Earlier this year I participated in a health chat and thought this was interesting and would be of interest to you all as well. Blessings, Barby Ingle
How is Apple’s plan for health records truly altruistic and game-changing or just a flash in the pan? I believe Apple’s plan for health records is not altruistic, it might be game-changing, but it is to make money for Apple and may even be a flash in the pain. Do you know how many companies are out there already doing EHR? A lot and more coming on line all the time. Due to healthcare laws, EHR’s dont talk to each other and it causes patients and providers challenges even if some now can, it wont fix the system, it will make Apple lots of $$ and there will still be challenges like the $ already spent by providers who cant afford to spend more on tech. Also, Apple works on apple products… not all products, its all about the money
How might Apple’s entry into 40 systems & 300 hospitals make this effort successful by the very nature of the massive roll out? It will be successful for their bottom-line, It will make money for Apple on the products all of these systems and hospitals need for the equipment and programs, it will make money on the programs, and it will cost the patients and insurance companies in the long run. Someone has to fund the EHR requirements that were put into mandatory effect.
Why have so many other health record / access initiatives with similar goals failed to catch fire and truly succeed? Failure because they all want to make money (which is their purpose and right) but if providers systems cant communicate, we dont have a system that can work if the patient is out of town and breaks their leg skiing, It only works if all your providers are in the same EHR along with the patient, that will never happen due to the way the USA health system is currently set up/run.
What will be needed for Apple’s push to reach the majority of patients in an effective way? Or is this impossible? There has to be one common system for all for this to work for all, and that will never happen with EHR’s as our society is not set up for it. I have an app on Apple’s platform and Android. We had to make two so that we could reach more people because people have choice preferences and different financial levels as to what they want/expect.
What will you do when presented with an iPad upon admission and instructions for using your iPhone for total access to your health records and care? I have already been presented with an android tablet at labs, radiologist, and er. I dont have an iPhone so I use my android or home computer. Some pt’s are too sick upon check in to do this for them self. At home I print out my records and organize them, I have 8 three-inch binders with my medical records, as soon after a visit that I can I print them and organize them, check for mistakes, etc. and then make copies for my other providers to bring on my next appt so they can scan into my records at their offices.
Does it matter if the solution for health records and data lives on iOS or Android? Shouldn’t we all get behind what works with the right vision versus looking to pick things apart? We have so many cookie flavors because there are so many personal preferences… Same for EHR’s, I love my Android but have 1 apple device, a fax machine, laptop and computer, we need the data to work on all devices as consumers/patients so that we can have the data in multiple formats as preferred and needed for different situations.
