Blogs
January 17, 2013 | Joseph C. Kvedar | Mobile/Wireless
I spent the bulk of the last week in Las Vegas attending the Consumer Electronics Show. If there were other academically-oriented physicians attending, I didn’t find them. There seems to be an... More
January 16, 2013 | Lisa Suennen | Mobile/Wireless
According to a new a Pew Research Center survey of about 3,000 people, released today, about 35% of Americans are “online diagnosers,” meaning people who consult the Internet to self-diagnose a... More
January 15, 2013 | David Lareau | Meaningful Use, Financial/Revenue Cycle Management
There are many reasons why our country’s healthcare costs are so high. Just look at the numbers: Globally, the average healthcare expenditure per capita is less than $1,000. In the US, it’s more than... More
January 15, 2013 | Scott Fuller | Business Intelligence, Workforce Management
The list of pain points for many healthcare organizations today is a long one. Lingering economic woes and uncertainty about the future has many a hospital administrator looking for new ways reduce... More
January 14, 2013 | Helen Figge | Workforce Management
Happy 2013! We survived another year of career ups, downs and reflections. But make no mistake, this will be your year of personal career success because the only rate limiting step is your... More
January 11, 2013 | Matt Langan | Business Intelligence, Electronic Health Records, Mobile/Wireless
In 2013, healthcare IT will experience these six shifts that have the potential to transform the industry. More
January 10, 2013 | Keith W. Boone | Electronic Health Records, Telehealth
A question came up on the Society for Participatory Medicine's e-mail list the other day. Basically, it boiled down to how we would define Patient-centric Health IT. More
January 08, 2013 | Christina Thielst | Privacy and Security
t’s time for some New Year’s resolutions; and they have nothing to do with eating right, losing weight or exercising. Instead, they have everything to do with protecting against the organizational... More
January 07, 2013 | Helen Figge
Another year has passed. Was it your year of career success? Did you finally get to your career goal in 2012? This is the time to reflect and strategize your career ideas and thoughts for the... More
January 03, 2013 | John Halamka | Meaningful Use, Electronic Health Records, Health Information Exchange (HIE)
It's the time of year that many writers reflect on the major events of the past 365 days. I'll let the journalists cover the impact of the election, the epidemic of senseless violence, and... More