Matt Gillman in the ASCO Integrated Media Department

Day 2 of ASCO’s EHR Symposium is focused on the highlighted vendor demonstrations. This is one of the really useful parts of the Symposium. All of the vendors have been given the same case, which I have attached below. So it is really interesting to see every vendor present the same case. Every vendor has strengths and weaknesses and they all show up in these head to head comparisons. All of the vendors have incorporated QOPI guidelines into their records. Many of the vendors capture and automat… Continue

Afternoon plenary session at the ASCO EHR Symposium covering the Clinical Oncology Requirements for the EHR (CORE). This is a collaboration between NCI and ASCO. The goals of this project are to identify common data elements and facilitate interoperability standards for EHRs and other types of clinical data. As a technologist it strikes me as… Continue

Opening session of today’s ASCO’s EHR Symposium gives attendees the lay of the land regarding how all of the initiatives in the HIT landscape tie together. While a lot components remain to be decided, ASCO volunteers have done a good job of anticipating the types of things we all hope to see for meaningful use. Basically an Oncology EHR should improve care, safety and quality.

ASCO has been working in three broad areas that tie closely to the criteria for meaningful use. For me this boils down… Continue