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June 14, 2013 | Chad Johnson | Network Infrastructure, Policy and Legislation
Anyone familiar with HL7 has undoubtedly heard about the emerging HL7 FHIR standard, introduced by Grahame Grieve, principal at Health Intersections in Melbourne, Australia, and an active participant... More
June 13, 2013 | Parag Someshwar | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchange (HIE)
There has been some buzz lately about how interoperability is a non-issue. I beg to differ. With increasing pressure from federal initiatives like Meaningful Use Stage 2, there is growing need for... More
June 12, 2013 | Maureen Kaplan | Cloud Computing
An interesting challenge that healthcare companies face when making the transition into cloud computing is, what to move into the cloud? Putting aside the technology decision – be it public, private... More
June 11, 2013 | David Lareau | Data Warehousing, Electronic Health Records
It’s growing. And growing. And growing. And now, as states are forming their own HIEs and more ACOs are in development, the amount of healthcare data that’s being generated truly boggles the mind. More
June 11, 2013 | Keith W. Boone | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Policy and Legislation
Last week I spent a half day in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. I was joined by at least 50 others, including patients, health IT vendors, healthcare providers,... More
June 06, 2013 | Viet Nguyen, MD and Dan Ramunda | Data Warehousing
“Big data” is one of the hottest topics in healthcare these days. Indeed, there is a belief in many quarters that big data tools are required to help healthcare organizations take the most effective... More
June 06, 2013 | Edmund Billings, MD | Electronic Health Records, Policy and Legislation
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel’s long-awaited (in health IT circles, anyway) decision on the Department of Defense’s core health IT system has been made. The VA’s VistA system is out as the... More
June 05, 2013 | Kurt Hagerman | Network Infrastructure, Cloud Computing
Speed, immediacy and scalability are just a few of the rewards of using the cloud for your applications and data, and the reasons why so many healthcare companies are turning to the cloud to hold... More
June 04, 2013 | Christina Thielst | Mobile/Wireless, Quality and Safety
@KevinMD has a great new book that is designed as a guide for physicians to establish, manage and protect their online reputations. However, I believe it has value to other clinicians and even... More
May 30, 2013 | Kathleen Sebelius | Data Warehousing, Quality and Safety, Policy and Legislation
Data that support medical decision-making and collaboration, dovetailing with new tools in the Affordable Care Act, are spurring the innovation necessary to deliver improved health care for more... More
