We’ve talked the talk about Health Information Technology (HIT) interoperability for a long time, but progress has been slow. The 21st Century Cures Act legislates that diligent work on … [Read more...]
Digital Health: Innovating and growing
During a recent long-haul flight from east to west coast, I watched the movie The Matrix. I had never seen this 1999 SciFi film, but felt I should since the characters and story often crop up in … [Read more...]
Patient-Driven Health IT
I regularly read Dr. John Halamka’s Geekdoctor blog to keep up with the latest health IT (HIT) news. Dr. Halamka, Beth Israel Deaconess CIO, is an HIT policy expert, traveling around the U.S. and the … [Read more...]
The Measure of Patient Engagement
Do you believe in left- and right-brain dominance theory? In popular culture, left-brain thinkers excel in math and logic and right-brain thinkers are more creative and visual. Left-brain folks are … [Read more...]
Data Insights: Emerging Emojis
This past Mother’s Day I received lots of flowers and love in text messages: Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you are having a relaxing day Happy Mother’s Day to you Love to you on Mother’s … [Read more...]
Cybersecurity and Blockchain in Health Care
Last Monday I opened up the Renal & Urology News update to find 3 recent articles about health IT (HIT) security. The first article, “Controlling Access to Health Information”, noted that the … [Read more...]
Health IT: The Dawning of Millennial Healthcare
My daily news routine includes listening to NPR during my morning commute and clicking on my iPhone “News” app at least once or twice during the day. Recently online news headlines have started with, … [Read more...]
Mobile Health: Growing Engagement and New Responsibilities
This week I’m blogging about an M-word. Not MACRA or MIPS, but Mobile Health or mHealth. A warning before you proceed: The following paragraph contains a personal story that may be Too Much … [Read more...]
