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June 05, 2009 | John Lumpkin | Electronic Health Records, ePrescribing, Telehealth
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... More
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... More
June 01, 2009 | John Halamka | Health Information Exchange (HIE)
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... More
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... More
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... More
May 26, 2009 | Neil Versel
As an American taxpayer, I don't want my money spent on systems that can't interface and can't interoperate. That's not "meaningful use." It sounds more like blackmail... More
May 21, 2009 | Jay Parkinson, MD
Dr. David Blumenthal, how much would it cost Facebook to sign up all 11 million Healthcare workers in America and let them use their very powerful architecture for healthcare delivery? How about then... More
May 20, 2009 | Josh Seidman | Electronic Health Records, Privacy and Security
I participated in a personal health record (PHR) workshop yesterday hosted by the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT). CDT's goal was to gain input from a wide array of stakeholders (an... More
May 19, 2009 | John Moore
The Washington Post on Saturday had an interesting article that profiles how HIMSS, through strong lobbying efforts, was able to land the huge ARRA windfall for its member HIT vendors. More
May 19, 2009 | John Halamka
Yesterday, ONC released its implementation and operating plan in fulfillment of the 90-day deadline established by Div. A, Title XIII of ARRA. More
