HIT Adoption, Implementation, Control – Caution Ahead
Perhaps the most chilling comment buried in Dr. Blumenthal musing is as follow: "That means taking advantage of embedded clinical…
Physicians are online … a trend that cannot be stopped
Physicians are now using the web more than ever in the daily routine of their practices. They check information, drug…
Health IT adoption and implementation, steady as she goes . . .
Despite the slow adoption, this site fully agrees that it is inevitable that online medicine, in all forms, is going…
EMR from Wal-Mart & Sam's Club
Well, here is the market at its best. Computer makers, software developers and mass retailers aligning to service an industry…
Incentives needed to move EMR implentation forward
One thing learned early in the career of every medical innovator is that if your new idea requires major ergonomic…
Information Ownership Economy
So we as taxpayers can see the ROI on public funds invested in the EMR incentives, can we push for…
"Wired" hospitals have lower death rates
Is anyone familiar with hospitals, medical records, pharmacies, physician orders, nursing notes etc., surprised that more we link data, codify…
Medical Outsourcing: The Time Is Now
If ever the need for new solutions existed for physician practices it is now. Reimbursement pressures, documentation demands, overhead costs,…
EHRs and PHRs should frame a dialogue, not a monologue
Is there a call to action for the PHR providers and the patient population to do their part?
Integration, not competition!
The new federal incentives for medical records adoption are encouraging, following standards defined in recent past years for better data…