Engaging Conversations on Healthcare and Technology
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Posted in Health care, Healthcare IT, mHealth, Nursing | View Comments
...ctice, or EBP as we nurses call it, here’s quick explanation. EBP has really taken off in the nursing profession over the past five years as hospitals strive to improve patient outcomes and patient safety, save money, and push for for Magnet designa... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
Posted in #HITsm, Healthcare IT, Social Media | View Comments
... helping make the chats so successful. View the transcript from the first #HITsm TweetChat. Exactly how much have we grown the past year? Check out these TweetChat graphs, using numbers courtesy of Fox ePractice, that compare the first chat with the chat... Read entry ⇒
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Posted in CCD, CDA, HL7 Standards | View Comments
...ge. Immunizations Gives information the patient’s current immunization status plus pertinent historical information about past immunizations. Medical equipment Provides a list of medical equipment and any implanted or external devices relevant to pa... Read entry ⇒
...ns, conducting market research, developing customer programs, and working with partners to deliver complete customer solutions. Past companies and organizations include Deloitte, IBM, BMC Software, US Senate, and US Department of Commerce. I currently ser... Read entry ⇒
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Posted in Integration Insights, Interview, Radiology IT, Radiology Workflow | View Comments
...y knows what that means for us. I guess they just figure we will pay for it ourselves, which is what we have always done in the past. Radiology has always been on the forefront of adopting technology. We didn’t necessarily need an incentive from the gover... Read entry ⇒
Friday, January 28th, 2011
Posted in Healthcare IT, Integration Insights | View Comments
Each week, CMIO Magazine publishes a note from the editor, Mary Stevens, who takes the opportunity to comment on current events and trends in the healthcare IT industry. This past week, Stevens reflected upon an interview with Dr. David Blumenthal from t... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, August 4th, 2011
Posted in ACO, HIE, NHIN | View Comments
...f thinking about the Internet, cloud computing and healthcare is best understood through the lens of my talk at TEDxAustin this past February on “Reweaving the Fabric of the Internet.” There is much more to say, but I conclude this guest serie... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011
Posted in Health care, Healthcare Integration, Healthcare IT | View Comments
...ting cost for health benefits are taking away their hard-earned wages, which have remained stagnant for the greater part of the past decade. Who stands to benefit the most financially from a reform of the health system? Large corporations, health insuranc... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, August 18th, 2011
Posted in ACO, Health care | View Comments
...t doctors hold with regards to ACOs. In his speech, Mr. Blum also stated that “there is a much stronger recognition than in the past” that change is required. This plays to the medical-mind perspective of the doctors. If you believe that the average docto... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
Posted in Health care | View Comments
...udents who will never utter the words “I don’t know, but let me find out,” and students who are impossible to work with. In the past, when solo practices could be found on every corner, this was perhaps less of an issue (though I am certain that it still ... Read entry ⇒
