The ball will drop in Times Square this week, marking the end of 2014 and the calendar flip to 2015. The New Year is the perfect time to let go of old habits and start anew. What are your New Year’s … [Read more...]
Health IT in 2014: The 12 Days of HIT
As the end of 2014 approaches let’s take a look at the HIT events of the year. Twelve Drummers Drumming Meaningful Use has had a constant drum beat in the blog this year. Terry started 2014 … [Read more...]
PCORnet: Innovative EHR Interoperability
Recently I had my annual medical checkup with my Primary Care Physician (PCP). During my appointment my physician logged into her health system EHR and accessed my previous annual exam records and … [Read more...]
Digital Epidemiology: It’s a Small World with Big Data
Infectious diseases have been at the heart of public health through human history, impacting health care delivery and societal practices. During crisis time health care workers and civic leaders … [Read more...]
Nephrology Recruitment: Finding a Good Match
How did your parents meet? My parents met while taking the same college class, and I met my husband Frank while taking Organic Chemistry. But that was a distant 33 years ago and times have changed. … [Read more...]
Open Payments: CMS Data Makes Headlines
Were you watching last week when the most eligible bachelor in the world got married? The $13 million George Clooney wedding generated the expected hoopla, with crowds of boats churning the canals of … [Read more...]
Nephrology Fellowships: Where Have All the Nephrologists Gone?
During my internal medicine residency at the University of North Carolina (UNC) it was not uncommon to cross paths with Dr. Carl Gottschalk. My recollection of the Kenan Professor of Medicine is of a … [Read more...]
Data Integrity and Stewardship: Creating Credible Dialysis Quality Reporting Systems
In November 1962, Life Magazine published the Shana Alexander article, “They Decide Who Lives, Who Dies” about the dialysis selection committee in Seattle, Washington. This magazine story was written … [Read more...]
