Healthcare information interoperability has been in the news a lot in 2017. This fall the Acumen blog featured a 3-part series by Eddie Hedrick reviewing the interoperability landscape. Eddie’s … [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...]
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...]
Healthcare Apps: Revolutionizing the Functionality of EHRs
This week we’re taking a break from all things serious and complex, specifically MACRA and MIPS. The big players Terry Ketchersid and Diana Strubler are going to rest in the fieldhouse and this week … [Read more...]
MACRA on the Menu
In last week’s Acumen blog Diana tackled highlights of the MACRA Final Rule released on October 14. She noted that the 2,398-page document is overwhelming and we are going to need to “eat the elephant … [Read more...]
Improving Health Information Technology Act: The Future of MU?
While everyone was busy filling out their NCAA brackets (sorry, Michigan State fans), the government was quickly passing a bipartisan bill that will supposedly reshape the Meaningful Use program as it … [Read more...]
