Stories that you only expect to see on television shows, in books, or movies are gradually becoming reality. Meaningful Use is the word around the…
Archive | May, 2014
Patient Engagement Takes a Community and More
Patient engagement is an important topic to discuss because it potentially leads to a future where everyone fully participates in their health care. For me,…
A New Era of Value-Driven Pharmaceuticals
You may have heard of value-based medicine, but are we entering a new era of value-based medications or value-driven pharma? Spreading risk and payment to…
Meaningful Use: Are We Losing Sight of the Finish Line?
In 2010 with the release of proposed rules for the EHR incentive program, the HIT industry was hurled into a whirlwind and “Meaningful Use” became…
Getting Hip to HIPAA: A Primer
The three main provisions in the act are the portability provisions, the tax provisions and the administrative simplification provisions. The Privacy Rule falls under the…
Why Do We Blog? The Internet of People in Healthcare
Many in healthcare technology blog to learn and teach. We all seek understanding. To Angela Dunn, blogging is a way to share sensemaking, to cross-pollinate…
Data Stories are Told Over Years, Not Minutes
Opening data to the people has an incredible democratizing effect. It’s a source that costs very little to release, but if it’s held tight, it…
