Nurse author Jennifer Thew discusses educational sessions at HIMSS14 of high importance and interest to nurses. She says, ‘Because IT can be a process driver,…
Archive | February, 2014
The State of Health Information Exchange
Jon Mertz describes the current state of health data interoperability, including the following four imperatives to health information exchange: -We need to remove technical, political,…
Medical Scribes: The History of Present Illness is Now a Narrative
“We are again at a time of great change. The doctors of medicine long have been revered like priests of old; scribes copied their words…
Special #HIMSS14 Infographic: Growth of Social Media in Health Technology
Social Conquest of Medicine III: 10 Recommendations
The benefits of sharing this data are just too great to be ignored on both a personal and population level, and people now approve of…
Assert Yourself: How to Advocate for Your Care
Sometimes you learn things in unexpected places. You may gain great wisdom just by heating up your food in the lunch room – at least…
Preparing for the Next Decade of Health IT at the ONC
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) held it’s Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, on January 23, 2014. This marked the…
Don’t Get Lost in the Crowd: Advice for Navigating HIMSS14
One of the world’s largest health IT conference kicks off at the end of this month, February 23-27, and this year promises to be every…