Archive for the ‘Healthcare Integration’ Category

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Interview conducted by Joseph Conn of Modern Healthcare.

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: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]