I can’t stand Facebook’s new timeline design. When I say can’t stand, I actually mean despise. When I say despise, I actually mean I hate…
Archive | May, 2012
Recap of Friday’s HIMSS-moderated #HITsm TweetChat on Mobile Health Technology
Hopefully most of our readers took time last Friday to tune in to the #HITsm TweetChat, which featured topics centered around mobile health technology that…
‘Doctors 2.0 and You’ Convenes in Paris on mHealth, Technology and Social Media
Doctors, healthcare professionals, and patients from around the world will convene in Paris, May 23-24, 2012, for the second annual “Doctors 2.0 and You” Conference whose…
Game On! Gamification Tries to Engage Healthcare Providers, Patients
The way to a nurse’s heart is through chocolate. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Next Halloween drop your excess bags of candy off at…
Is HL7 Still Meaningful?
HITECH. Meaningful Use. HIE. IHE. Many words and acronyms, but there is one often overlooked — Health Level Seven or HL7. While HITECH and Meaningful…
National Nurses Week: Making Meaningful Use of Meaningful Use
During a recent IM chat with HL7 Standards blogger and registered nurse Jennifer Thew, I sarcastically asked, “Why do nurses get a full week in…
A Day in the Life: A Doctor’s Visit (Before and After CLOUD)
For those that have already gotten to know CLOUD and our vision, you know that the new Internet we seek to usher in is a…
When Disaster Strikes: EHRs Key in Managing Medical Emergencies
May 22 marks the one-year anniversary of the tornado that ravaged Joplin, Mo. Last year was the United States’ fourth deadliest year for tornadoes on…