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The Myth of Prevention and EHRs?

 July 02, 2009 Scott Shreeve
I was just referred this article which I found to be thoughtfully crafted. Abraham Verghese is a Professor and Senior Associate Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at Stanford University. MORE
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The HIT Symposium at MIT

 July 02, 2009 John Halamka, MD
This morning I joined a panel discussion about Standards at the HIT Symposium at MIT. MORE
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Our Meaningful Use Comments

 July 02, 2009 John Moore
In the FWIW column, Chilmark Research submitted its comments on the Draft Recommendations for Meaningful Use, which were released on June 16th. MORE
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"Meaningful Use" - If You Have to Define It, Is It?

 June 24, 2009 Brian Baum
I have a good friend at Duke University - Dr. Ed Hammond. Ed once told me that to get a perspective on how long we - (our nation) has been assessing the potential of automating health information you'd have to go back to the introduction of Medicare in 1965 when President Johnson signed the legislation and officially enrolled Harry Truman as the first Medicare beneficiary. MORE
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The Second Meeting of the HIT Standards Committee

 June 24, 2009 John Halamka, MD
Today, Jonathan Perlin and I ran the second meeting of the HIT Standards Committee. Here's a report on presentations and the work ahead. MORE
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ONC to meet with potential CCHIT alternatives

June 23, 2009 Neil Versel
Here's a juicy rumor from the first day of the sixth annual Healthcare Unbound conference: the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology is planning a July meeting with several people considering starting up certification bodies to compete with the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology. MORE
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A new approach to certification

 June 22, 2009 John Halamka, MD
Last week I spoke with Mark Leavitt, the CEO of CCHIT, about his best thinking regarding certification in a post-ARRA world. MORE
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CHIP Chimes In: Let’s Build an iPhone Platform for HIT

 June 22, 2009 John Moore
Just received an email this afternoon from Children’s Health Informatics Progam (CHIP) here in Boston announcing the release of a workshop derived document: Ten Principles for Fostering Development of an “iPhone-like” Platform for Healthcare Information Technology. MORE
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Meaningful Use has arrived

 June 17, 2009 John Halamka, MD
After months of anticipation, the definition of Meaningful Use has arrived. MORE
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Meaningful Use Hits the Streets Tomorrow...

 June 15, 2009 John Moore
...or at least the first draft of meaningful use. As just about everyone who has not had their heads in the sand for the last four months knows, the definition of meaningful use is critical to future ARRA funding distribution for “certified EHR” adoption. MORE
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Leveraging existing technologies through innovative ideas

 June 11, 2009 Michael McKenzie
Am I going to wait to death in the emergency room? As of 2006 Americans made 119 million visits to the emergency room- a 32-percent increase since 1996. However, the number of beds and facilities has decreased. MORE
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Communication Management’s Role In EHR Success

 June 10, 2009
Chad A. Eckes,
Edgar D. Staren, MD
While an organization implementing an electronic health record might be so fortunate as to have a thorough and well defined contract, support of its leadership, and a committed and capable team, all that is likely to be for naught without a carefully structured communication plan. MORE
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The Connected Health Evidence Base

 June 10, 2009 Joseph C. Kvedar, MD
I am often asked, regarding connected health, "What is the evidence base?" The question is rooted in our Western beliefs that phenomena are orderly and things happen for a reason. MORE
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The National HIT organizations - How it all works

 June 09, 2009 John Halamka, MD
Several blog readers have asked me to take a fresh look at all the organizations related to ARRA and explain how it all works. Here's my understanding... MORE
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Scandal in Canada

June 09, 2009 Neil Versel
A juicy scandal is brewing north of the border, as one-time whiz kid Sarah Kramer has been fired as CEO of eHealth Ontario, a provincial agency that is leading an effort to bring EHRs to everyone in the province of Ontario by 2015. MORE
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Catalyzing the app store for EHRs

 June 05, 2009
Steve Downs,
John Lumpkin
Recently, Steve posted about the idea, floated by Ken Mandl and Zak Kohane, that EHRs (or health IT more broadly) could move to a model of competitive, substitutable applications running off a platform that would provide secure medical record storage. In other words, the iPhone app model... MORE
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Competition to HelloHealth?

 June 03, 2009 John Moore
The media darling, Jay Parkinson and his company, HelloHealth, may have some competition. While Jay and company are promoting the HelloHealth brand and its attraction to the media, young immortals and Health 2.0 groupies, a young pediatrician has developed her own take on the doc who does house calls. MORE
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Enhancing Health Information Exchange in Massachusetts

 June 01, 2009 John Halamka, MD
The HIT Policy Committee and its Meaningful Use Working Group will be defining meaningful use very soon. Although I have no inside knowledge of what meaningful use will be, I think it will likely include several elements of health information exchange. MORE
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CCHIT Attempts to Set Record Straight

 May 29, 2009 John Moore
Is Leavitt's post a desperate act from an organization who seems to be coming under increasing scrutiny for its close relationship to the HIT vendor advocacy organization, HIMSS? At first blush, the vitriol of his response comes off that way which is unfortunate and really misses the point. MORE
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Blog - Certifying Health IT: Let's Set the (Electronic Health) Record Straight

 May 26, 2009 Mark Leavitt, MD
For months, I've been "turning the other cheek" to Dr. David Kibbe because I believe in devoting my energy to solving problems rather than to criticizing other people or worrying about what others think of me. But his repeated use of falsehoods and innuendo to attack CCHIT have found an audience in the national media, reaching a level that can no longer be ignored. MORE
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