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Transcript of Health care it
Dave Lingerfelt
Learning Objectives Overview of Current Issues Facing Healthcare
Discuss Current Technology Trends
Time is a Factor…only 2 for today
Meet your tour guide…
Dave Lingerfelt, MBA• Health Care IT Professional• 10 years experience in Health IT• No point here, people learn
better in sets of 3!
The Problem• # of workers currently
trained does not meet demand of industry
• Aging population
• “Sicker quicker”
• Growing population of “Worried Well”
The Villain(s)?We have to blame somebody right?
We’ve come a long way baby!
First U.S. Surgical Amphitheater
Technology Today
Technology Today
Reported that 62% of physicians use an iPad at the point of care.
Over 80% of physicians use smart phones and smart phone apps daily as a part of patient care activities
What’s ahead?What Does the Health Care of Tomorrow Look Like?• Patient Centered Care• Outcomes Based Medicine/Payment Systems• Greater Emphasis on Population Health• Increased focus on Consumer Driven Medicine
NBC News
More DataCurrent Trends in Information Technology Enable Storage of Exponentially More Data.• Average Health System has an EMR Database of 2-
3 Terabytes• Rate of data storage is growing exponentially• Successfully mapped human genome model 10
years ago
**1TB = 1 trillion bytes = 1 thousand gigabytesOR
Roughly 472 hours of HD quality video
IT jobs in healthcare are expected to grow by 20% annually through 2018.
Lucas Mearian, ComputerWorld, September 26, 2012.
Health IT IndustryThe healthcare industry is leading the market in IT job creation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics job placement services.
Purpose: Improve quality of patient care!
National Survey ResultsThe need for IT staff in the nation’s healthcare facilities is more critical now than two years ago.
Two-thirds of healthcare operations in the U.S. are reporting a shortage, (67% of 163 hospitals or healthcare systems), survey of CIOs.July 2012, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
Tipping Point – Are We Ready?Do we have the workforce?• Nationally recognized shortage.
• Continue to drain the shrinking pool of employed health IT professionals.
• ARRA/HITECH Section 3016, 2010 training to support new wave of professionals.
• U.S. Department of Labor supports training for health IT workforce gaps via H-1B program.
More Health IT for Practitioners: More “Practitioners” for Health IT
Who’s Affected?• Hospitals• Physician Practices• Insurance Companies• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)• Employers• Medical Schools• Software Vendors• Device Manufacturers
Deadlines Looming• Two Major deadlines for HCIT industry
• ICD-10 upgrade Oct 2014• Stage 2 Meaningful Use 2014
• Deadline for electronic claims submission to CMS
• Major Health Systems Upgrade Software every 18-36 Months• Average upgrade end-to-end is 9-12 month
project• In short, the work is never done• “Need to be perfect at getting better” – Thomas
The EndDave Lingerfelt
Email:[email protected]
Phone: 913-221-7956
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davelingerfelt/
ResourcesHOAHIMSS.org and HIMSS.org
Kansas HIT Regional Extension Center http://www.kfmc.org/rec/
HealthIT.gov
AHIMA.org
CMS.gov
