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The Angelina Effect and the Next Megatrend: Intersection of Biology and Technology

Thursday, May 16th, 2013 by

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 BRCA1 gene. She was estimated to have [...]

The Interoperability Paradigms of HL7 FHIR

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013 by

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 HL7 FHIR Session at HIMSS13. This standard [...]

EHRs And The Law: When Interoperability Isn’t a Choice

Monday, April 15th, 2013 by

First off, I’m no legal expert, but recently I had an interesting conversation with the director of HIT at Texas Medical Association, which represents more than 47,000 physicians in the state. I scheduled the call because we wanted to learn more about (and hopefully help them with) the hurdles smaller, clinic-based physicians are encountering when [...]

The Underlying Message of CommonWell Health Alliance

Thursday, March 28th, 2013 by

The sound of HIMSS 13 has quieted and now the work continues to follow through on the connections made and the initiatives launched. The CommonWell Health Alliance is one that will be closely watched as the work unfolds. Work is what will be required to make the CommonWell initiative happen. There are doubts as to [...]

5 Things to Know About HL7 FHIR

Tuesday, March 26th, 2013 by

A new term spreading (almost like fire) through the healthcare interoperability world is HL7 FHIR, pronounced as “fire.” Here are the Top 5 things I think you should know about this upcoming standard many hope will help solve many current issues in interoperability: FHIR stands for Fast Healthcare Interoperable Resource. FHIR combines the best features [...]

CommonWell Health Alliance: Changing Interoperability?

Tuesday, March 5th, 2013 by

Rumors of this announcement began swirling a few weeks prior to HIMSS 13. At first, it was just McKesson and Cerner coming together to agree on how to better exchange data between their two systems. The Healthcare IT News article highlights the change – “Six HIT heavy-hitters announce interoperability organization.” The six vendors in the [...]

IHE President Joyce Sensmeier Interviewed Last Week At 2013 Connectathon

Monday, February 4th, 2013 by

Interview conducted by Joseph Conn of Modern Healthcare.

Providers Create and Curate for Growing Mobile and Video Trends

Thursday, January 17th, 2013 by

Video is one of the biggest trends for 2013. More patients are searching for health information online and more are using mobile devices. Providers have an opportunity to create and curate content in the way more people look to consume it — via video. VIDEO AND MOBILE TRENDS According to eMarketer’s US Digital Media Usage: [...]

Think Different: The Next Generation of Doctors and Digital Social Learning

Thursday, December 20th, 2012 by

A new generation of doctors are learning medicine in a new nonlinear way through digital and social technologies. How will they “think different” and change the world? The New Nonlinear Way of Learning in Medical Education An area that fascinates me is how new technologies and the social web appeal to a broader range of [...]

Report: Kansas HIE networks to receive $7.1M to connect providers

Monday, December 17th, 2012 by

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment will distribute $7.1 million to the two networks providing digital exchange of health information. Chad Johnson‘s insight: This news release stats the funds will be released to networks based on how many providers they sign up to participate, with more being paid for rural providers, which obviously is [...]