Debate Over EHR Adoption
Informatics Evidence, Redux William Hersh, MD Professor and Chair Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology Oregon Health & Science University Blog: Informatics Professor About…
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Supreme Court hears Oral Arguments on ACA
Hearings on Affordable Care Act (ACA) We don’t usually report on the ACA here, we stick to the HITECH Act. But it would be hard…
EHR Implementation Process Requires Communication
Successful EHR Implementations Depend Upon Teamwork and Collaboration Michael Crosnick, Blog: MikeOnHealthcare.com LinkedIn Profile or Twitter: @MichaelCrosnick Staff members of physician practices have varying responses to organizational and…
Twitter Challenge to Track Public Health Trends
ONC #Health in My Community Challenge In September 2009 President Obama outlined and initiated his Strategy for American Innovation. He called on agencies to “increase…
3rd Annual Health Data Initiative Forum Health Datapalooza
Health Datapalooza 2012 The ONC has announced the 3rd Annual Health Data Initiative Forum or also known as Health Datapalooza 2012. This year’s Health Datapalooza will…
Todd Park Moves to New CTO Position
Todd Park Appointment to Federal CTO We have followed Todd Park now since he cashed in his millions and accepted the challenge to help HHS…
Practices Are Vulnerable to Failing EHRs
What Should You Do with a Failing EHR? Ron Sterling Sterling Solutions Author: Keys to EMR/EHR Success Unfortunately, you need to protect your practice and…
Field of Quality Measures at Critical Juncture
The Melody Of Quality Measures: Harmonize And Standardize By Thomas Tsang, MD and Faraz Ahmad, MD With unsustainably high costs and tremendous gaps in quality…
Meaningful Use Webcast Transitions to Internet Radio
Last week at HIMSS we transitioned our weekly MU Live! webcast to the Internet radio station HealthcareNOWradio.com. MU Live! debuted last July as a thirty minute talk…