By John Halamka MD – I was in Scotland recently, helping a multi-disciplinary group of academic and government leaders with strategic IT planning. Scotland, like New Zealand, is a remarkable learning laboratory. With a population of 5.5 million, a supportive government, and talented informatics professionals, it’s the perfect storm for innovation.
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By John Halamka MD – As I’ve listened to the confirmation hearings for cabinet nominees, I’ve realized that no one with healthcare IT expertise has yet been identified by the transition team.
By Micky Tripathi, CEO of the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative explains everything you need to know on the recently announced interoperability agreement between CommonWell and The Sequoia Project (Carequality).
By John Halamka MD – Massachusetts Governor Baker led a trip of clinicians, industry leaders, government officials, academics, and entrepreneurs to visit Israel on a mission to establish MA as an incubator for the US growth of Israeli companies.
By John Halamka MD – I recently participated in a nationwide (not the United States) healthcare IT planning effort and one recommendation was universal availability of patient portals. Several reviewers commented that patient portal is a loaded term.
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.
By John Halamka MD – I’ve been in New Zealand recently, meeting with government, academic, and industry leaders to discuss the IT challenges ahead – social networking-based teamwork for health, mobile applications, precision medicine, etc.
By John Halamka MD – Many people have asked me to review the Quality Payment Program final rule, released on October 14, 2016. Several summaries have already been written but your best bet is to rely on the CMS Quality Payment Program website.
By John Halamka MD – Sharing BIDMC guidelines based on the input from a multi-disciplinary working group. Many healthcare organizations are at the early stage developing social media policies.