Every company that moves between systems in an effort to modernize—e.g., moving from Hyperion Enterprise to Oracle Hyperion Financial Management (HFM)—must validate their data. This process is often made more complicated by differences in hierarchies, the inclusion of additional data sources, and changes required to utilize additional capabilities in the new tool. In addition, transitioning from one tool to another often involves a minimum period of time. This transition may consist of a few months when both systems are run in parallel or several years as one portion of the company after another is slowly migrated from an old system to a new one. During these times, it is critical to be able to validate between these systems and, possibly, to provide reporting using the original hierarchies.
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0 comments 795 readsPosted on 2011-02-25
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0 comments 1,180 readsPosted on 2009-08-12
Given their recent sniping, it seems as if fundamentalists on both sides of the health care reform debate are girding themselves for war. What the Obama administration intended to be an inclusive, bi-partisan endeavor appears to be devolving into same-as-it-ever-was, us-versus-them Washington politics. It’s time for one side to either draw a line in the sand or extend an olive branch and find some common ground before the delicate structure of health care reform that’s been assembled to this point collapses into a useless pile of scrap.
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0 comments 1,120 readsPosted on 2009-08-11
The meaningful use issue has been attracting a lot of attention in health care reform efforts lately. In very broad strokes, the debate stems from a provision in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that allocates funding for physicians who are deemed to be meaningful users of electronic health records by 2011. Since ARRA doesn’t spell out exactly what qualifies as meaningful use, defining the concept has become a source of great discussion. Things got a bit clearer in June, however, when the Health IT Policy Committee of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its preliminary definition of meaningful use. In essence it says that meaningful use involves implementing EHRs to enhance health care quality, safety and affordability and to foster better patient engagement, increase security, advance care coordination and generally improve the health of the entire population.
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0 comments 1,184 readsPosted on 2009-07-20
“‘Frequent Fliers’ Add Billions to Hospital Bills,” a recent article in the Washington Post, discusses the frequent flier phenomenon — a condition of our health care system that I have been tracking closely for some time. As the article explains, frequent fliers are patients that have been treated and discharged from hospitals but, for various reasons, repeatedly show up again (usually in the ER) seeking additional treatment that often results in re-admission. A major strain on the system and a source of significant expense, the frequent flier issue is gaining increased attention as health care reform efforts progress.
Over the years, I have concluded that health IT can play a big part in alleviating the frequent flier problem. EHRs would give ER doctors a much clearer and more complete picture of the patient, which in many cases might mean avoiding duplicate tests or unnecessary procedures or altogether averting readmission. As the article suggests, docs would have better...
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0 comments 1,168 readsPosted on 2009-07-10
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has given the health IT industry a pretty good idea of what will be expected from it once a more formal health care reform plan is released in the fall. The industry has already begun to mobilize in anticipation, and it’s been interesting to see some of the activity that has taken place. There has been some movement in the way of new products, plans or services intended to get a head start on the collaborative approach that will undoubtedly be necessary to meet the goals of the reform bill. Just last week, one company announced that it will empower some of its payer customers to make claims data available to providers free of charge. The belief is that doing so will help improve the coordination of benefits and care.
It’s tremendously encouraging to see growing enthusiasm for openness, cooperation and collaboration. Without a doubt, this is precisely the spirit that will be necessary for health IT to fulfill the expectations...
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