EHRA Announces EHR Developer Code of Conduct
HIMSS Collaboration Releases Developer Code of Conduct This week the Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association), a collaboration of more than 40 EHR companies, announced…
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What is a Thinking Informatician to Think of IBM’s Watson?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor One of the computer applications that has received the most attention in healthcare is Watson, the IBM system…
Is Big Data Getting Too Big?
In the Age of Digital Medicine, Big Data is Big News and Big Business Yesterday, Tom Sullivan, Editor at Government HealthIT, and reporting from his…
The Value of Mobile Care Coordination Part 2
Care Team Awareness: Who’s on First, What’s on Second? Renee S. Bessette, Vice President of Marketing & Operations LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/reneebessette Part 1 of 3 –…
ONC Announces Blue Button Co-Design Challenge
Crowd-sourcing, Crowd-voting, and Co-designing with Patients By Rebecca Mitchell Coelius, MD, Medical Officer and Chief Strategist for Innovation, Division of Science and Innovation, ONC Those of us…
Transitioning to ICD-10 Code Sets
ICD-10 Code Sets Must be in Use Oct 1, 2014 On October 1, 2014, the ICD-9 code sets used to report medical diagnoses and inpatient…
The Value of Mobile Care Coordination Part 1
What is Mobile Care Coordination? Renee S. Bessette, Vice President of Marketing & Operations LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/reneebessette As healthcare embraces mobile devices and BYOD programs, providers…
New Report Indicates Telehealth Market Accelerating
Aging Populations and Increased Healthcare Costs Driving Growth of Telehealth Healthcare providers in the U.S. are embracing telehealth, as indicated by Kalorama Information’s latest research…
Failed Firewall the Latest HIPAA Penalty
400,000 reasons to check your network security. Mike Semel Semel Consulting Want to avoid a HIPAA penalty? Do you know… what a firewall is? the…