Oncology EHR - Promoting Quality & Safety in Oncology Electronic Health Records

Promoting Quality & Safety in Oncology Electronic Health Records

A meeting place for oncology professionals, oncology practice managers, and vendors interested in promoting EHR adoption.

Forum

Disaster Recovery and EHR design

Started by Catalin Gabriel Oprea Jan 6.

A spreadsheet to help calculate EHR ROI

Started by OncologyEHR Administrator Oct. 9, 2009.

Stimulus Package and EHR implementation 3 Replies

Started by Ajithkumar Puthillath. Last reply by Josh Rice Dec. 3, 2009.

Who can afford this?? 7 Replies

Started by John Cox. Last reply by Douglas Blayney, M.D. Oct. 15, 2009.

Back from EHR at SFO. 5 Replies

Started by Ajithkumar Puthillath. Last reply by Marc Luedke Oct. 19, 2009.

Latest Activity

Robert S. Miller, MD added a blog post

The EHR's potential to be transformative

Here is a thoughtful blog post from Dr. David Kibbe on the The Health Care Blog. Read the comments in case you need a refresher on the acronym soup.

7 hours ago

OncologyTube added a discussion

Gastrointestinal Video Online

Three new CME interviews were just uploaded concerning the gastrointestinal cancer symposium out of Orlando Florida...Andrew X. Zhu, MD from the Harvard Medical Schoolhttp://oncologytube.com/index.php?page=videos&section=view&vid_id=100133Cathy Eng,…

February 1

A blog post by Dan Sussman was featured

Patients keeping their own medical records.

Should individuals keep their own records? There are good reasons for them to do so, especially if facing a complex disease requiring multiple doctors and treatment centers. Keeping a personal medical records file, although not yet a part of the ave…

January 29

Heather Dixen added a discussion to the group iKnowMed

Oncology-specific EHR Increases Accuracy of Charge Capture and Coding

US Oncology recently concluded a study to determine what benefits physicians receive from utilizing the charge capture functionality within iKnowMed. Specifically, the primary objectives were to: gain insight into what impact, if any, an increase i…

January 27

JOP Recent Articles

Private Practice Administrative Costs Influenced by Insurance Payer Mix

Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Certification Program: Overview, Measure Scoring Methodology, and Site Assessment Standards

Partnering With Payers for Success: Quality Oncology Practice Initiative, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and the Michigan Oncology Quality Consortium

Improving the Quality of Cancer Care: Crossroads or Convergence?

National Collaborative to Improve Oncology Practice: The National Cancer Institute Community Cancer Centers Program Quality Oncology Practice Initiative Experience

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Welcome

Welcome to ASCO’s new electronic health record (EHR) social networking site where oncologists, their practice staff, and EHR vendors can easily connect, collaborate, and exchange information about health information technology. On this site, you have an opportunity to write blogs as well as create forums and groups specific to EHR products so that other site members can post questions about systems that they are currently using or would like to use. Take a moment to explore the capabilities of the site and be sure to invite colleagues and practice staff to join this important network.
Peter Yu, M.D.
Chair of ASCO EHR Workgroup