With Meaningful Use requirements, connecting to Health Information Exchanges, coordinating data flow in Accountable Care Organizations, updating devices to ICD-10 codes and general interoperability projects,…
Archive | January, 2012
Major Milestones – White Coat & Hands-on Work
After Block 1 was completed, the white coat ceremony was held. This is where I received the coat that I will wear throughout medical school….
Six Questions to Consider About Merging a CCD
Several questions can arise when considering whether to parse the data of a CCD document from a remote facility and merge it into the local…
BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits: An Idea for mHealth App Success
Already abandoned your New Year resolutions? We have a hard time changing our behavior. By now, approximately 60 percent of us have already abandoned our…
A Peek Inside IHE Connectathon
The IHE Connectathon event for 2012 was held in Chicago last week. Connectathon allows vendors from healthcare IT to test their ability to support IHE…
Are ACOs Like Chasing Unicorns? 32 Health Systems Don’t Believe So
As an author of a book focused on planning for Accountable Care Organizations, I’ve heard from all too many providers and consultants who believe the…
Happy Birthday, #HITsm TweetChat!
The HL7 Standards team is proud to say that one year ago today, on January 10, 2011, the inaugural #HITsm TweetChat took place. We would…
Great Hope for 2012 Begins With a Look Back at The 10 Most Popular Posts From 2011
The transition of the calendar year always brings out countless Top 10 lists. That makes perfect sense, really, because after investing time and effort into…