One of the most used three letter acronym in health care today is ACO – Accountable Care Organization. Today, the proposed rule was issued by…
Archive | March, 2011
One Day Without Shoes – April 5
Have you ever heard of TOMS? Today, there are several business underway which match social concerns as a for profit organization. TOMS is such an…
Business or Healing?
I recently heard a doctor talk about the business side of medicine. She discussed costs of opening a practice, marketing, partners, etc. Most medical students…
ELINCS Orders Draft Specification Released for Public Comment
A few months ago I wrote about the ELINCS EDGE testing tool, a free program that allows you to easily test your interfaces against ELINCS…
Liquid Data and the Health Information Economy: Is 2011 Finally the Year?
What a difference three years makes. It seems quaint now that in the 2008 NEJM there were concerns raised about the flow of health information onto…
What was your impression of social media at HIMSS11?
Almost a month after HIMSS, things are beginning to settle and clear ground for the year ahead. Since the conference, I’ve had the opportunity to…
Would growth in EHR use continue if Meaningful Use stopped?
During an #HITsm tweet chat in February, I asked participants if they believed the momentum in EHR adoption by healthcare facilities initiated from HITECH and…
Supporting CDA in Clinical Applications, Part 2: XML and HTML Rendering
Software vendors in the healthcare space likely have interfaces in their systems that are capable of receiving HL7 2.x messages and processing that data through…
Popular tracks at HIMSS11? Poll Results
HIMSS11 is behind us, and as many of you have indicated on Twitter and Facebook, it is likely you are finishing up your HIMSS follow-up/to-do…
greenCDA: Will It Live Up to Expectations?
There is little doubt what the theme was for the HL7 International booth at HIMSS11. The color of the booth was dominated by green with…