Prescription for Change - Media Highlights October 2008
Blogs:
Amar Gupta, the Thomas R. Brown professor of management and technology at the University of Arizona, writes in the Wall Street Journal that the revolution in IT that transformed banking, manufacturing, media and many other aspects of American business is finally about to descend upon the health care industry. Setting aside that this is the same promise I heard from my medical school graduation speaker in 1979, and that Prof. Gupta doesn't provide a time line, he does provide a nice analysis of three potential modes of health care.. (alternative link)
BNET:
WSJ: IT revolution about to hit healthcare — University of Arizona professor Amar Gupta writes in the WSJ that networking and electronic records, which haven’t made much headway in the U.S. healthcare system, are about to kick off a “global revolution” in the hidebound industry. Among the changes he expects: Outsourcing and offshoring of diagnostics and specialist consultations, electronic medical records that can be taken and accessed by patients and doctors anywhere, better global monitoring of drug safety and more sharing of medical information across national borders. Sounds great, but Gupta doesn’t really address the obstacles that have hindered many of these developments so far. [Source: WSJ] (alternative link)
IMCC:
However, when you go through the emotional roller coaster that seems to be more or less obligatory after major treatment for a major kind of cancer, it is nice to read an article that reminds you of why you started it all in the first place. Prescription for change, from professor Amar Gupta, published in the Wall Street Journal on 20 October 2008, is such an article. (alternative link)
Janet Lee Johnson- The Art of Marketing:
Linked forever in my brain with this report will be an article that appeared in today’s Wall Street Journal by Dr. Amar Gupta, the Thomas R. Brown professor of management and technology at the University of Arizona. The article, Prescription for Change... (alternative link)
MBA Portfolio:
I think this new way of handling health care systems is going to hopefully make medical processes easier and provide a wider range of expertise from multiple physicians, doctors, etc. I think that it is very important that many different people look over cases and symptoms to determine the true cause of a sickness, illness, disease, etc. It is important that a patients medical records can be accessible from anywhere in the world on a secure database, and I believe this is going to start helping that happen. Maybe this will help medical professionals from around the world to use all their possible resources to make new discoveries and combat more medical conditions. (alternative link)
Technology and Organizations:
Slowly but surely the pieces to the healthcare/technology puzzle are falling into place. Amar Gupta’s detailed article in today’s WSJ speaks to the integration of information technology into healthcare. This article provides a clear analysis of how you can’t change just one thing in organizations. (Nor can you change everything all at once. Some people argue that FoxMeyer’s demise was a case of doing too much at once, with too little resources.) Gupta highlights how credentialing, billing, IT security, market forces, and research on work and sleep are finally at a intersection that supports significant innovation in IT and healthcare. (alternative link)
Global Ageing Network Blog:
‘Prescription for Change’ is the title of an article that appeared in The Wall Street Journal this week. It is a fascinating description of the global revolution in information technology that will force hospitals and other care providers to adapt and use innovations in networking and communications... (alternative link)
Accelerating e-Prescribing:
In an article recently published in the Wall Street Journal entitled, “Prescription for Change,” Professor
Amar Gupta of the University of Arizona makes the case that health care has historically managed to avoid the information technology revolution. However, he believes that it won't be able to dodge the technology wave for much longer. (alternative link)
All Medical Personnel Atlanta:
The Wall Street Journal published an article by Amar Gupta about the
information technology revolution in the medical field. Not only will your
doctor not be in the room with you, but he may be half way around the world. Read on! (alternative link)
Technology & Democracy Project:
According to one report, networking and communications are finally
coming to the health care industry.(alternative link)
Baseline:
... In “Prescription for Change,” published in The Wall Street Journal in October, Amar Gupta wrote: “IT security will eventually meet the expectations of the health care industry. … When it does, powerful IT networks crisscrossing the globe will change the way much of health care is delivered.” Gupta wrote that the advantages will include “more efficient health care at the most cost-effective rates”, “more medical records to be transferred swiftly and securely,” and the ability of health care professionals and their patients to “find authoritative and up-to-date information on every specialty online.” (alternative link)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
... Writing in the
Journal, University of Arizona professor Amar Gupta, M.D., highlights several key applications of
health IT, including the use of electronic medical records across globally integrated health
information systems. The development of such standardized electronic medical records, Gupta
notes, will enable a range of providers to access and interpret patients' medical histories, regardless
of location, language or software type. Examining health IT's use in improving drug safety, Gupta
notes that the uptick in world travel and patients' increased access to foreign prescription drugs has
fueled the need for a global drug surveillance system... (alternative link)
ReformPlans.com:
Gupta predicts a "revolution" in health care brought about by information
technology: "IT security will eventually meet the expectations of the
health-care industry, just as has happened in other sectors, like banking. And
when it does, powerful IT networks crisscrossing the globe will change the
way much of health care is delivered:" he says. Once this system evolves,
Gupta says three types of health care delivery will exist: services performed
in person, those performed remotely, and services provided entirely by computer. Not surprisingly, Gupta says "These changes won't come
quickly." That's the big question most people would like answered, when is
this IT revolution going to happen, and how will it be financed. (alternative link)
HealthLeadersMedia:
While hospitals and other providers have long been quick to adopt
breakthrough technology in medical devices, procedures, and treatments,
less attention has focused on innovations in networking and
communications. This is partly because of concerns about breaches in
security and patient privacy, and because healthcare until recently was a
service always performed locally. But that is about to change, as IT
security will eventually meet the expectations of the healthcare industry.
When it does, powerful IT networks crisscrossing the globe will change
the way much of healthcare is delivered. (alternative link)
Healthcare Innovations:
In the Wall Street Journal's special section on Business Insight, Amar Gupta, University of Arizona professor of
entrepreneurship and IT, weighs in how information technology will change health care in the coming years. It sounds
wonderful but I can't help but thinking that health care bureaucracy will slow all these down. (alternative link)
IGI Global:
Dr. Amar Gupta, renowned management and technology expert and editor of IGI Global books such as Outsourcing and Offshoring of Professional Services: Business Optimization in a Global Economy and Knowledge Reuse and Agile Processes: Catalysts for Innovation, was recently published in the Wall Street Journal for his article “Prescription for Change”. In his article, Gupta explains how information technology will play a crucial role in the advancement of the healthcare industry. (alternative link)
Statcom:
The Wall Street Journal looks at four ways information technology soon will alter how the health care industry conducts its business.
The Journal predicts a move to outsourced diagnostic services, improved efficiencies through a greater integration of information
systems, global monitoring of drug safety and improvements in the quality of information doctors and patients receive. (alternative link)
My Medical Memory:
...But it seems like the entire healthcare industry is on a swing toward more tech, and more and more observers
and experts are predicting that healthcare, like so many other industries, will soon be completely paperless.
The Wall Street Journal published an article by Amar Gupta on Oct. 20, “Prescription for Change: Health
care has managed to avoid the information-technology revolution. But it won’t for much longer.” (alternative link)
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