On September 9, the Health IT Policy Committee submitted a letter to the National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Farzad Mostashari, with recommendations for vocabulary…
Archive | September, 2011
Wednesday Blotter: 5 Quick Hits. Sept 28
1. Health insurance costs spiked 8-9% in 2011. It’s no secret that we’re paying more for health insurance every year, but never before has the…
Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Investing in Health Innovation Benefits More than the Bottom Line
Five hundred million dollars is a lot of money. You may recall that $500m was the settlement in August between Google and the Department of…
mHealth and Data: 88 Percent of Doctors Want Patients to Track Their Health at Home
The Wall Street Journal reports that fantasy baseball managers have more data to evaluate than patients and referring doctors. Eighty-eight percent of doctors would like…
Sept. 21. Wednesday Blotter
While National Health IT Week technically is over, it still feels like it’s going on in our offices (naturally). There’s not as much chatter on…
Interface Documentation: Huh? What? Come Again?
As a service provider, you might have requested documentation from a vendor. As a vendor, you may be searching for documentation regarding a specific client…
How To Innovate in mHealth: Drchrono Plus ONC Health 2.0 Challenges
Innovations often appear to be overnight successes, but there is usually one critical moment that moves a founder’s idea to reality. Drchrono, the first free…
Sept. 14: Wednesday Blotter
Sorry for the delayed posting, but I took some time to sit in on today’s National eHealth Collaborative’s informative webinar, HIT Orientation. The webinar was…
Healthcare IT: On the Road to Reform, Regardless of What Happens in Court
Last Thursday, September 8, the Fourth Circuit Federal Court of Appeal struck down a pair of challenges to the Affordable Care Act’s “individual mandate,” which…
“Meaningful Use” of Social Media at Stanford Medicine 2.0
Never before has a healthcare, medical, or pharma 2.0 conference sought to include the voice of the ePatient as generously as the upcoming Stanford Summit…