication in my own personal new world order (beside getting back to music) is to change the system from the ground up. I’m just waiting for a call from Barack . . . (-:

]]> By: Nick Jacobs http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-hipaapocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-205 Nick Jacobs Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:03:17 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=503#comment-205 John, Thanks for your advice. I'm sure that you would be absolutely amazed at the quality of our little health system when it comes to security, HIPAA, overcoming laxity, etc. It is our absolute obbession. Having said that, the entire context of my post was intended to express our complete frustration with a government imposed system that, once again, beats the mule that works the hardest. Fines, penalties, and public beatings until morale improves is NOT the best route to growth. Thanks for the tip, and I will read the book. Nick John, Thanks for your advice. I’m sure that you would be absolutely amazed at the quality of our little health system when it comes to security, HIPAA, overcoming laxity, etc. It is our absolute obbession. Having said that, the entire context of my post was intended to express our complete frustration with a government imposed system that, once again, beats the mule that works the hardest. Fines, penalties, and public beatings until morale improves is NOT the best route to growth. Thanks for the tip, and I will read the book.

Nick

]]> By: John Franks http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-hipaapocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-204 John Franks Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:45:43 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=503#comment-204 I like to pass along things that work, in hopes that good ideas make their way back to me. Data breaches and thefts are due to a lagging business culture – and people aren’t getting the training they need. As CIO, I look for ways to help my business and IT teams further their education. Check your local library: A book that is required reading is "I.T. WARS: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium." It also helps outside agencies understand your values and practices. The author, David Scott, has an interview that is a great exposure: http://businessforum.com/DScott_02.html - The book came to us as a tip from an intern who attended a course at University of Wisconsin, where the book is an MBA text. It has helped us to understand that, while various systems of security are important, no system can overcome laxity, ignorance, or deliberate intent to harm. Necessary is a sustained culture and awareness; an efficient prism through which every activity is viewed from a security perspective prior to action. In the realm of risk, unmanaged possibilities become probabilities – read the book BEFORE you suffer a breach. I like to pass along things that work, in hopes that good ideas make their way back to me. Data breaches and thefts are due to a lagging business culture – and people aren’t getting the training they need. As CIO, I look for ways to help my business and IT teams further their education. Check your local library: A book that is required reading is “I.T. WARS: Managing the Business-Technology Weave in the New Millennium.” It also helps outside agencies understand your values and practices.
The author, David Scott, has an interview that is a great exposure: http://businessforum.com/DScott_02.html –
The book came to us as a tip from an intern who attended a course at University of Wisconsin, where the book is an MBA text. It has helped us to understand that, while various systems of security are important, no system can overcome laxity, ignorance, or deliberate intent to harm. Necessary is a sustained culture and awareness; an efficient prism through which every activity is viewed from a security perspective prior to action.
In the realm of risk, unmanaged possibilities become probabilities – read the book BEFORE you suffer a breach.

]]> By: Matthew Hahn http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/2008/11/14/the-hipaapocalypse/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Matthew Hahn Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:49:16 +0000 http://takingthehelloutofhealthcare.com/blog/?p=503#comment-203 Nick - I wrote a similar blog today (http://nocompromisehealthcare.blogspot.com/) regarding the administrative nightmare that is medical billing. Health care administration must be simplified. As you say, billing standards, CPT codes, ICD-9 codes were probably (?) established with good intentions, but the reality is that they complicate care, hugely increase costs, and probably ruin any interesting attempts to collect realistic clinical data. I have been hearing about you for quite some time. My mother-in-law is Winnie Bernat (my late father-in-law was Bob Bernat)...I'm married to their oldest daughter, Brenda. I'm a family physician, working my entire career within community health centers. I'm becoming more and more radicalized as I see patient care and patients suffer at the hands of our unworkable health care finance system, and motivated, good-hearted clinical staff becoming demoralized by a soulless (sp?) system that only sees dollars. Health care reform may be the battleground for America's soul...I'm witness to a humanitarian crisis every day, happening right in front of our faces. It's hard being a physician in a system that does all it can to disrupt good care...I'm getting involved in health care reform, in a sense, to try to save our profession. Would like to meet you...Brenda gave me a copy of your book. Matt Hahn Nick –
I wrote a similar blog today (http://nocompromisehealthcare.blogspot.com/) regarding the administrative nightmare that is medical billing.
Health care administration must be simplified. As you say, billing standards, CPT codes, ICD-9 codes were probably (?) established with good intentions, but the reality is that they complicate care, hugely increase costs, and probably ruin any interesting attempts to collect realistic clinical data.
I have been hearing about you for quite some time. My mother-in-law is Winnie Bernat (my late father-in-law was Bob Bernat)…I’m married to their oldest daughter, Brenda.
I’m a family physician, working my entire career within community health centers. I’m becoming more and more radicalized as I see patient care and patients suffer at the hands of our unworkable health care finance system, and motivated, good-hearted clinical staff becoming demoralized by a soulless (sp?) system that only sees dollars.
Health care reform may be the battleground for America’s soul…I’m witness to a humanitarian crisis every day, happening right in front of our faces. It’s hard being a physician in a system that does all it can to disrupt good care…I’m getting involved in health care reform, in a sense, to try to save our profession.
Would like to meet you…Brenda gave me a copy of your book.
Matt Hahn

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