Last Saturday, September 17, we celebrated the 6th anniversary of our blog. Over the past 6 years, we have seen a lot of changes in health care, especially with regard to nephrology and technology. … [Read more...]
Connecting Health and Care through HIT: From Meaningful Use to Interoperability
“Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.” —John F. Kennedy Do you like change? If you are a physician or work in a medical … [Read more...]
Looking for the Golden Fleece in 2016: JASON, FHIR, and the Argonaut Project
Welcome to 2016. Let’s jump right into the FHIR! In the January 4 Acumen blog post Terry Ketchersid mentioned Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) as a 2016 product to “keep your eye on.” … [Read more...]
The Value of Patient Experience
Have you read the CMS 752 page “Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program – Stage 3 and Modification to Meaningful Use in 2015 through 2017” rule yet? In last week’s … [Read more...]
Using Social Media to Add Value to Your Medical Practice
Our social media survey found that many medical practitioners perceive that their patients are not active on social media. Thanks to all who participated in our social media survey, and if you haven’t … [Read more...]
Acumen Blog Turns 5
To acknowledge another successful year for the Acumen blog, our editors looked to the blog’s 3 regular contributors for some thoughts on their experience writing for the nephrology community. This … [Read more...]
Happy 4th Birthday to the Acumen Blog!
Thank you, Acumen Blog readers, for another successful year. Today is the Acumen Blog’s 4th birthday and we want to celebrate by giving away an Acumen Swag Bag to 4 readers. In order to participate … [Read more...]
