Did healthcare IT chose the wrong path by not choosing CCR? It certainly seems so at this point. But one must also step back and…
Archive | July, 2014
The Difference Between Patient-Centered Care and Patient Satisfaction
If you must pick one area to focus on, focus on patient-centered care over patient satisfaction. Perhaps it’s because I have always worked in the…
What is Health IT Literacy?
Healthcare has many components and, ultimately, the most essential elements are delivering high quality care in a timely and efficient manner. In the middle of…
Patient Portals: Healthcare Lags Behind Again
In a world where we can spend 10 minutes online and pay a month’s worth of bills, buy a pair of shoes, and read the…
Virtual Humans: More Honest Data in the Future of Healthcare
Any dancer or doctor knows full well what an incredibly expressive device your body is. 300 joints! 600 muscles! Hundreds of degrees of freedom! The…
Rewriting Healthcare on the Blockchain
Elements of the blockchain perhaps could solve some critical issues in healthcare, such as the seemingly opposing forces of privacy and sharing, according to a…
Unstructured Data: The Star Waiting in The Wings
Data-filled electronic health records hold the promise of predictive, personalized medicine and improved population health. Up until now, much of the data retrieved from records…
An Unwilling Participant: Why Collecting My Personal Health Data Is Annoying
Once again I have been thrust into daily data tracking, this time unwillingly thanks to a recent diagnosis of gestational diabetes. I now realize there’s…
Privacy and Google Glass: Where’s the Line?
This is no longer limited to patient-doctor relationships or patient-hospital relationships. It is basic patient autonomy to know who has the right to collect our…
Biggest Loser Again: The U.S. Healthcare System Takes Last Place for Healthcare Quality
Despite spending $8,508 per person on healthcare – more than any other country – the U.S. healthcare system placed dead last for overall healthcare quality…