Healthcare IT News Blog

Rand study cites dissatisfaction with health IT
March 07, 2014 | Jeff Rowe
A new study by the Rand Corporation indicates that, perhaps not surprisingly, many doctors are not quite as enamored of new health IT as advocates would like. More

Recent Posts

Timing is no longer a question in ICD-10 training
March 05, 2014 | Carl Natale
We're past the point that we can debate the timing of ICD-10 training. Start ICD-10 training now. It's that simple. More
HIMSS14: Cruising the HIT highway
March 03, 2014 | Laurie McGraw
As someone deeply involved in the development of electronic health records for the past 20 years, I leave HIMSS14 with a great sense of pride. More
Social, mobile, analytics and cloud
February 27, 2014 | John Halamka
During HIMSS14 I met with numerous companies, leaders and fellow IT professionals. The theme I heard frequently was the need for care management/population health... More
How retail can help healthcare succeed online
February 26, 2014 | Jeff Rowe
Want to hook an online audience? Ask Amazon how to do it. That's essentially the advice one health IT stakeholder is offering his colleagues across the sector. More
Postel's Principle, CDA and meaningful use
February 26, 2014 | Keith W. Boone
If you've been reading the Meaningful Use 2015 NPRM as I recently did, you probably came across the discussion around requiring certified products to accept 95... More

Featured Bloggers

Carl Natale

Editor, ICD10Watch
Chris Davis

Senior solutions architect, Verizon Enterprise Solutions
Christina Thielst

Christina's Considerations
Edmund Billings, MD

Medsphere Systems Corporation
Jeff Rowe

Contributing Writer
John Halamka

CareGroup Health System, Life as a Healthcare CIO
John Moore

Chilmark Research
Joseph C. Kvedar

Director, Center for Connected Health
Keith W. Boone

Healthcare Standards
Kurt Hagerman

CISO, FireHost
Lisa Suennen

Managing Member, Psilos Group
Stephen Burrows

Sacred Heart University’s College of Health Professions
Survey says: EHR incentive program is on track
January 20, 2014 | Karen DeSalvo
We continue to see progress in improving the nation's healthcare system, and a key tool to helping achieve that goal is the increased use of electronic health... More
AMA resources for helping physicians with ICD-10
January 17, 2014 | Carl Natale
One of the most useful ICD-10 preparation resources I have seen comes from the American Medical Association. It provides a free 12-step action plan to help physicians... More
Top HIT trends for 2014: Accelerated change is coming
January 16, 2014 | Karin Ratchinsky
Implementing, institutionalizing and fully leveraging the EMR is a massive undertaking, and with it comes a host of other implications, five of which will drive the... More
The roles I play
January 15, 2014 | John Halamka
As 2014 begins, I marvel at the evolution of the CIO role from 1997 to 2014. More
Addressing hospital value based purchasing complexity
January 15, 2014 | Harshad Patil
Hospitals need to adopt a standardized way to not just calculate Hospital Value Based Purchasing scores, but also to incorporate the new types of data that are needed to... More