Pagers: Only in Healthcare
By Matt Fisher – Healthcare is often subject to many jokes about the utilization of outdated technology. The old-fashioned pager, or a beeper, is the hallmark example that is most often cited.
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Shifting from Volume to Value with Technology
By Abhinav Shashank – Since 1966, Americans have received more Nobel Prizes in Medicine than rest of the world combined with astonishing advancement in medical treatments, but how much of it reflected on ground level is still a troublesome figure.
On the Road
By John Halamka MD – Over the past few months, I’ve been in England, China, Denmark, New Zealand, and Canada. Each of them is rethinking their healthcare IT strategy and is not entirely satisfied with past progress.
5 Benefits of Increased Patient Engagement You May Not Know
By Susan Cruz – In today’s disruptive healthcare environment, we’re hearing of all sorts of new initiatives that aim to provide the best and most affordable healthcare to patients. Everything from MACRA, to Meaningful Use, to interoperability.
How Can We Measure Health System Success Without Including Mental Health Care?
By Irv Lichtenwald – If community hospitals are a general barometer of health in the surrounding area, the emergency room is the canary in the coal mine. Viral outbreaks, increases in violence, loss of health insurance from local layoffs—all are social ills.
2016 Health IT Leadership Summit – December 7, 2016
The Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Metro Atlanta Chamber and the Technology Association of Georgia’s Health Society will present the Health IT Leadership Summit in order to bring together leaders from across the healthcare continuum.
What Should Be The Spectrum of Career Opportunities for Clinical Informatics Subspecialists?
By William Hersh MD – A common reason given for the establishment of clinical informatics as a physician subspecialty is the recognition of the growing role of physicians who work in informatics professionally, particularly in operational clinical settings.
Health IT Issues that Deserve a Second Read – October 2016
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of October.
Murky MIPS Math
By William Hyman – MIPS relies on the calculation of a composite (or final) score based on the linear combination of 4 factors (except 3 for 2017), each multiplied by its corresponding weight as explained in the more than 2000-page Final Rule.