National Health IT Week 2009 – Just Around the Corner

Lots of chatter is coming from Washington, DC about Healthcare Reform. Supposedly “2009 is the Year of Healthcare Transformation.”

“Healthcare reform has now taken a prominent role in Washington, DC, with both the House and Senate working in concert with the Obama Administration to pass effective legislation.”

National Health IT Week 2009 will be in DC, taking place September 21st – 25^th. Details here.

“National Health IT Week is a collaborative forum now in its fourth year of assembling key healthcare constituents…..working together to elevate national attention to the necessity of advancing healthcare IT.”

With a new Administration that’s focused on “change”, healthcare reform has been one of the hot topics. We all know in healthcare that change is inevitable. We discussed that here a few weeks ago.  Healthcare IT hasn’t gotten this much attention from the government in quite some time. So, as an industry, we need to take advantage of such recognition. One reason that we, at ComplyMD, like all the healthcare IT buzz from DC is the attention it brings to ‘changing with the times.’ Many times hospital administration can be ‘iffy’ about investing in a new piece of equipment or a new software solution because of the financial side of things. Many physicians are ‘iffy’ because of the change that such solutions will bring about to their everyday workload – for better or worse. Healthcare IT solutions produce change in a facility.

Facility administrators must be wise about their solution choices, ensuring their picks will produce good returns and [eventually] happy doctors, staff, and patients. With ComplyMD’s Surgeon Notes solution, we bring about a sort of change in documentation. Surgeons are able to document their procedures and the health of their patients at the point of service. Out with the old [redundant dictation] and in with the new [ComplyMD Surgeon Notes]. Whether we agree with the Obama Administration or not, we at ComplyMD like change.