The Road to Big Data Passes Through Informatics
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor I have written a number of postings over the last year about various aspects of electronic health…
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Biomedical and Health Informatics vs. Data Science, mHealth – New Disciplines or New Terminology?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor When I entered the field of informatics in the 1980s, a great deal of the research…
Non-Physician Certifications in Informatics, Health IT, and Related Areas
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Although the physician subspecialty certification has received the lion’s share of the attention when it comes…
Data Mining Systems Improve Cost and Quality of Healthcare – Or Do They?
William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Several email lists I am on were abuzz last week about the publication of a paper…
The Learning Healthcare System and Evidence-Based Medicine
Implementing the Learning Healthcare System Can Be Facilitated Using the Principles of Evidence-Based Medicine William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor The enthusiasm…
Knowns and Unknowns About the Health IT Workforce
Knowns and Unknowns About the Health IT Workforce William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor I have had the opportunity over the last…
Shining a Light on Biggest Health IT Topics in 2012
Top Health IT Guest Posts in 2012 Day 8 of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts and by now you’re thinking we’re milking this whole Health IT…
Next Steps for the Clinical Informatics Subspecialty
Initial Certification Exam and Board Review Course William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Progress on the clinical informatics subspecialty for physicians continues…
Improving Use of Health Information Technology in the Clinical Setting
Improving Patient Safety Through Electronic Health Record Simulation William Hersh, MD, Professor and Chair, OHSU Blog: Informatics Professor Most tools used in medicine require knowledge and…