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The Angelina Effect and the Next Megatrend: Intersection of Biology and Technology
Big Day in Genomics Angelina Jolie’s very open revelation, “My Medical Choice” in the The New York Times, was brave, and a “big day for genomics”, according to Leslie Ziegler of Rock Health. Jolie, in a powerful and personal narrative, explains why she chose a preventative double mastectomy after genetic testing found the ... Read Post »
Bitter Pills: In Defense of The CMS Move Toward Meaningful Billing
Last week in a bold and historic move (and a bitter pill indeed for many healthcare executives finding themselves explaining the obscure financial inner workings of a hospital) the HHS/CMS released the national charge master data. The release seems to be a response to Steven Brill’s epic TIME ... Read Post »
The Interoperability Paradigms of HL7 FHIR
I recently had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Grahame Grieve, the originator of FHIR, on the details behind this evolving health IT standard. I have written a couple of blogs previously to introduce FHIR, including 5 Things to Know About HL7 FHIR and Review of The ... Read Post »
Brick Walls Are No Match For Regina Holliday’s Medical Advocacy
In my last post, I talked about the concept of slacktivism in the era of social media. Slacktivism is sort of a pseudo-activism , where participants takes part in gestures – like changing their Facebook profiles photos to that of a cause – that make them feel good, but are ... Read Post »
5 Questions With Dave Chase, CEO of Avado
A few weeks before we published Dave Chase’s first article for this blog, 5 Survival Strategies for Small to Medium-Sized EHRs, I reached out to him on LinkedIn and asked if he was interested in participating in a new column I was starting where I ask interesting, inspiring and ... Read Post »
Engagement is a Strategy IV: 10 Reasons Value-based Health Care Orgs Need A Social Strategy
“In the past man has been first. In the future the System will be first.” –Frederick Winslow Taylor “Take two aspirin and call me in the morning.” There was a time when engagement was the one-on-one relationship between a patient and physician and you could call your doctor on ... Read Post »
Slacktivism: Doing What You Can, Or The Lazy Man’s Way Out?
I learned a new word last week – slacktivism. It’s fitting I learned this word through Twitter since it, and other social media networks, are said to play a role in the phenomenon. So, what exactly is slacktivism? The word itself is a combination of the terms slacker and ... Read Post »
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