Engaging Conversations on Healthcare and Technology
Friday, November 6th, 2009
Posted in EHR, HL7 Standard | View Comments
Health Level Seven (HL7) announced this week the industry’s first ANSI approved standard that “specifies the functional requirements for regulated clinical research in an electronic health record system (EHR-S).” In the press release, D... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, February 18th, 2010
Posted in CCD, CCR | View Comments
There is an interesting blog post made by Chilmark Research, a healthcare industry analyst firm, which is very relevant to the current discussion on CCD (HL7 Continuity of Care Document) vs. CCR (Continuity of Care Record). Their post is entitled CCD Sta... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, September 8th, 2011
Posted in Health care, Meaningful Use, Social Media | View Comments
... to Brian McGowan. PhD, aka @cmeadvocate. McGowan, Bryan Vartabedian, MD; Robert S. Miller, MD; and Molly Wasko, PhD, conducted research on physicians’ use of social media for lifelong learning and the data is being shared in advance to allow examination ... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, November 8th, 2011
Posted in #HITsm, Health care, Healthcare IT, Social Media | View Comments
...ndition. Jane’s friend forwards the email newsletter to Jane. Jane is intrigued with an article and decides to do some Internet research on her own. Jane performs a few Google searches – many other articles (and some videos) appear – some from the doctor’... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
Posted in Health care, Healthcare IT, mHealth, Nursing | View Comments
...ls strive to improve patient outcomes and patient safety, save money, and push for for Magnet designation. It involves applying research and data to direct patient care in the hopes of improving outcomes. EBP is not theoretical, it is practical. It allows... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
Posted in e-patient, Health care, Nursing | View Comments
...ing these stumbling blocks will improve the patient-provider relationship: Don’t discourage patients from doing their own research Almost 10 years ago I got a call from my mother-in-law. She had been to her primary care doctor for a routine physical... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Posted in mHealth | View Comments
Spending too much time with technology is often blamed for fitness problems, but Ted Vickey is looking to technology for a solution. Vickey is conducting social fitness research to find out why people tweet their workouts, and if mobile fitness apps can ... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, August 25th, 2011
Posted in Health care, Healthcare IT | View Comments
...re hidden by clothing 56% say they got vigorous exercise in the last 24 hours *Millienials: A Portrait of Generation Next, Pew Research Center, February 2010 The characteristics carry a strong mix of using technology, incorporating social life into techn... Read entry ⇒
Jon MertzMy experience consists of a unique industry mix of healthcare software, IT infrastructure, sales & marketing consulting, and government. I have led several marketing organizations, conducting market research, developing customer programs, an... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Posted in Healthcare Integration | View Comments
Where social, mobile, big data and the Internet of Things come together will shape the future. CEO and tech analyst Ray Wang of Constellation Research Group says, “The convergence of the trends is when it becomes interesting.” I think the Quantif... Read entry ⇒
