At HIMSS15, I had to the pleasure of teaming with Mandi Bishop and four health IT leaders to organize our annual #HITsm live event. The…
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Healthcare Consumerism: Who’s Really Making the Decisions?
For thousands of years, patients visit a doctor on various issues, such as headaches, heartaches, and all kinds of “aches.” The symptoms and signs are…
Clearinghouses, Interoperability, and Continuity of Care
Guest Post. “Continuity of Care revolves around the concept of relevant information. Providers do not need, nor do they want, access to the lifetime healthcare…
Brookings: Align Health IT Policy with Payment Models
In their brief, High Value Health IT: Policy Reforms for Better Care and Lower Costs, authors Peter Basch and Mark B. McClellan consider several problems…
When Less is More in Health IT
In this super-sized world, we tend to believe that more is better than less. I personally believe more trumps less in many areas in the…
Can EHRs be Uberized?
The American College of Physicians believes that EHRs need to be redesigned to better fit physician thought processes and workflows. They’ve also asked CMS to…
The Buck Stops…Somewhere Else: The Health IT Blame Game
A customer’s system goes down and the software folks blame it on the hardware; the hardware guys blame the Internet provider; the Internet provider blames…
Nurses Have No Love Lost for EHRs
Come on health IT admins! You can’t just launch an EHR and be done with it. There needs to be follow-up to see how it…
ONC Musical Chairs Comes at Inopportune Time for Health IT
If HHS leaders are truly committed to creating a national health IT infrastructure that supports electronic data exchange, they must work quickly to stabilize ONC…
EHRs: First, Do No Harm
First, do no harm. Four simple words that are synonymous with healthcare. It’s a principle that everyone in the industry – not just physicians –…