The Healthcare revolution will not be televised, but it might be Tweeted
Commentary by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate A brief history lesson for those under 60. In the heady days of the Cultural Revolution against Richard Nixon,…
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National Experts Share EHR Adoption Lessons on New Radio Show
The Tate & Hartley Show Debuts Today Tune in at 3 pm ET on HealthcareNOWradio The Tate & Hartley Show is a 30-minute talk show featuring…
Are There No Limits?
Commentary by Jim Tate Twitter: @JimTate Is it just me? I think I had the flu last week or maybe I’m just out of touch….
DoD, VA Recommit to Joint EHR System
DoD, VA reiterate commitment to iEHR — again Tom Sullivan Editor at Government Health IT Twitter: @GovHITEditor After a morning of Congressional tongue-lashings Wednesday during a House…
Kaiser Permanente Examines Gaps in How Physicians, Media, Policymakers Talk About Health
Analysis of over 2 million Tweets highlights approach to health care Kaiser Permanente has released the results of a new data analysis focused on how physicians,…
Technological Advances, Patient-centered Care To Reduce Hospital Falls
Needing Better Technology for Unitentional Injuries David Condra Amplion Clinical Communications Hospitals nationwide are making efforts to reduce the rates of patient falls, and we as…
CMS Launches EHR Incentive Participation Timeline Tool
New EHR Incentive Resource and other CMS Updates The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is the Federal agency under the Department of Health…
New Work Group Established to Support White House Cybersecurity Executive Order
Industry and Government Already Benefiting from Cybersecurity Collaboration The Health Information Trust Alliance (HITRUST) announced last week the establishment of a new working group to support the White…
Definitions of Meaningful Use Do Not Define Exactly What Must Be Done
Meaningful Use vs meaningful use COMMENTARY William A. Hyman Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Engineering Texas A&M University, w-hyman@tamu.edu As readers of HITECH Answers know, Meaningful Use (MU)…