By William Hersh MD – The NLM recently posted a RFI asking for comment on promising directions and opportunities for next-generation data science challenges in health and biomedicine. This blog posting lists the questions posed and my responses to them.
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By William Hersh – Last month, the NEJM published a pair of Perspective pieces about the HITECH Act. The first was written by the current and three former Directors of the ONC. The second was written by two other national thought leaders who also have a wealth of implementation experience.
By William Hersh, MD – Some of the most highly viewed posts in this blog have been those on eligibility for the clinical informatics subspecialty for physicians, the first in January, 2013 and updates in June, 2014 and March, 2016. A noteworthy event occurred last November when the “grandfathering” period was extended to 2022.
By William Hersh – Not infrequently, I receive emails asking about or even expressing confusion about the various informatics educational programs and products of Oregon Health & Science University.
By William Hersh MD – While many people and organizations have long called for data from randomized clinical trials (RCTs) and other clinical research to be shared with other researchers for re-analysis and other re-use, the impetus for it accelerated about a year ago with two publications.
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.
By William Hersh MD – A free continuing education course, Update in Health Information Technology: Healthcare Data Analytics, to physicians, nurses, other healthcare professionals, and health informatics/IT professionals. Registration is available now.
By William Hersh – While the clinical informatics physician subspecialty has been an excellent way to recognize the value of the informatics profession, there are clearly many important other professionals in the informatics field who deserve the same professional recognition for their knowledge and skills in using data and information to improve health and healthcare.
By William Hersh MD – Many who write and talk about health IT, including myself, are fond of using analogies. One of the most common analogies that we use is that of the banking industry. I have noted that I can insert my Wells Fargo ATM card into just about any ATM in the world and receive out local currency.