. Going to as Social Media Ambassador! Please join my co-hosted tweet chats!
— Chuck Webster MDMSIE ()
I’ve been to cool places — Lisbon, Beijing, Zurich, London, Hong Kong, St. Petersburg — but I’ve always been fascinated by Malta, an island in the middle of the Mediterranean. Why? I’m a history buff. I’ve read about the Phoenicians, who sailed the Med 3000 years ago. I’ve read about the clash of civilizations, between Christian Europe and the Muslim empire. And I’ve read about World War II in the Mediterranean. In all of these accounts, Malta played dramatic and important roles.
From Wednesday to Friday, May 10-12, the annual eHealth Week Conference comes to Malta. I’ll be there, tweeting of course! In fact, please join one or both tweet chats I’m co-hosting.
The tweetchat, with MD (also an eHealth Week Social Media Ambassador) and /, occurs at 3PM Thursday, or 9PM Malta time. Thus, #MEQAPI occurs the evening after the first two full days of #eHealthWeek. The subject is what we can learn from European healthcare systems, health IT, and digital health history and experience. See below for questions/topics.
The tweetchat (Provider Front-End Workflows: A Tweetchat), with (Mohammed Mansoor ) occurs Friday at 1PM EST (right after the noon #HITsm tweetchat), which is 7PM Malta time. The subject: again, workflow, though more specially, front-end workflow immediately affecting physician EHR/HIT users and their patients. Also see below for questions/topics.
If you’d like to prepare, I’d recommend taking a look at the following.
- The eHealthWeek program(me)
- Malta: Health System Review (2017) (one tweetchat co-host, , is a co-author!)
- Publications: European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies (an incredible set of PDFs, well worth reviewing, I’ve downloaded several dozen to read on the flight over)
- Designing with Patient & Provider EHR Workflow in Mind (my recent interview with Jared Alviso, AdvancedMD, relevant to the #AskAvaility tweetchat on front-end provider workflow)
My own tweets about #eHealthWeek
Also check out videos from my recent Firetalk with , Dr Hugo Muscat , Presidency Coordinator, #eHealthWeek 2017, Danielle Siarri (eHealth Week Social Media Ambassador).
Interview: Dr Hugo Muscat , Presidency Coordinator, 2017
— Chuck Webster MDMSIE ()
Interview MD ⚡️🏥🗓️ Social Media Ambassador 🇲🇹
— Chuck Webster MDMSIE ()
. Interview: Danielle Siarri AND Social Media Ambassador! 👏
— Chuck Webster MDMSIE ()
Next, the #MEQAPI (Thursday!) and #AskAvaility (Friday!) topics…
#MEQAPI (Measurement, Evaluation, Quality Assurance, and Process Improvement) Questions/Topics
PLEASE USE BOTH HASHTAGS! #eHealthWeek #MEQAPI
T0: Introduce yourself! Are you at #eHealthWeek? Why? #MEQAPI regular? Where based? welcome you!
T1: #Malta has a national patient ID. Advantages? Disadvantages? Should US do the same? #eHealthWeek #MEQAPI
T1: Europe healthcare is predominately single player. What are/would be, implications for health IT? #eHealthWeek #MEQAPI (joint tweetchat!)
T3: EU has 28 nations & 24 languages. US is becoming more diverse. How does culture influence HIT? #eHealthWeek #MEQAPI (joint tweetchat!)
T4. Do any US based #MEQAPI regulars have questions for any #eHealthWeek attendees? Visa-versa? (#eHealthWeek #MEQAPI joint tweetchat!)
T5: #MEQAPI regulars, quick, look at recent #eHealthWeek tweets, your favorite? Visa-versa? (#eHealthWeek #MEQAPI joint tweetchat!)
T6: Workflow is a global & universal healthcare concern. It’s also incredibly localized. Discuss! #eHealthWeek #MEQAPI joint tweetchat!
#AskAvaility Front-End Provider Workflow Questions/Topics
(Front-end healthcare workflow is just as important in Europe as in the US, so I hope we see some participation from #eHealthWeek tweeps!)
T1: Why are efficient front-end processes so important in today’s healthcare market? #AskAvaility
T2: What are some challenges healthcare orgs face with manual front-end processes? #AskAvaility
T3: How do inefficient front-end workflows contribute to provider pain points like denials and collections? #AskAvaility
T4: How do front-end workflows affect patient experience? #AskAvaility
T5: What are some ways to enhance patient experience through changing front-end workflows? #AskAvaility
T6: Where do we start to improve front-end workflows? #AskAvaility
Phew! Busy week! 😅
In closing, watch this 2-minute video about Malta…
If I’m someplace with a cool view, and I have connectivity, I’ll try to simul-Periscope…
Fellow ers will appreciate this: a special smartphone stand for in !
— Chuck Webster MDMSIE ()