IPO Window Open for EHR Vendors
I’m pretty sure that many readers of this site haven’t found my new EMR related website called EMR and EHR Thoughts and so you might have missed the post I did about Greenway Medical filing to go...
View ArticleGoogle Health is Being Shut Down
According to its blog, Google is shutting down the âGoogle Healthâ personal health records project due to slow adoption. The Internet/IT Healthcare space is littered with successful entrepreneurs...
View ArticleOrchard Promotes Its CP/AP LIS as an Integrated Diagnostics Solution
Integrated diagnostics can be achieved by breaking down the sub-specialty silos in the diagnostic specialties like pathology, laboratory medicine, and radiology. The current standard of practice is to...
View ArticleWhat if âtheyâ get hit by a bus?
A little while back I asked my wife what she would do with all my blogs if I was hit by the proverbial “bus.” Her answer made me laugh. She said, she’d log into my blogs and post that I had passed away...
View ArticleBaxter Fined For Worker Death & Safety Violations
How is this for grave conditions in the workplace? A Baxter Healthcare unit was fined $371,250 for “deliberate and willful” safety violations that resulted in the death of a technician and serious...
View ArticleTop 5 EHR Contract Pitfalls Identified â Guest Post
The decisions donât end after deciding on an EHR system for your medical practice. An EHR contract is an important and legally binding document, and itâs absolutely essential to consider every line...
View ArticleHealthcare is the most trusted industry by consumers
Bingo for us healthcare marketing folks! According to a recent Harris Interactive poll the hospital and healthcare industry is the most trusted by consumers. Perhaps this data can help us the next time...
View ArticleWhy Iâm Afraid For Anyone To Enter The Healthcare System⦠Ever
Alright, I admit that the title of this post is a little dramatic. But it really does seem that most people I know socially have had a bad experience with the healthcare system lately. Take for example...
View ArticleePrescribing: Assuming Like This Makes An Ass (And Maybe a Corpse) Out Of You...
No surprise here to anyone with engineering sense (e.g., in my case, arising from my decades of experience in amateur radio, operating many different brands and types of extremely complex radio...
View ArticleEHRevent.org and "The National Database of EHR Errors Being Called For" -...
At my Nov. 2011 posts on a new entity called "EHRevent.org" that is supposed to be a health IT industry watchdog, I expressed various forms of skepticism. See my Nov. 2010 posts at the following HC...
View ArticleHealthcare Update 07-25-2011
What? MRSA infection? Get that patient a super mocha latte ⦠STAT! That morning cup of Joe may decrease your risk of getting a âsuperbugâ infection – by up to 50%. Prescription abuse kills. In...
View ArticleRebecca MacKinnon discusses taking back the Internet!
I came across this fantastic presentation by Rebecca MacKinnon as she discusses the future of the internet. I think this is something that effect both you, me and our children. Enjoy .. In this...
View ArticleOn Penalties for Alteration of Electronic Health Records
I am increasingly hearing stories of alleged alterations occurring in electronic medical records.Since there is no permanent paper record in an increasing number of facilities, some might believe...
View ArticlePublic Health Menu Measures â Meaningful Use Monday
Lynn Scheps is Vice President, Government Affairs at EHR vendor SRSsoft. In this role, Lynn has been a Voice of Physicians and SRSsoft users in Washington during the formulation of the meaningful use...
View ArticleNeed Mental Health Treatment in 2 Weeks? Fat Chance
This study demonstrates quite the opposite. Read the full article: Medical News: Barriers High in Mental Health Care (Source: World of Psychology)
View ArticleThe downside of patient-centered medical homes: Social media conversations
Last week, Diana Manos, senior editor at Healthcare IT News, reported on the importance of patient-centered medical homes. She covered the annual National Health IT and Delivery System Transformation...
View ArticleChilling Effects: To Blog, or Not, Under the Watchful Eyes of Defense...
On the travails of being a citizen journalist and medical watchdog:I must admit I almost gave up blogging recently.First, the death of my mother June 6, 2011 from an EHR-related medication continuity...
View ArticleThe Stories In Medicine That Need To Be Told
I canât help but think that as time passes weâll forget about how much medicine has changed with the introduction of the Internet. Â Weâre witnessing a transition that hasnât been seen in...
View ArticleOn EHR Warnings: Sure, The Experts Think You Shouldn't Ride A Bicycle Into...
I frequently mention what I call an "irrational exuberance" about health IT affecting the judgment of otherwise intelligent people.Here's an example where an expert's prescient warning about HIT...
View ArticleHigher Quality of Services When Physician Executives Run Hospitals?
I have most commonly worked in hospitals where the CEO's major strengths were in financial management -- they were not MDs. Once, in the Army, I worked in a hospital where both the commander and deputy...
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